Free and Almost Free Things for Teachers
A BOOK REVIEW by Sarah Nixon-Ponder
This book provides brief descriptions and ordering information
for more than 250 educational resources available at costs of
$5.00 or less. Although many resources are for children, many
others would be useful in adult literacy programs.
Listed below are the categories within the book and some of the
resources that may be appropriate for adults.
- Animals and Pets - brochures, pamphlets, posters
- Arts, Crafts, and Music - many hands-on projects and experiments;
museum tours through color prints from different museums from
around the world; free loan videos of Mozart and the Vienna
opera; biographies of famous composers; posters
- Environment and Conservation - newsletters; alternative energy
sources; fact sheets about recycling, pollution; Earth Day
project ideas
- Health and Safety - free brochures outlining indications of
possible eye impairment; information for children of alcoholics;
drug and alcohol prevention information; information from
Alcoholics Anonymous, Al-Anon and Al-Ateen; schools without
drugs; AIDS information; poisons; dealing with divorce, death and
abuse
- Mathematics - ways parents can help their children with math
- Nutrition - information on sack lunches; nutrition for parents;
information on vitamins, calories, minerals
- Parents and Community - crime; school; family reading; social
issues (some brochures in Spanish and English)
Ordering information: Free and Almost Free Things for Teachers
by Susan Osborn, published by New York: Putman, 1993, ISBN: 0-
399-51795-2.
