Article described a project in which students learned to cooperate and communicate as they built a "police car." (RK)

Today gently nudge your children's creative abilities into motion. Invite their attention to the "Bright Discovery" of composing poetry - a fun and a rewarding experience for all. (Editor)

Included in this series of suggestions were ideas on how to make maps and on games that help students develop their reading skills. (RK)

Suggests 21 ways that Mother Goose rhymes may be used to enliven lessons in all elementary subject areas. (SJL)

Presents a variety of activity ideas for prekindergarten, kindergarten, and older children. (CM)

Seven easy projects to get you through the last of the winter blahs! (Editor)

Thirty activity ideas for school and home use that reinforce reading skills. (CM)

A collection of plays, stories, and rhymes are offered in this article to help celebrate Halloween. (DF)

Article tells how a visit to a game refuge inspired students to create songs about their experience. (GB)

Instructions are given for creating earth dyes in the classroom. These dyes be used in the teaching of social studies, science, and art. A chart listing sources of natural dyes is offered. (DF)

Creative writing helps children to develop the ability to think imaginatively and to express their ideas and feelings effectively and constructively. Properly motivated, it is an enjoyable acitivity that should be carried out more than once a year. (Author)

Plenty of ideas for fashioning unique gifts. Plus, how to make your own ornaments and decorations; and a special picture presentation of the classic "'Twas the Night before Christmas" that you can cut out and use with your opaque projector. (Editor)

Here are 20 suggestions designed to stimulate elementary students to learn--from 3-D art projects to making old TV sets work as props for puppet-shows. (RK)