It is noted that the Montessori Approach which involves programed instruction can be useful in teaching practical living skills to retarded and other handicapped children. (SBH)

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

The authors discuss how language acquisition and development activities can be developed with the mentally retarded through the use of National Wildlife Conservation Stamps. (SBH)

A teacher describes an activity designed to help children understand the number concepts of the basic addition facts with sums of 11 or greater. (CL)

Suggestions are made for teaching retarded children to read. Described are ways to teach word meaning, sentence formation, vocabulary, and comprehension through game-like activities. (CL)

A teacher of learning disabled middle school students relates how she uses picture books to teach reading disabled students the elements of literature. A list of picture storybooks for older readers is followed by activities for teaching theme, setting, plot, and characterization. (CL)

A supplemental curriculum based on the philosophies of Karl Popper, John Eccles, and Jean Piaget in which the self is seen as actively constructing its own reality was developed. Examples of learning activities used with emotionally disturbed preadolescents and adolescents are offered as is information on goals/objectives, methodology, materials,…