Sixth-grade pupils wrote, illustrated and bound books for children in a Head Start program, testing them first on kindergartners in their own school. They thus gained a better understanding of what they themselves do when they read. (PD)

Discussion of a high school "happening which evolved from a unit incorporating the film "The Red Balloon ; illustrated. (RD)

A range of creative activities is listed that will aid the librarian in addressing humanity." The range of activities includes rhythm workshops, creative writing, children's art contests, art festivals, film making, photography, and dramatic storytelling. (MF)

Based on the premise that the school is an environment where systematic instruction, creative work and community interaction occurs, a program that provides for individualized instruction in science is described. Ten different learning environments are provided for the students. Instructional programs are individually chosen, self-administered,…

A 2-year experiment with Hungarian kindergarteners concluded that handicraft activity which evolved out of play experiences had the most positive effects on different kinds of children. (JF)

Gifted students can increase skills in a wide variety of areas by making slide tape presentations. The activity, both process and product oriented, includes steps of selecting a topic, writing a script, developing graphics, taking pictures for slides, developing audio, selecting music, and integrating the slides with the audio. (CL)

Teachers of foreign language can use B. Bloom's taxonomy to present challenges to gifted students while still ensuring understanding of the basics. Basic skills would be followed by exploration in application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Examples of activities in each of the four areas are presented. (CL)

Poetry offers excellent possibilities for teaching creative dance. Curriculum development and lesson plan ideas in the area of poetry interpretation through dance and movement for elementary school students are described. (CJ)

A grass roots effort led to the first state-sponsored contest for invention and innovation for children. (Author)

Describes a day-long festival of art and creative activities and international cultural events for handicapped children. Children participated in many music-making and art projects. (AM)

Three educational leaders--Robert Quackenbush, Geraldine Siks, and David A. Sohn--offer reflections on recent developments regarding activities that stimulate children's creativity, their hopes for the 1980s, and recommended books for teachers. (AEA)

Describes the variety of play spaces found in urban areas in Denmark: in banks, stores and individual businesses, neighborhood parks and small pocket playgrounds, specialized adventure and traffic playgrounds with supervised activities, and commercial amusement parks. (CM)

Discusses the New Games movement which promotes a series of innovative creative group games for children and offers a list of games and directions on how to play them. The games provide an unstructured, cooperative alternative to the structured, competitive games traditionally played by young children. (CM)

The article discusses fostering creativity in young children through encouragement and training, both at home and at school, and presents parents and teachers with 10 examples of activities designed to stimulate creative thinking in gifted and talented children. (DLS)