http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com So you want to have an elementary school play, but how do you choose who gets each part. Since elementary students are quite a bit different from middle and high school students here are some ideas that you might find helpful in choosing parts. First ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_505312_22.html 02nd April 2008 Substitute teaching can be very rewarding. There are different reasons that people choose to substitute teach. Some look at it as just a job and they can make some what they view as, easy work, until they have done it for a day or two, then their opinion... http://www.articlealley.com/article_505311_22.html 02nd April 2008 Five hours! That is how long it took me to figure out what to do with an order that I felt came from a stolen credit card. Being new to the internet business I had had very few problems with credit cards. Besides, on the site where I was selling the m... http://www.articlealley.com/article_460229_15.html 24th January 2008 Most teachers hate getting a substitute teacher for their class because it is so much work to get prepared for the substitute. Since many districts have gone to the automated sub finder system the teacher is also never sure who will be their substitute a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_460228_22.html 24th January 2008 The American Bald Eagle is the United States National Symbol. It was chosen as our national symbol in 1782 and was chosen over the Golden Eagle because it lives on on the North American Continent while the Golden Eagle also lives in Europe. When born it... http://www.articlealley.com/article_460227_22.html 24th January 2008 One year everyone at our school was tired of doing Red Ribbon week. They felt that they were being asked to do too many things so they sort of boycotted the whole idea. My class really wanted to do something and I did also, but I didn’t want to have t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_460226_22.html 24th January 2008 Four Corners is a simple game that students of all elementary school ages love to play. This is fun to play with the lights out if there is a window letting a little light into the room. Give each corner a number one to four. One person is it. They ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_460225_22.html 24th January 2008 Sometimes the best thing to do for Red Ribbon Week is to have the students make their own poetry. Using the old Roses are red, violets are blue poem is easy for the students to make up their own rhyme. Below are some examples.Roses are red, ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_215204_22.html 20th September 2007 Some people think that Red Ribbon Week is no longer important, but I disagree. I believe that the earlier we reach children the better. One of the best ways to reach school aged children with a message about saying no to drugs is through the use of play... http://www.articlealley.com/article_215205_22.html 20th September 2007 Most of the time when you have a program for parents in the elementary school it is comprised of speaking some lines and then singing a song. Or it might be speaking some liens and say a poem. Or it just might even be speak a few lines and sing a song a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_215206_22.html 20th September 2007 So many times when we celebrate Red Ribbon Week we only think about not taking drugs. Students get tired of the no, don’t do that message. They want to hear something else. Well, if you think about it this should be a week to celebrate freedom. If w... http://www.articlealley.com/article_215207_22.html 20th September 2007 Many times Thanksgiving is over looked as a time to do a program because Christmas seems so much more exciting. That is not so, a Thanksgiving program can be used to teach students the history of the beginning of this country and can encourage the studen... http://www.articlealley.com/article_215208_22.html 20th September 2007 So you want to teach. Let me give you a preview of what your life will be like if you succeed in becoming an elementary school teacher. If you become an elementary school teacher this is what you might expect. For nine months of the year your life wi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_208442_22.html 29th August 2007 It is so reassuring to drive down the street and see our national flag flying proudly in the wind. The problem is most people only do it occasionally. So what are those days that are appropriate to fly the flag? January 1—start the year out right, ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_208441_22.html 29th August 2007 Patriotism is a growing concern in our nation today. One of the ways to teach children patriotism is to have them be in an informative play or program. Many schools and teachers are looking for programs to fit this description that are easy to put on an... http://www.articlealley.com/article_205747_22.html 24th August 2007 Students often use numbers that they really cannot visualize what they are talking about. One day in class I heard a child tell another that he did not have one chance in a centillion to get a 100%. Where did that come from? Where did they ever even he... http://www.articlealley.com/article_205744_22.html 24th August 2007 One of the hardest subjects to get students to participate in is art. Most of them by the age of eight or nine have already decided whether they are good at it or not. If they feel that they are not good they will stop unless encouraged to participate i... http://www.articlealley.com/article_204614_22.html 22nd August 2007 Some students in school feel that they have no ability in the art area. They stop drawing as young as second grade because they do not draw as well as the pictures that teachers have handed them out to color since they were young. So what! Who can draw... http://www.articlealley.com/article_204613_22.html 22nd August 2007 Teaching Patriotism is a Growing Concern Patriotism is a growing concern in our nation today. One of the ways to teach children patriotism is to have them be in an informative play or program. Many schools and teachers are looking for programs to fit... http://www.articlealley.com/article_198627_22.html 07th August 2007 For many years I taught my fifth grade students about the symbols of the United States of America. Over the years I have grown to love our national symbol, the American Bald Eagle. Many students are shocked to learn that our national symbol is not the f... http://www.articlealley.com/article_198626_22.html 07th August 2007 Recently I was reading a list of inventors of important inventions that affect our lives every day. I glanced down the list quickly looking for the inventor I knew most about because he once lived in this area. To my astonishment he was not on the list,... http://www.articlealley.com/article_196000_45.html 02nd August 2007 Students in Elementary Schools love to share their talents and to basically ‘show off’. Teachers have found a multitude of ways to let them share their talents and knowledge through Science Fairs, History Days, Plays, Musicals, Programs, Spelling Bee... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195999_22.html 02nd August 2007 Car video systems are really catching on and many families are purchasing them to install in their present vehicles. The positives of having one in your car would probably include the following reasons, especially if you have children. 1. They keep t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_195998_45.html 02nd August 2007 5 Important MP3 Player Questions MP3 or a digital audio player to those in the know. For those people that are just catching up to technology or are a step or two behind technology, it is a listening device. You can down load music and take it with... http://www.articlealley.com/article_193019_45.html 26th July 2007 Being a teacher I have to be very careful with my vocabulary. I want to be a good example to my students and use words appropriately. Using less familiar words help the students build vocabulary and they enjoy looking up words they do not know. In ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_193018_34.html 26th July 2007 How many of you have heard this? Well, I’m here to tell you that this is false. Everyone can teach, but not in a classroom. Some yea5rs ago the newspaper reported of a very successful lawyer who had always dreamed of being a teacher. He had made a l... http://www.articlealley.com/article_187126_22.html 20th July 2007 Imagine my surprise when I went looking for a DVD for my car. We were to take our grandkids for an extended road trip and I thought it would help it to a DVD player. The trouble is “monitor”. I saw all these good priced monitors and thought that is... http://www.articlealley.com/article_187125_45.html 20th July 2007 Rhyming makes learning easier for everyone. If you want a child to learn something quickly there are two things that will make the process much easier and less painful for everyone involved. One is to put it to music and the other is to make it int... http://www.articlealley.com/article_185845_22.html 13th July 2007 So this is the year that you are going to take a thousand mile road trip. It would be fun and enjoyable with just your spouse, but now your family includes others. Those others include a preteen ten year old that is already developing a teen attitude. ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_185844_29.html 13th July 2007 Thirty seven years spent in an ordinary average classroom has given me a lot of insight into what is a teacher friendly program. Teacher friendly programs realize that teachers are always under the gun when it comes to time. They must cover every subje... http://www.articlealley.com/article_185843_22.html 13th July 2007 The other day we lost our remote control. Being of the older generation I told my grandkids to not panic and just go push the button on the television. Button, you've got to be kidding. The television does not have a button, a shirt has a button. The... http://www.articlealley.com/article_185842_45.html 13th July 2007 Have you noticed that organization is in vogue now? Organization is a verb not a noun. Most people wished that it were a noun so that they could purchase it, but that is not the case. Organization takes action and that is a verb. You can buy products ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_167649_10.html 31st May 2007 School Christmas Programs or Plays can be difficult to say the least. Children are hyper because of the thoughts of the holidays. Teachers are anxious and do not want to have an added burden. Parents have so many other appointments on their calendar th... http://www.articlealley.com/article_167646_22.html 31st May 2007 PE or in the school setting Physical Education has sometimes got a bad deal in the elementary setting. Many people including parents feel that students go to PE just to play games. Many feel that it is just a time out or another recess for the students... http://www.articlealley.com/article_167644_22.html 31st May 2007 Show Parents that PE is a Subject Not Just For Fun For thirty seven years I have3 seen students perform in musical programs and plays. I have written most of the ones that my students participated in. They are always fun because students like to show... http://www.articlealley.com/article_167643_22.html 31st May 2007 If you have the equipment for displaying power points in auditoriums or gymnasiums then the use of Power Point Programs during a program can be very effective. They can use them to emphasis a point or usually to bring about an emotional impact on th... http://www.articlealley.com/article_167641_22.html 31st May 2007 PE or in the school setting Physical Education has sometimes got a bad deal in the elementary setting. Many people including parents feel that students go to PE just to play games. Many feel that it is just a time out or another recess for the students... http://www.articlealley.com/article_143107_22.html 01st April 2007 Some times getting a shy student to participate is very difficult. You can beg or demand, but to those students it will not be a fun experience and they may start to not like you for making them do it. School programs should be fun and memorable ex... http://www.articlealley.com/article_133236_22.html 01st March 2007 Well ladies I hate to be the one to inform you, but Father Time has caught up with you. The first time you set foot in this school you found out real fast that you would not just be killing time and you would have plenty of time to do all the things you... http://www.articlealley.com/article_126311_22.html 04th February 2007 Over the years I have found 10 qualities in students that make them good students. To me a good student is not always the student that gets an A. Some students can get an A without even trying and they will take any path they need to, to get that A. Th... http://www.articlealley.com/article_126309_22.html 04th February 2007 Over the many years that I have taught I have seen one fact that is always constant. TEACHERS When the lights go out for the day they move into the halls or to the nearest window and TEACH. When computers go down and all the technology stops because of... http://www.articlealley.com/article_122961_22.html 24th January 2007 One of the best ideas for making a fun school program is to listen to the kids. Children have very active imaginations and they are not shy about expressing their ideas. If you are open to their ideas you can give your programs zip and humor. It also g... http://www.articlealley.com/article_122960_22.html 24th January 2007 Years ago around the end of January I would develop Chinophobia (fear of snow). Maybe it was because we had 3-5 feet of snow and I was ready for spring. Over the years I have developed “temporary phobias” for a number of good reasons. A phobia ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_121984_10.html 20th January 2007 I love music and I often reminisce with my kids and grandkids about sitting around the table at night, when I was young and listening to the radio. The Lone Ranger and The Shadow always kept us spell bound. I used to listen to music just like the y... http://www.articlealley.com/article_121982_45.html 20th January 2007 Have you ever been watching a TV program and you liked it so much that you wanted to contact the network and thank them for the splendid program. Or, maybe you have seen something that you find particularly offensive and you would like to complain to the... http://www.articlealley.com/article_120474_27.html 16th January 2007 So it’s holiday time and who is showing up at your house raring to go? The Grandkids. They are such a joy and you can hardly wait til they get here, but you must childproof the house first. You put all the breakables up high, lock or tie all the cabi... http://www.articlealley.com/article_120472_27.html 16th January 2007 Art in children encourages them to develop the creative part of their brain. Many students as they progress through elementary school stop drawing for a variety of reasons. Maybe they think their picture isn't as good as the student next to them, but mo... http://www.articlealley.com/article_119269_22.html 12th January 2007 My personal research and experience suggests that there is a direct correlation between iPods and pea pods. For an old 20th century person that is living in the 21st century I feel somewhat perplexed when it comes to dealing with the modern electrical ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_119218_45.html 11th January 2007 So you just purchased a new X-Box. You have probably been able to find one that is quite reasonable on the internet. You have probably been able to even find the newer version X-Box 360 and your children have never been happier. Well, maybe they could... http://www.articlealley.com/article_114761_45.html 28th December 2006 When Red Ribbon Week started back in 1988 it was to honor a young DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) Agent by the name of Enrique Camarena. His friends knew him by the name of “Kiki”. He was kidnapped and killed in Mexico back in 1985. He had u... http://www.articlealley.com/article_114760_22.html 28th December 2006