Discusses ways to improve mathematics instruction with an approach that leaves room in the mathematics program for incidental moments. (GB)

Author recommends a daily progress sheet and a research diary as organizing aids for social studies. (GB)

Music, which moves a child as it does an adult through song and dance, can very well stimulate, support, and inspire a beginning reading program. (Author)

Lists several art activities from which students should be able to recognize and use math concepts, recognize shapes, identify shapes, and practice perceptual skills. (Author/GB)

Discusses what the teacher should do to give the child who is chronically ill the special attention he needs. (GB)

Five versatile basic backgrounds for bulletin boards are described. Many different options are suggested when using a sun, calculator, monkey, roller skate, or elephant as the basis for the bulletin board. (JMK)

Describes teacher-initiated activities to involve parents in their children's education. (CM)

Argues that first-grade teachers strongly influence the future successes of their students. (MP)

Presents ways that computers can make back-to-school easier for teachers, focusing on beautifying the classroom (display helpers and timelines); organizing the routine (labels, databases, grading, and parent letters); and making name tags and labels. Teacher software sources are listed. (SM)

Most students who lag in reading can progress with the help of both classroom attention and individual tutoring. They do best when reading materials they enjoy and can read at a certain level. This article explains the 10 steps to successful tutoring and discusses what to do if students are nonreaders. (SM)

This article offers simple ways for teachers to coax reluctant parents into the classroom. Suggestions include showing and telling parents how welcome they are, developing a sensitivity to differences in cultures and educational backgrounds, providing food, and making home visits to the parents. (SM)

Presents four primary-level activities designed to help students learn to love words and enjoy the process of writing. The activities help students craft poems, build their vocabularies in writing, integrate more imagery into their writing using rebus stories, and find missing parts in their stories through questioning. (SM)

At least 250,000 elementary teachers in this country are unhappy about teaching. They are tired, weary, or let down about their jobs. Article described some ways that teachers can experience a deliberate retooling and again find teaching exciting and fulfilling. (Author/RK)

An elementary school teacher, an independent free soul, stimulates his students toward a higher plateau of learning but also alienates his fellow teachers, including the school principal. Is it more important to conform or to motivate one's students? An elementary counselor attempts to solve the problem. (RK)

A fifth-grade teacher in Kansas City, Missouri, wanted volunteers in her classroom--to help her individualize instruction, work with students who have emotional problems, and allow her more time to plan her instruction. But when two adults volunteered to help, she couldn't think of anything specific for them to do. Here are suggestions for…