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Resource Box - 2008 Caroline Mackay is a retired teacher with 37 years experience in teaching and educating students in the elementary schools. She wrote, produced, and directed plays and programs to encourage the display of patriotism, how to stay drug free, celebrate holidays and encourage physical fitness. Being artless herself she developed some Art Starts to encourage her students to express themselves through art. Making education an exciting fun experience she developed games and learning activities to keep the students engaged in the learning experience. She is the host of www.ezeducationplays.com where you can find plays that teach and entertain children. She also is the host of www.ezelectronicelements.com where you can find a wide selection of DVD players, car videos, cellphones, tvs, theatre and stereo systems at a reasonable..

Article By CAROLINE MACKAY

Car video systems are really catching on and many families are buying them to install in their vehicles present. The positives of having one in your car would probably include the following reasons, especially if you have kids. 1. They keep the children occupied with something else to do than to...

Students in elementary schools love to share their talents and show the basics. Teachers have found many ways to make them share their talents and knowledge through science fairs, history day, theater, musicals, programs, spelling bees and many other things, but rarely have they do something with...

Recently, I read a list of inventors of important inventions that affect our daily lives. I glanced at the list quickly looking for the inventor I knew most about because he has lived in this area. To my amazement, it was not on the list, in fact, the issue has not been invented on the list. This...

For many years I have taught my fifth grade students about the symbols of the United States of America. Over the years I learned to love our national symbol, the American bald eagle. Many students are shocked to learn that our national symbol is the flag, but the bald eagle. In 1782 he was...

Patriotism is a growing concern in our country today. One way to teach children patriotism is to be done in a room or an information program. Many schools and teachers are looking for programs to fit this description that are easy to put on and very little practice time now. With all the teaching...

Some students at the school feel they have no capacity in the field of art. They stop the drawing at the age of the second year because they do not draw as well as images that teachers have given to color, since they were young. So what! Who can draw that well? Many of us can not draw, but we...

One of the most difficult to get students to participate in the art. Most of them at the age of eight or nine have already decided whether they are good at it or not. If they feel they are not good, they will be less incentive to stop participating in the art. These students attend lectures on the...

Most of the time when you have a program for parents of elementary school, it is composed of about a few lines, then a song. Or he may be speaking privileges and say a poem. Or it could even speak a few lines and sing a song and dance. It has been done several times over many years and they are...

So many times when we celebrate Red Ribbon Week, we do not think taking drugs. Students get tired of the no, do not get that message. They want to hear something else. Well, if you think it should be a week to celebrate freedom. If we do not take drugs, we have many freedoms that we cherish....

Some people think that Red Ribbon Week is more important, but I disagree. I believe that the sooner we reach the children better. One of the best ways to reach children of school age with a message saying no to drugs through the use of plays or programs. Now I know there are many groups of...