activity programs in education

Describes how to use picture books to teach writing for children in kindergarten to grade two focusing on writing ideas, organization, voice, and word choice. Also discusses how to develop world fluency for primary students, how to strengthen conventions, and how to highlight a presentation.

An alternate approach to teaching elementary science using selected works of children's fiction.

A collection of 16 book programs, each offering a selection of activities, projects, recipes, poetry and games.

Erin Gruwell, instructor of the "unteachable" Long Beach, California, high school students who came to be known as the Freedom Writers, describes the elements of her teaching method and philosophy and presents over fifty lessons and activities along with related excerpts from Freedom Writer journals.

Outlines prevention strategies and intervention techniques for teachers to create and maintain a positive, safe classroom, including a PowerPoint presentation and reproducibles for in-service training, for grades K-8.

This book examines classroom games for different subjects, including mathematics, spelling, geography, and history, as well as art and music, played by children in 19th century North America.