This book contains more than 250 language-experience activities, designed for use in classrooms where individualized programs require a variety of materials and a wide range of learning tasks. Intended for use as a resource text for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as for inservice teachers at the elementary level, the book provides suggestions for encouraging children's language growth through the use of learning centers. Activities and selections presented are coded according to learning center (arts and crafts center, game center, reading/research center, and so on) and according to the language concept illustrated. Appendixes include a bibliography of selections about models for children's writing and a listing of frequently used words. (KS)