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Offers classroom tips and time-savers. Includes sharing of ideas with colleagues; Creation of a Mother's Day gifts; Weekly meeting with colleagues.

Presents ideas on how to make a classroom warm and appealing. Includes addition of colored floor pillows; Installation of clotheslines.

Offers suggestions for elementary school teachers on how to improve their daily classroom experiences. Helping students get organized at the end of the day; Getting students to learn about technological advances in math and science; Use of an umbrella to teach about diversity.

Suggests tips for connecting teachers with parents and volunteers. How to guarantee that important notes are delivered to parents; Keeping parents current with what their children are learning; Extending invitations to parents to attend class events; How to show school volunteers they are appreciated.

Offers tips to teachers on how to strengthen relationships with parents and support volunteers. Mechanics of Live and Learn project to encourage students to learn about their community; Designating one night each week to be Family Homework Night; Thank you party for classroom volunteers.

Suggests how teachers can benefit from the use of technology within classrooms. Benefits of publishing on the Internet; How to e-mail for stories on Frog and Toad; Details on the activity `The Daily Edit'.

Suggests arts and crafts activities for primary students. Includes spooky wind socks and paper-bag haunts for the Halloween; Fall foliage display; Leaf-print projects.

Gives instructions on how to create beautiful and unique fall leaves.

Gives instructions on how to create a festive wreath to celebrate the special day for giving thanks.

Focuses on the environmental benefits of reducing paper usage among teachers and saving trees. Creation of double-sided copies of reproducibles; Suggestion of the usage of Play-Doh for handwriting practice; Usage of e-mail services to relay messages to colleagues, administrators and parents providing they are connected to the Internet; Recycling educational posters.

Suggests ideas for teachers to assist students with summertime enjoyment. How to promote student-reading during summer vocation; Compilation of a class book with summertime activity ideas generated by students; How to conduct summertime postcard exchanges.