1. From the Editor...

   • Randa Roen Nachbar

   EditorialNotes Pages: 4 - 4

2. Dolls in the early childhood classroom

   • Blakely Fetridge Bundy

   Features Pages: 6 - 8

3. The special needs of teachers of special needs children

   • Cary A. Buzzelli
   • Nancy File

   Features Pages: 9 - 13

4. Talk, read, joke, make friends: Language power for children

   • Alice Sterling Honig

   Features Pages: 14 - 17

5. Having fun with health: Providing activities for young children

   • Jan Jurs
   • Lauren Mangili

   Features Pages: 18 - 20

6. So you want to open a child care center? Advice for the beginner

   • Debra Torrence
   • Donald J. Harris

   Features Pages: 21 - 25

7. Bringing the outside in: Craftspeople share

   • Karey Solomon

   Features Pages: 26 - 27

8. Outdoor play environments for infants and toddlers

   • Sue C. Wortham

   Features Pages: 28 - 30

9. The discovery of gravity

   • Ben Mardell

   Columns Pages: 31 - 31

10. In the land of the differently abled

    • William Ayers

    Columns Pages: 32 - 33

11. An electronic video workshop to teach reading skills

    • David L. Giveans

    Columns Pages: 34 - 35

12. From kids with love

    • Janis Hill
    • Laure Patrick

    Columns Pages: 36 - 39

13. Play power

    • Sharron Werlin Krull
    • Norma Don

    Columns Pages: 40 - 41

14. Understanding the working parents' plight

    • Judy Savage

    Columns Pages: 42 - 43

15. Pretending

    • Madalynne Schoenfeld

    Columns Pages: 44 - 45

16. What Joan decided on her summer vacation

    • Jeanne Goldhaber

    Columns Pages: 46 - 46