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Focus on the fun of learning.(Brief Article)
New IRA book offers 45 motivating language arts activities
Worm Painting ... Flower Power ... Finger Plays: What could these three things possibly have to do with the teaching of reading?
It's simple: these are just three of the 45 unique, motivating activities for children featured in Worm Painting and 44 More Hands-On Language Arts Activities for the Primary Grades, a new book published by the International Reading Association. Prepared by E. Jo Ann Belk and Richard A. Thompson, this book focuses on activities that help develop language arts skills in K-3 classrooms while continually reinforcing how much fun learning can be.
The activities are grouped as follows:
[check] Part One--Improving Reading Comprehension and Word Identification Skills
[check] Part Two--Developing Writing Skills
[check] Part Three--Building Oral Communication Skills
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