Transform "lost" time into "found" learning with brief, lively activities, games, and puzzles for 4th-6th graders Choices for all major curriculum areas and building thinking and problem-solving skills. Usable by librarians, classroom teachers, and subject specialists (with librarian-friendly activities highlighted). Choices for individuals, groups, and the whole class - for pencil-and-paper use or for thinking and talking. While papers are being collected, attendance is being taken, waiting for another group to finish, or just before lunch - seize the moment and use one of these quick activities to salvage the time for learning and have fun Sample titles: Parts of Speech Scramble, Name that Continent, Geology Rocks , An Economical Pizza, Musical Ladders, But Will It Do Windows?


Mary Northrup is the reference librarian at Maple Woods Community College in Kansas City, MO.