Several activities, games, and puzzles designed to teach elementary school children how to use a thesaurus are described and copies of worksheets are provided. (CLB)

Describes some of the imaginative ways a school librarian can encourage children to become aware of the variety and richness of the materials in a school library. (HOD)

Describes a program of language arts skills for students in grades five through seven, which focuses on word knowledge, comprehension, research and library skills, critical thinking, and oral and silent reading skills, while moving the students toward the independence to freely use these skills for their own purposes. (HTH)

Suggests that instructing deaf children to use the library can be effective if both teacher and librarian cooperate to make the instruction meaningful. Incorporating the children's own experiences into lessons, using informal teaching methods, and correlating the curriculum with library resources are recommended. (FM)

The Florida Library Research Project uses the community education process--involving the community, sharing resources, and promoting lifelong learning--to further the mission of the curriculum in appropriate areas. Elementary school children are introduced to library resources and research tools and library volunteers visit classrooms to help…

The library skills design for elementary schools which is described utilizes specific objectives and a teacher/library media specialist contract to reach objectives. Steps described in this instructional approach include (1) the determination of themes; (2) the performance of skills/task analysis of themes to provide objectives; (3) interviews…

The message of this series of books, "Parents and Children Together," is that parents should get together with their children, talk about stories, and learn together. This book contains several stories that parents and children can read together and talk about in a relaxed way. The book has a companion audiotape. Advice is given in the…

Provides two fully developed library media activities to be used in conjunction with specific curriculum units in physical education and science. Grade levels, objectives, curriculum objectives, resources, instructional roles, activities and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up are described for each activity. (MES)

This paper outlines the elementary school gifted pupil's need for instruction in research strategies as an integral part of an ongoing unit. A program is described in which pupils select areas of investigation and participate in gathering, organizing, interpreting, and sharing relevant data. (JDD)

Lists and annotates eight items from the ERIC database that discuss ways to motivate children to use the library and to read. (PRA)

Presents a story and song that can be used to teach Big6 research skills to elementary students that is based on the book "Lizard's Song", by George Shannon. (LRW)

Concludes that highly motivated learning disabled elementary students may be trained to perform basic library media skills and impart them to younger students. This study presents the methodology, data analysis, and training program used with a group of 24 students at an Illinois elementary school. (RAA)

Describes the use of IMSeries software, a relational database capable of implementing curriculum design, in an elementary school. Topics include Big6 research skills; tracking the scope and sequence of curriculum; tying library skills to curricular disciplines; information literacy; and examples of a lesson unit and assessment strategy. (LRW)

This resource guide was developed to provide teachers with ready-to-use activity sheets and suggested discussion topics to teach basic skills students need to use both school and public libraries effectively. Several assumptions were made in developing the guide: students can read at their grade level (although most materials are easily adapted);…