This report of the National Conference on Elementary School Industrial Arts (ESIA) (1969-70) deals with the nature of industrial arts in the elementary school, different approaches and requirements for its implementation, and ways of meeting and solving problems. Section 1 defines ESIA. In section 2 a discussion of philosophical bases shows how industrial arts offers activities enhancing the learning process through concrete experiences, thought processes, learning processes, personal abilities, self concepts, and world of work. Section 3 identifies several approaches to ESIA, including limited classroom, comprehensive classroom, laboratory, traveling teacher, mobile laboratory, central laboratory, and summer school enrichment programs. Leadership characteristics and responsibilities of a national commission, state-level directors of ESIA, and local-level industrial arts specialists are listed in section 4. Section 5 discusses essential components of preservice and inservice teacher education programs--philosophical basis, technological content, tool and material exposure, environment for learning, opportunity to apply learning with children, involvement of resource persons and community resources (physical and human), techniques of gaining administrative involvement, and program evaluation. Eighteen recommendations for teacher education are listed. Section 6 lists persons in the educational professions, public, and industry to whom dissemination of information concerning ESIA should be directed. (YLB)