In a step towards moving learning out of the classroom and into the world, the State and National Parks of the United States have opened their doors to teachers and students as part of a new program called "Environmental Living Experiences." (JD)

Suggestions for meeting the special needs of gifted students are presented. (RW)

Why are puppets unique educational resources? How can teachers take advantage of this inexpensive, simple, effective teaching medium? Explores those qualities in puppets which make them so useful for instruction. (Author/RK)

Considers possible links between development of empathy and some children's spontaneous creation of imaginary companions or situations, citing examples of Agatha Christie's "Autobiography." Questions if such activities show ability to "decenter emotionally." Suggests need for better methods of assessing emotional decentering…

Steps in the development and publication of a yearbook by a day school for preschool and elementary age hearing impaired children are described: generating the idea, collecting material, obtaining parental permission, preparing and compiling manuscripts, and determining printer, price, and distribution. Guidelines for a first effort at yearbook…

Suggests the use of foreign films as a teaching aid for foreign language study. However, a thorough knowledge of the film's oral language (or languages) and culture is essential as a first step toward a clear understanding of the film's visual aesthetic. A dependence on subtitles or dubbing is discouraged, due to frequent errors and…

The ancient dichotomy between fine arts and crafts is examined. Crafts should be taught in school art programs. The art of craft can expose students to the diversity of human art expression. (RM)

Presents a variety of art and writing activities designed to evoke a new pedogogical orientation and to enable students to use their imaginations. The activities focus on language de-conditioning, observation, timing, transfer of knowledge, and reproduction. They include recipe models, colors, sensation, and feeling; poetry; and creating artistic…

Outlines techniques for using simulations in the second language classroom to encourage students to imagine aspects of and situations in the target culture and as a means for evaluating student understanding of the culture. (MSE)

Artists and writers from Maine were asked to develop creative activities for a sixth-grade class. Students were encouraged to observe nature, investigate their ancestors, design logos, and think about the impossible. Several of the activities that could be adopted to relate to other states are presented. (DF)

Discusses, from a dean's perspective, the criteria for evaluating the creative activities of teacher-artists, particularly those in the theatre arts. (PD)

Describes language-arts activities in the "Gemini Project," a program designed to foster creative expression in a mixed group of senior high and elementary school students. (KS)

Creative drama can be used productively in the classroom by allowing students to dream and to put these ideas down on paper. Guided imagery is a way of accomplishing this. Guided imagery is when the creative drama teacher guides students on a journey through the imagination. It can be used as a prereading and prewriting exercise. Listening and…

This is an account of a fifth grade class that made a mosaic and a mosaic that "helped make" a fifth grade class. (Author)

Article pointed out the need for arts programs in atypical situations, some of the profound basic needs of exceptional people and how the arts can be a major means of meeting these needs. (Author/RK)