Two graphing activities are supplied for providing practice in plotting points in the rectangular coordinate system. (JT)

Two simple devices that aid in the teaching of place value and estimation are described. (JT)

An activity which involves spending money using department store catalogues, writing checks and balancing bank accounts as a pre-holiday mathematics lesson is described. (JT)

Provided is an activity for student-constructed dichotomous keys that requires nothing more than a pile of shoes. Examples and directions are given. (MA)

Discusses aspects of movement education including its function, activities, materials, and relation to dramatic play. (JMB)

Classifies the major kinds of learning apparently inherent for children participating in creative drama and attempts to define the kinds of learning a teacher can help promote. Available from: Children's Theatre Review, Children's Theatre Association of America, American Theatre Association, 1029 Vermont Avenue, Suite 402, Washington, D.C. 20005.…

Three experiments which use probabilities to approximate pi are described. (JT)

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)

One of the most exciting projects a teacher, parent, artist, or naturalist can share with others is beachcombing and making something lasting with the treasures found. This article discusses sand projects, sand painting, sand casting, sand cast candles, sea mobiles, seaweed collections, fish printing, and reed and grass printing. (NQ)

This is the second "Center Spot" devoted to Jan Hoffman's "Shoe Box Science," a program that organizes manipulative materials so that children can identify, describe, order, construct, name and distinguish on their own.

This is the house that first graders built. This is the house that built first-grade skills and first-grade fun. (Editor)

A special program designed to involve students and staff in recognizing, using and gaining competence with metric units and measures was described. (Author/RK)

Poems, activities and your kids' own ideas can produce a play that is truly their own. (Editor)

Case-studies of educational practice are not easy to find, especially case-studies by teachers able to present their practice clearly and effectively and willing to acknowledge that certain approaches proved unsuccessful or unprofitable. Author does this here, based on her experience as head of design in a Worcestershire middle school. (Editor/RK)