Problem: Article: Leave time in each class for your adult students to share their own life experiences that relate to the material. Encourage them to draw on their knowledge about a given topic to help other students gain perspective. Adult learners are more apt to have job or family experience that might be helpful in understanding a complex situation. Keep your adult students' attention by tailoring lessons around their interests when possible. Solicit feedback to shape the day's discussion around topics the class wants to know more about. You might say, "Today, I've prepared a lesson about conducting a job search. What interests you more: Creating a compelling resume or networking with people you already know?" Offer students room to select their own topics for papers and presentations when possible, so they feel invested in the lesson material. Adults are typically self-starters and may enjoy the chance to further research areas that apply to them. You might say, "Your final assignment is an oral presentation on a recent technological advancement of your choice." Provide concrete parameters for the projectsuch as the length or formattingeven if the topic is more open. Focus on active methods of learning rather than passive ones to help your adult students best retain material. Adults tend to remember more of what they do and say rather than what they hear or see. Use dramatic presentations, role-plays, and group discussions so your students can practice their skills. Reading or listening to a lecture are necessary sometimes, but the more you can encourage active participation, the better.
Summary: Allow time for adult learners to show their expertise. Ask your students what interests them most in a given subject area. Give students open-ended research opportunities. Practice applying the lesson rather than simply reading about it.

Problem: Article: Most cotton mattress pads can go right in the washing machine, but you should check the care label first to make sure. The tag will tell you if there are special care needs for your mattress pad. Pour a mild laundry detergent into the washing machine. You should use whatever amount is listed on your laundry detergent for a medium/large load. Set the water temperature to warm or cool and add the mattress pad. If you can dry your mattress pad in the dryer, throw a few tennis or rubber balls to the dryer. Letting them bounce around the dryer with your mattress pad will maintain the fluffiness of the pad.
Summary: Check the care label. Put the mattress pad in the washing machine. Dry in the dryer.

Problem: Article: Your child may have mastered staying dry during the day, but that does not mean that he or she will be ready to stay dry at night. For most children, it's fine to keep them in diapers (or pull-up style disposable underwear) until they start waking up dry most mornings. Understand that developmentally, each child is different. Some children can stay dry at night during the toddler years; others are still having accidents at age six or beyond. Try not to compare your son or daughter to other children. Once you decide to give up nighttime diapers, you'll want to prepare for the inevitable accidents. Get a waterproof cover to put under the sheets but above the mattress, to protect it from damage. When your child has an accident in the middle of the night, it's helpful to have clean sheets and pajamas nearby. That way, you can simply remove the soiled sheets, wipe the waterproof cover with a cloth, put clean sheets on the bed, and help your child change into fresh sleepwear. As your child gets older, you may want to enlist his or her help in this routine. Most preschoolers can remove soiled sheets, put on clean pajamas, and help you put clean linens on the bed. Accidents will happen and, indeed, they may happen very frequently at first and it's important that you support your child and take them in stride. Tell your child that learning to stay dry at night is a process and that it's okay if it takes some time.
Summary: Wait until your child is ready. Buy a waterproof mattress cover. Keep spare linens and pajamas close at hand. Maintain a relaxed attitude.

Problem: Article: Take four metal clothes hangers and stretch and bend them to make the outlines of wings. The top two wing sections will be thinner and bigger on top while the bottom two will be shorter but wider. Posterboard is a good substitute material and can be cut into wing shapes, covered with felt, and decorated later. Black adhesive felt or tape sticks to the metal. Take pieces one at a time and wrap them closely around the exposed parts of the hangers. This also softens any metal edges sticking out so they don't puncture decoration material later. Take one or two trash bags per wing. Pull them as tight as you can over the wings. If the material bunches up at the end or hangs loosely, you can trim the open end until they cover more securely. Tape the bags together around the front side of the hangers. If the wings are for a child, they can enjoy decorating too. Using scissors, cut shapes out of colored felt and then glue them onto the backs of the wings. Vary your shapes and lay them next to each other to create patterns like those on a monarch butterfly. Finish decorating by adding spots to the black edges of the wings. This hides the trash bags and adds variety. One way to do this is to add gold and white office stickers of varying sizes, but you can also use an alternative such as paint. Two strips of Velcro are enough to secure the wings. The sticky sides of the Velcro attach to the inner side of the wings and to the back of your clothes. To put the wings on, push the Velcro sides together and you're done. Arm or thumb loops can be sewn onto felt-covered cardboard. Wrap the material around the wearer's shoulder or thumb to measure the material needed. Hold the material in loops on the wings, then use pins or a sewing needle to bind them together and to the wings.
Summary:
Shape hangers. Cover the hangers with felt. Cover the wings with trash bags. Cut patterns out of orange felt. Decorate the wings. Attach with Velcro.