Filmstrips

A teacher tours her open classroom, discussing how she has arranged and equipped her room and what the children are doing with the materials.

Through their study of a local waterway, 8 and 9 year old children learn to make increasingly complex maps, murals, science studies, and stories. These first-hand experiences are incorporated into their social studies program, thus enhancing intellectual skills and understandings.

A curriculum specialist and several teachers in the Bank Street Laboratory School explore "learning through play" with children from 3 to 7 years of age.

A curriculum specialist and several teachers in the Bank Street Laboratory School explore "learning through play" with children from 3 to 7 years of age.

An exploration of positive ways in which young children can deal with problem-solving through group meetings.

Older children tutor younger children in reading in several programs jointly sponsored by Bank Street College and the NYC Board of Education in the public schools.

A year-long development of cooking with preschool children: How this activity is used to integrate and extend math, science, pre-reading, social studies, and social awareness concepts.

This teacher of 5 and 6 year old children describes how reading becomes a part of everything the children do, from a trip to a factory to a study of tadpoles. There are many special reading activities, including teacher/child-made books and games.

A teacher shares her problems, joys, and learnings in the open classroom.

A city park is explored by elementary school children and their discoveries are developed into a four-month classroom curriculum which expands their math, reading, writing, and social studies.