Step-by-step details are given for a classroom activity in which fifth and sixth graders construct original crossword puzzles. (SJL)

Presents six pages of suggested activities for kindergarteners, including activities on clowning, listening, cutting, left and right, nature, and Halloween. (JMB)

Presents several ideas and learning activities for use with kindergarteners. (JMB)

Presents teaching tips and ideas for learning activities to use with kindergarteners. (JMB)

Presents several pages of teaching ideas and activities for elementary school teachers. Many of the activities have a Christmas theme. (JMB)

Presents ideas for teaching techniques and learning activities for use with kindergarteners. Includes areas such as matching letters, supplying props for dramatic play, and measuring. (JMB)

Describes activities and projects to illustrate the principles of photography and film: photographic paintings, thaumatropes, kineographs, and so on. (KS)

Eight reproducible pages are offered for teachers to use as a summer send-off package which contains activities extending from a child's backyard to outer space. A list of books for summer reading is included. (MT)

Proposes a method for building biographies with elementary students. Called the "snapshot approach," it encourages students to visualize memorable events in the life of the person being studied. Step one is gathering and studying biographical information, step two is selecting the material to use, and step three is arranging and interpreting the…

Activities and information relating to dinosaurs are presented, including: study of warm- and cold-blooded animals; research about recent dinosaur discoveries; track-making; studying and making fossils; and extinction theories. (CB)

Describes a sequence of five activities designed to introduce primary school children to the role of trade unions. Includes a list of resources for trade union studies. (Author/JDH)

A dance and movement therapist reviews the contributions of creative movement and dramatic play in the education of handicapped students. Sample exercises and their benefits are described. (CL)

Special education students can be stimulated to write through a variety of activities, including representation, publicity and display tasks, activities featuring photographs, use of music and poetry, and projects in which students finish stories and describe novel materials. (CL)

A unit on pioneers culminated in a one-day adventure into the past for hearing impaired elementary students. (CL)

An activity in which bean plants are grown, measured, and graphed provides a practical application of math processes while developing a high level of student interest. (CL)