Time saving ideas for the teacher focus on organizing classroom space, charts, planning programs to suit special schedules, organizing storage and retrieval systems, and maintaining records. (CM)

Briefly describes one elementary school's project to remodel its media center. Several photographs and a floor plan are included. (JMB)

Presents photographs of the winners of the Classy Classroom Contest, innovative classroom arrangements and ideas for organizing space. (CM)

Discusses how to create classroom study areas and presents ideas for including game tables, magic carpet areas, and media corners. (JMB)

Presents 20 ways to think about learning centers in the classroom and suggests ideas for developing and using such centers. (JMB)

Last month the authors discussed how teachers can learn to identify their students' individual learning styles (EJ 527 074). This article uses that information to create a new and exciting classroom in ten easy steps. (Author/RK)

Suggests that live plants can brighten up the classroom and can serve as the focus of interdisciplinary learning activities for elementary students. Briefly describes the organization of a "living laboratory" in an elementary school. (SJL)

Presents classroom setup and display ideas that can help elementary teachers create an effective learning environment. Ideas include signposts for instructions; a classroom duties chart; teacher helper hats; and bulletin boards that feature famous authors, graphs, daily news, student work, and creative writing. (SM)

Eight elementary school teachers describe how they organized their classrooms to make unique, effective learning environments. There are ideas for creating a reading garden, shared spaces, more work space, more storage space, desktop folders, confined block areas, magnetic display holders, and effective room layouts. (SM)

Nine elementary teachers explain how they design their classrooms to match and support their instructional styles. The teachers focus on whole language programs, student portfolios, science activity set-ups, technology transformation, learning center strategies, and space utilization. (SM)

Presents tips to help teachers best use their preparation time before school opens. Suggestions include making multiple student lists; designing classroom desk arrangements; reviewing cumulative records; adding desktop names and numbers; checking texts; posting correctable schedules; decorating only one bulletin board; creating box-trays for…

At the end of a unit on primitive man and ancient civilizations, student projects were displayed in a museum'' with charts, diagrams, and student guides. (SP)

Presents a list of affordable decorating suggestions for elementary classrooms, including: a reading tepee where students can read quietly; bouquets of construction paper flowers with students' pictures in them; an art center that displays posters of paintings by famous artists; colorful curtains created with bulletin board paper; and a secret…

Presents suggestions for setting up a classroom that is organized, efficient, and welcoming, focusing on the following elements: the conference table, individual work trays, flower arrangements, a small rug area, paper files, folder storage, book bags, reading baskets, the teacher's chair and easel, a meeting area, and low-level tables. (SM)

Discusses play and play centers for children. (Editor)