In this article, the author talks about two elementary classroom activities used as teaching tools, namely "Show and Tell" and "Sharing Time." As a teaching tool, Sharing Time has several advantages over Show and Tell. It avoids children bringing valuable items to school, reduces emphasis on materialism, allows opportunities for extended oral expression, and, as the author explains, links to the social studies curriculum, including the study of current events. Sharing Time is more than an opportunity for student self-expression and teachers to catchup on youth culture. The author discusses Sharing Time in relation to economics, civics and government, geography, culture, sociology, history, and supervision. Among other things, he emphasizes that the best guidance for conducting Sharing Time is to keep in mind its utility as a teaching tool, to remind everyone of its purpose. (Contains 4 notes.)