This article features five classroom teachers who realized their publishing dreams. These teachers include Blue Balliet, author of "Chasing Vermeer" and ""The Wright Three," Patricia Reilly Giff, author of "Today Was a Terrible Day," Lily's Crossing," and "Pictures of Hollis Woods," Vicki Cobb, author of "I Face the Wind," and Science Experiments…

A children's almanac presents educational facts and questions for each day of the month of September. Answers are available on a teacher's page. (SM)

Briefly describes learning activities in which ropes can be used as a stimulus material for teaching a variety of concepts. (JMB)

Presents several pages of stories, songs, sayings, and superstitions with such October themes as Halloween, Columbus Day, Fire Prevention Week, and Poetry Day. (JMB)

Presents several pages of stories, plays, songs, and activities that capture the spirit of the holiday season. (MP)

Suggestions are made for how elementary school teachers can use a tree form on their bulletin boards, with occasional changes in display materials, to organize, inform, teach, classify, and reinforce classroom topics and school events. (CB)

This article presents many ideas on recycling instructional materials and turning junk and discards into useful classroom and playground materials at little or no cost. (SJL)

Presents ideas for classroom activities for use with kindergarten children. Several of the activities have a Halloween-related theme. (JMB)

Fourteen computer software programs are described that offer instruction in a variety of subject matter areas. (DF)

Classroom teachers are in a unique position to help children develop an aesthetic awareness. Suggestions for an art appreciation program and materials are discussed. (MT)

Ideas for educational games in the elementary school classroom. (M)

Videotapes are a popular medium for classroom instruction. Author reviews 20 recent video releases that range in subject from "Why Doesn't Grass Grow on the Moon?" to "Problem-Solving in the Real World." A list of film distributors is provided. (JL)

Culture influences how and what people learn. When recalling what they read about an unfamiliar event, readers distorted information to render its meaning more familiar. Suggestions to help teachers be aware of culture incompatibility and to include a variety of perspectives in classroom materials and instruction are presented. (MT)

Four mini-posters featuring imaginary animal characters which can be used by elementary school teachers to reinforce positive classroom behaviors. (CM)

A compilation of selected reading games by experienced classroom teachers to send home to parents and help children maintain skills and concepts over the summer. (SS)