1. From the editor...

   • Randa Roen Nachbar

   EditorialNotes Pages: 2 - 2

2. The tasks of early childhood — Part I: The will to try

   • Alice Sterling Honig
   • Therese W. Lansburgh

   Features Pages: 4 - 10

3. Personnel interviewing for quality child care

   • Jan Allen
   • Carol Catron

   Features Pages: 11 - 13

4. Child-initiated activity: Its importance in early childhood education

   • Janis R. Bullock

   Features Pages: 14 - 16

5. Caring for the environment

   • Kathleen Fry-Miller
   • Judith Myers-Walls

   Features Pages: 17 - 19

6. Susanne and her two mothers

   • Jan Hare
   • Leslie A. Koepke

   Features Pages: 20 - 21

7. Supporting the activity choices of two-year-olds

   • Margaret King
   • Anne Oberlin
   • Terry Swank

   Features Pages: 22 - 26

8. Early childhood family education

   • Barb Rose

   Features Pages: 27 - 29

9. Building intergenerational Bridges in early childhood

   • L. C. Taharally
   • A. L. Smith

   Features Pages: 30 - 33

10. S.U.C.C.E.S.S.ful pre-/in-service training requires planning

    • Sharon Wooden
    • Nancy Baptiste

    Features Pages: 34 - 36

11. Are they ready?

    • Patsy Allen

    Columns Pages: 37 - 38

12. Play and learning for the special child

    • Marcy Guddemi

    Columns Pages: 39 - 40

13. Facts about hib disease

    • Richard J. Sagall

    Columns Pages: 41 - 42

14. The farm dome

    • Jon C. Picciuolo

    Columns Pages: 43 - 45

15. Always, sometimes, never

    • Marion Schoerberlein

    Columns Pages: 46 - 46

16. Family feelings

    • Rachel Theilheimer

    Columns Pages: 47 - 48