Designed for parents of handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers in rural areas, the booklet discusses ideas for making toys from household items. Toys are grouped into five levels of developmental difficulty from the neonate stage (e.g., using yarn as crib mobiles) to the stage where the child is trying to figure out how things work and fit…

CALIS is an interactive computer-based simulation developed to assess career decisions and to present decisional alternatives to the players in career and life path choices, assessing the relative consequences associated with these choices. The CALIS game-simulation places the player in the social-psychological situation of an individual…

This paper provides an overview of educational materials available for parents to use in facilitating their children's learning. The primary focus is on developing parental support systems which extend learning into the home through creative and effective use of materials. General considerations such as the larger social context of the learning…

Two versions of a simulation game, Parent-Child, were taught to ten white and ten black inner-city males. The twenty subjects played a total of 198 rounds of the game, and the following conclusions were made with respect to the use of the Parent-Child game as a research site. (1) Inner-city fifth and sixth grade males can be taught to play…

Beginning with definitions of "simulation" (a methodology for testing alternative decisions under hypothetical conditions), this paper focuses on the use of simulation as an instructional method, pointing out the relationships and differences between role playing, games, and simulation. The term "simulation games" is explored with an analysis of…

This booklet is designed to provide the teacher of English as a second language with teaching devices, songs, and games for the elementary school level. These materials have been used and "have proven successful in many teaching situations." Because the cultural context and linguistic content are general rather than based on a specific language,…

Because disadvantaged children have usually experienced sensory-cognitive deprivation or distortion, it is necessary to discover ways to offset this deficit. A program is being conducted to learn to what degree the introduction of systematic programing, while motivation techniques are retained, can reorient essentially noncognitive learning styles…

This guide is to assist teachers with motivational ideas for teaching elementary school mathematics. The items included are a wide variety of games (paper and pencil, verbal, and physical), jingles, contests, teaching devices, and thought provoking exercises. Suggestions for selection of mathematical games are offered. The devices are used to…

This workbook is intended for use in a Simulated Admissions Exercise (SAE). Done in group settings, the SAE establishes mock admissions committees which work through simulated student applications to choose a certain number to be "admitted" to a hypothetical class of students. The applicants are seeking positions in a health services…

This publication is a response to the need expressed by elementary teachers for a concise introduction to intuitive probability concepts and how they may be presented. Instruction is divided into five concept groups including: (1) basic understandings; (2) the probability of simple events; (3) the probability of compound events; (4) counting; and…

Part 1 of this teacher's guide contains job descriptions, teaching suggestions/answers, and worksheets for twenty careers and classroom experiences which are designed to be used in teaching science. The following twenty careers are covered: meteorologist, geologist, musical instrument maker/repairman, opthalmologist, astronomer, paint chemist,…

A number of the historical and contemporary games of black children reflect an attitude of resistance and assertion on the part of the players. Older game songs, dating from the days of slavery, express a recreative anger against slave masters or a contempt for the theater image of the jolly plantation slave, Jim Crow. Post-Civil War songs and…

This paper discusses common objections to the use of small group activities in the second language classroom; advantages which outweigh these objections; and guidelines for successful implementation of these activities. Prototype small group activities are outlined in two sections. The first lists activities according to skills focus, including…

Designed to recapture respect for nature, this book presents numerous natural handicrafts which may be utilized by youth leaders, campers, folklorists, hobbyists, and children of all ages. Illustrated via photographs and drawings, handicrafts are described and presented in terms of history, conservation, and technique. Among the activities…

Discussed is the development of games which provide teacher-trainees with experience in anticipating the response of different types of handicapped children to different tasks, and reported are results of four studies evaluating the effects of such games. It is explained that the games are designed to improve understanding of students and that…