How Stuff Works offers a good article on this subject. Discuss the meaning of the digits in the phone number, such as the area code, the prefix, and the line number.government section: lists addresses and phone numbers of government offices (sometimes separated into state, county, and city offices.).map section: usually has a detailed street map of the local area.There are many business that choose not to be listed in the yellow pages. yellow pages: point out that the people listed in this section have to pay to have their ad/phone number listed here.white pages: lists both residential and business phone numbers, sometimes in one section, but often in two separate sections.Note that the sections listed below are not necessarily included in every phone book, and some may even be called something different but in general, this is the major information included in most phone books that kids should be familiar with. Discuss each of the major sections of the phone book and explain their purposes.Use this “What Does Your Phone Book Include” worksheet from ReadWriteThink for a more directed introduction to the phone book. Look over the table of contents to see how the book is organized.Grab a phone book that has both white and yellow pages and sit down with your kids.

Although the internet is increasingly being used for locating phone numbers for persons and businesses, the phone book is still a very important and useful tool. We received a new phone book on our front porch yesterday, so that reminded me of another important “real world” skill that all kids should learn-how to utilize a phone book effectively. How many adults have the life skill of using a phone book? Don't we all randomly search at times?

Yellow pages residential phone book