This book provides over 100 ideas and activities developed and tested by teachers to help students become independent learners. Specific strategies are suggested that may aid students in defining problems, planning individual studies, finding information, and recording, reporting, and evaluating results. The six chapters are "Independent…

The 32 ideas for activities described in this document have been collected to help the reading teacher to teach reading comprehension skills. Activities, listed according to their purpose, concentrate on specific skill areas which give children difficulty, such as following directions, finding the main idea, recognizing sequence, understanding…

The positive uses of negative space and other creative ways to bolster kids' physical awareness and expression. (Editor)

Now that education for early childhood is receiving increased attention, parents and teachers want to know what they should be doing about music for young children. Sue Therrien's article (AA 528 438) discussed the relationship of the principles of child development to the music program; here is an examination of the music program itself, with…

Create a variety of activities related to the country you are studying--Japan, for example--and arrange them by such subjects as art, games, creative writing, maps, dress and greetings. These activities can be tied in with classroom learning centers or stations. Here students make passports, learn about traditional styles of dress in Japan, learn…

Many children have an enormous fascination for reptiles of all kinds--snakes, turtles, tortoises, crocodiles, alligators and lizards. Whatever the reason for their interest, you can channel the enthusiasm of reptile fans and build the interest of curious students with a few simple activities, e.g., getting acquainted with reptile characteristics…

Thirty activity ideas for school and home use that reinforce reading skills. (CM)

Describes how a teacher can use a puppet from outer space to help preschool children reinforce their knowledge of facial features, stretch their imaginations and practice using verbal skills. (CM)

Considered are testing and teaching suggestions for developing auditory discrimination abilities in children with spelling difficulties. (CL)

Suggested instructional strategies for increasing secretarial students classroom involvement. (HD)

Discusses a simple way to help accounting students understand the system-subsystem concept by adapting accounting simulations into subsystems (departments) which make up one system--the company. (TA)

Describes a class project designed to bridge the learning gap between June and September by creating a bag full of summer learning activities. (SB)

Classifies the major kinds of learning apparently inherent for children participating in creative drama and attempts to define the kinds of learning a teacher can help promote. Available from: Children's Theatre Review, Children's Theatre Association of America, American Theatre Association, 1029 Vermont Avenue, Suite 402, Washington, D.C. 20005.…

Presents the results of the Best Teaching Idea contest that sparked a response that flooded the editors with entries. Here are the 20 adjudged the best ranging all the way from self-made computers to games made by kids to be played with parents. (Editor/RK)

Case-studies of educational practice are not easy to find, especially case-studies by teachers able to present their practice clearly and effectively and willing to acknowledge that certain approaches proved unsuccessful or unprofitable. Author does this here, based on her experience as head of design in a Worcestershire middle school. (Editor/RK)