Describes 55 places from which materials can be ordered to enrich the classroom instruction of language arts in elementary and middle school. (DD)

Suggests ways that preservice and inservice training might help language arts teachers develop teaching strategies which rely on questions to involve children in purposeful verbal activity. (DD)

Suggests that small groups be established in the language arts classroom based on students' skill strengths and weaknesses and on students' preferred companions. (DD)

Discusses the role and responsibilities of the reviewer of children's books. (DD)

Describes a series of workshops for elementary and secondary teachers which demonstrated the interrelatedness of reading to language processes. (DD)

Describes several activities which might be used in inservice courses to help language arts teachers experience the process of writing. (DD)

Describes a four-day workshop in written composition as a model for inservice programs. (DD)

Inservice programs should involve language arts teachers in actual reading and writing. (DD)

Provides eight tips that may help language arts teachers better manage their time. (DD)

Describes the Milwaukee Multimedia Home Education Project, which helps parents assist preschool children to acquire learning and language skills. (DD)

Describes the findings of a year's study on the status of writing in America, England, and Scotland, concentrating on reasons for the lack of writing and the conditions under which good writing occurs. (DD)

Reviews ERIC documents on ways of improving preservice and inservice education of reading and language arts teachers. (DD)

Describes how alphabet books may be used to develop children's visual and verbal literacy. (DD)

Contains five lists of objects beginning with the letters "A" through "Z" which provide examples of ways to stimulate all five of a child's senses. (DD)

Children's books contributee to language development by employing the teaching techniques of sentence repetition and expansion. (DD)