This monograph provides various audiences with background material necessary to the successful establishment of an elementary school industrial arts (IA) program. Chapter 1 discusses needs of children in respect to activity-based learning and addresses concerns teachers have as they move from print media instruction to an activity-based elementary IA program. Chapter 2 describes the general tools, equipment, materials, and processes that elementary teachers have available and provides guidelines for managing the multiple activity classroom and evaluating learners in this environment. In chapter 3 is a description of aspects of early childhood development and ways in which the IA teacher may become involved in elementary school IA. Chapter 4 addresses the role of the administrator in supporting elementary IA programs and personnel. The final four chapters deal with ways of delivering elementary IA to the children: (1) incorporation of IA ideas into classroom activities; (2) organization and conducting of activities that grow out of the needs of children; (3) use of such facilities as separate mobile facilities and portable tool carts and activity centers in regular classrooms; and (4) need and procedures for diagnosing children's needs and prescribing IA activities to meet them. (YLB)