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Polette, Nancy – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1986
Discusses importance of the ability to visualize images evoked by the written word in the development of children's skills in both reading and creative writing. Specific skills involved are noted, examples from picture books are given, and 48 picture books that would be useful to developing such skills are listed. (EM)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children, Creative Writing, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSpillman, Carolyn V.; And Others – Contemporary Education, 1983
Children must learn to discriminate among the visual stimuli they experience and to recognize the existence of a visual language. Learning activities to help young children develop a sense of visual literacy are suggested. (PP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Nonverbal Communication, Skill Development
Peer reviewedDarkatsh, Manuel – Reading Improvement, 1982
Annotates 16 children's books that have as their main thrust the development of children's visual awareness through puzzles, pictures, and games. (FL)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedRogow, Sally M. – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1989
Twenty children, aged 7-12, with severe visual impairments completed a series of visual tasks requiring interpretation, analysis, manipulation, and visual motor coordination. Findings are discussed in terms of total performance, individual task performance, performance of younger versus older children, and performance of good versus poor readers.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Blindness, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
Highsmith, Victoria – 1988
The paper describes strategies for teaching six different handwriting skills to learning disabled (LD) elementary students. A rationale for each strategy precedes step-by-step procedural descriptions. Strategies in the following areas are described: (1) introducing LD children with motor coordination deficits to alphabetic symbols using sandpaper…
Descriptors: Cursive Writing, Elementary Education, Eye Hand Coordination, Handwriting
Reeves, Charles A. – 1987
Local, state, and national professional organizations have endorsed problem solving as the most important outcome to be achieved in a K-12 mathematics program. This booklet illustrates some ways to teach different problem solving strategies to elementary school students. It concentrates on methods involving: (1) working background; (2) using a…
Descriptors: Charts, Diagrams, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
American Optometric Association, St. Louis, MO. – 1974
This activity book teaches elementary school students about good vision and eye safety through a combination of puppet plays, stories, songs, and games. Nine games are provided to help children develop vision skills including visual memory, visual perception, directionality, spatial orientation, and visual-motor responses. Master Plans for making…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Eye Hand Coordination
