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Educational research has revealed that the inclusion of music and art in children's learning activities enhances intellectual development. Based on this finding, the Lee Expressive Arts Elementary School in Columbia, MO, strives to blend arts into its curriculum. For instance, in the teaching of language arts, the children are asked to relate a story they have read through art works or dramatizations with background music recordings.

'Family science nights' carried out in Texas and California proved most successful in exposing preservice elementary teachers to science teaching strategies and teaching and psychological concepts. The initiative was a collaboration between universities and public elementary schools in the areas, and it was highly rated by parents and elementary students alike.

Peer training programs being held in two elementary schools are comparatively examined to determine the effectiveness of reforms in science teaching. Generally, these reforms have been delayed due to the absence of science curricula for teacher training programs. The reforms focused on changes in the way children view science. Teachers conducted programs which showed science as a risk-taking process, as an art process, as an inquiry and as an adventure in nature.

This article updates a 1980 annotation of simulations appropriate for use in elementary or primary school social studies. It briefly describes close to 200 activities, and it provides bibliographic information so users can readily locate each simulation's source. In order to accommodate a typical classroom, the list identifies simulations that can be played with large groups. It does not include electronic simulations, board games, quiz competitions, or unstructured role-play. KEYWORDS: anthropology; career education; decision making; economics; economic education; elementary education; geography; history; political science; primary education; simulation; simulations; social studies; sociology.

Several teaching strategies for levels K-8 that focus on student activities involving the application of mathematical concepts in the organization, preparation and presentation of foods are presented. These include an activity for sharing and serving beverage for levels K-3; a brownie bake for levels 3-5; and a lunch-in affair for levels 6-8., The 'IDEAS' section for this month focuses on student organization, preparation, and presentation of some simple foods as a way to apply various mathematical concepts, with problem-solving techniques being central [...]