Here's an awesome thought! Teaching means a teacher's impact on students will last a lifetime. And despite the negatives one hears in the news, a 2010 ING Foundation poll found that 98 percent of adults believe a good teacher can "change the course of a child's life." This year, a teacher will affect every child in his/her class. Over the course…

Article described a way to help young students develop their vocabulary and word recognition skills. (RK)

Article described how a chart story could make a tedious, run-of-the-mill daily chore into an actual, valuable, daily, learning experience. (Author/RK)

Articles suggested how students can learn pinhole photography, developing their compositional styles, developing films without darkrooms, and utilizing existing educational resources for film developing. (RK)

Are you one of those people who feel that the only good insect is a dead one? Do you suffer from entomophobia--dread fear of insects? Such attitudes, fears, and prejudices stem from insect ignorance. Authors explain what insects are good for and give students a more realistic and fascinating view of their world. (Editor/RK)

Provides some ideas that change the pace and get students ready for learning. (Editor/RK)

The suggestions here are only illustrative of how teachers can use the close procedure to aid in developing reading comprehension. (Author)

When primary students are excited over a weather change, capitalize on it! Article suggested methods for combining learning with awareness of the environment. (Editor/RK)

One of the nicest things about being a student in a class in creativity is in always being "right." The completed creation, the imaginative response, is always a "right answer." Article discussed creative projects and how to develop them while developing an imaginative exploration. (Author/RK)

Presents the results of the Best Teaching Idea contest that sparked a response that flooded the editors with entries. Here are the 20 adjudged the best ranging all the way from self-made computers to games made by kids to be played with parents. (Editor/RK)

Discussed a 1974 research study in which student achievement in two different school environments was measured to see how it affected the development of creativity. (RK)

Here are 15 reading games you can adapt to any level, complete with easy-to-copy illustrations. Make them sturdy the first around--they'll get used and used! (Editor/RK)

Folk music has been defined as music that folks sing. Folk math is defined as math that folks do. It's logical, useful, sensible, discusses the ways you and others really use mathematics in the outside world, and it uses language that folks use. (Editor/RK)

One teacher through five years of schooling? That's how it's done in Italy. Author considered the Italian elementary school program in view of whether such a system would work in American schools. (Editor/RK)

Seven schools show how to turn a challenge into an opportunity. Examples of how these schools work with the community to develop effective and motivating programs to meet student needs are presented. (DF)