The Alphabet

Love this old illustrated alphabet. I only wish they would use the hard G as in goat.

A Lesson From the Olden Days, Part 3

In these modern days of cell phones and push button technology, our children today are unfamiliar with using a rotary dial telephone. Yet, some of these are still in use!

I have one in my classroom, and every once in a while, I'll bring it out and challenge the students to dial their home phone number. (Or 911, if we're studying safety.) I've even caught some kids just counting to ten one dialing at a time.

A Lesson From the Olden Days, Part 2

Here's another goodie I uncovered during our garage clean-out. If you've never messed with a reel-to-reel tape recorder, thank your lucky stars. This vintage piece was a neat way to bring some history into the room. And it also provided an interesting topic to write about.

A Lesson From the Olden Days, Part 1

While cleaning out our garage a few months ago, I found the old manual typewriter I'd used back when I was in college ('72-'76, then thru '78 - Yeah, I'm that old. ;). I took it to school for the kids to play on it, and it was like they had discovered a fantastic new toy. In fact, I had to put a time limit on how long each child could remain on it so the others wouldn't get upset!

Talk about a great way for them to work on their fine motor skills!