The "Idea Place," a regular feature carried by the magazine "Learning," provides an assortment of practical teaching techniques selected from commercially available materials and from ideas submitted by readers. Games, puzzles, and other activities are given for the areas of language arts, reading, mathematics, science, social studies, cooking, and arts and crafts. Topics treated by this compilation are: (1) seeds; (2) world geography; (3) spool knitting; (4) story time; (5) puppets; (6) sand; and (7) cooking. (JH)