Presented is a game which helps children become familiar with a calendar. A caller reads call cards that have questions needing dates for completion. Examples of questions that apply to any month and questions that are for specific months are provided. (MP)

Some possible uses of math lab materials and activities that are natural and appropriate to the development of process skills are explored through a discussion of a geoboard activity. (MP)

Presented are activities and teaching strategies designed to make history real to students, to develop in them, first, a sense of personal involvement with the past, and second, a time-sense and historical perspective. Suggestions include use of biography, historical fiction, oral history, genealogy, role playing, and time-lines. (Author/SJL)

The author presents four teaching activities that link language arts and history: historical dialogs, the Bible as literature and history, student-made history books, and historical graffiti. Each includes a rationale, activities, and evaluation methods. (SJL)

To help history classroom teachers on the high school level make their classes more interesting, this article suggests that teachers incorporate short stories, books, poems, and excerpts from full-length novels into the curriculum. Examples of how literature of various types was successfully integrated into a history unit on the Civil War are…

A model that can be effectively used to develop the notion of function and provide varied practice by using "real world" examples and concrete objects is covered. The use of Popsicle-sticks is featured, with some suggestions for tasks involving functions with one operation, two operations, and inverse operations covered. (MP)

Learning activities using a two-pan balance to teach the concept of equality are described. Construction of a poster board balance is illustrated. (MP)

Reports how an exercise on family history and change was incorporated into a college-level sociology class. Information is presented on how questions were raised in students' minds about the validity of their thinking regarding family life and on how to stress the relevance of the past in understanding the present state and future course of the…

Listed are a number of developmental and sequential map skills and concepts which can serve as a general guide to presenting and reinforcing basic map and geography ideas and related activities for preschool through grade 6 students. (KC)

Focusing on the ST-ART shorthand theory presentation method, this article discusses the following principles of language-motor skill acquisition: mental practice, symbol-sound association, verbal mediation, recitation and articulation, hierarchy of habits, overlearning, learner anxiety, sense modality, guided practice, kinesthetic imagery, visual…

Several activities designed to help elementary level students learn how to read calendars are presented. Problem solving and experiential learning are stressed. (MP)

Phonemic awareness tasks are identified: sound-to-word matching, word-to-word matching, rhyme recognition, isolation segmentation, counting sounds, blending, deletion, and substitution. Methods for teaching segmentation and blending, the most cortical tasks, are discussed. (Author/CP)

Presents suggestions for improving the teaching of communication: use written messages, provide purposeful activities, build student confidence, encourage "special" students, be enthusiastic, have a positive attitude, and allow students to be creative. (CT)

Several learning activities and games designed to stimulate and challenge mathematically gifted kindergarten, first-, and second-grade pupils are outlined. Many of the ideas presented can be adapted to other levels. (MP)

Describes a legislative simulation intended for use in a college-level political science course. A major objective of the simulation is to help students understand decision-making processes involved in politics. Source materials and role characteristics are discussed. (DB)