Classroom Notes.

The article presents suggestions by different teachers on classroom activities for children in elementary schools. Teachers can encourage students to bring clippings from the newspaper about science, which are placed on the bulletin board. Teachers may help students in building an inexpensive private science library through the use of many commercial firms who are printing accurate, interesting booklets on a wide variety of science subjects. Children in elementary schools can be encouraged to make wreaths for Christmas decorations. The materials required for the wreath are: a coil of heavy wire for making the frame, a spool of light pliable wire for fastening greens; wire cutter; pruning shears; evergreens, such as fir, cedar, hemlock, and spruce; and decorative materials, such as pine cones, fruit, or berries. After teaching students the fundamentals of sound, they should be encouraged to make a variety of musical instruments like xylophones; chimes made with bottles, tumblers, and water; guitars and violins made from cornstalks.