This booklet contains activities and teaching suggestions that will help elementary students become aware of their environment. It will help teachers foster among their pupils an understanding of their place in nature, a sense of wonder, a reverence for life, thoughtful use of resources, and the realization that the earth is a home to be shared.…

THE OBJECTS OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO DETERMINE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AVERAGE ESTHETIC SENSITIVITY TO VISUAL ART THROUGH THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL YEARS AND (2) TO DETERMINE IF APPROPRIATE TRAINING PROCEDURES WOULD LEAD CHILDREN TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN WORKS CONSIDERED BETTER OR POORER BY EXPERTS. CHILDREN FROM GRADES 1 TO 12 WERE PRESENTED…

The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if increasing the number of types of sensory stimulation prior to a writing experience would help children to write more creatively and to write longer stories. The sample for this study consisted of 300 randomly selected fourth, sixth, and eighth grade students from the Silver Bay area, a…

The author states her strong belief that through dance, movement, rhythm, and body awareness, a child can explore his feelings and the environment around him. (KC)

A study explored the nature of representational thought in 10 congenitally blind three- to nine-year-olds through interviews during which the subjects defined and described objects and later identified similar objects. Results suggested that blind children should be taught appropriate or systematic methods for tactually obtaining information. (CB)

Techniques for helping the poor speller succeed are offered. Students learn in different ways and can be taught to spell through the sense they use best. Tips include ideas for visual, aural, and kinesthetic learners. (DF)

Children should be prepared to use all five senses when experiencing the environment. Suggestions are offered for helping stimulate children to observe, investigate, and discover their world. (DF)

Discussed is a project based upon the idea that children are best taught through the sensory channel to which they are most responsive. (LS)

Reports on a cooperative project between the art education program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the Elm Creative Arts School. Describes the way in which the sensory experience of a rain forest is created within a classroom gallery. Points out ways that teachers use the gallery. (KO)

Because it is sometimes difficult for teachers to arrange field trips to state parks, and difficult for naturalists to come to schools for presentations, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources has developed Portapark, an activity packet that teachers can use to bring an outdoor learning experience into their classrooms. most of the ideas and…

Advocates a change in educational emphasis in which humanism is seen not as an alternative but as a given. Suggests switching focus from measuring end-results to providing options which emphasize process and which reflect two themes, namely active learning from concrete experience and the symbolization of that experience through sensory means. (BR)

The experience of nontraditional learning events, such as a day in a graveyard, can prove beneficial to elementary school students and education undergraduates alike. (LH)

Presents classroom learning activities to help elementary teachers and students learn about and experiment with the sense of taste. One involves tasting an apple while smelling an onion; another involves locating areas of the tongue that respond to salt, sweet, bitter, and sour. (SM)

Describes a multisensory approach to making science accessible to students with profound learning disabilities. (WRM)