1. Editorial: On Behalf of Children: “Fire!”

   • Mary Renck Jalongo

   Editorial Commentary Pages: 75 - 76

2. Men in Early Childhood Education: Their Emergent Issues

   • Margaret H. Cooney
   • Mark T. Bittner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 82

3. Using Multicultural Resources for Teachers to Combat Racial Prejudice in the Classroom

   • Andrea M. D'Angelo
   • Brenda P. Dixey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 87

4. A Comparison of Preservice Teachers' Mathematics Anxiety Before and After a Methods Class Emphasizing Manipulatives

   • Beth McCulloch Vinson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 94

5. Examining the Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education

   • Valarie Mercilliott Hewett

   OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 100

6. First Stories: Emergent Literacy in Infants and Toddlers

   • Pauline Davey Zeece
   • Susan L. Churchill

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 104

7. Adapting the Physical Environment to Meet the Needs of All Young Children for Play

   • Sandra Doctoroff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 109

8. The Natural Environment as a Playground for Children: The Impact of Outdoor Play Activities in Pre-Primary School Children

   • Ingunn Fjørtoft

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 117

9. Health Training Needs of Child Care Professionals

   • Rick Caulfield
   • Merle Kataoka-Yahiro

   OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 123

10. Providing the Scaffold: A Model for Early Childhood/Primary Teacher Preparation

    • Geralyn M. Jacobs

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 130

11. Nurturing Decency Through Caring and Serving During the Early Childhood Years

    • Kevin J. Swick

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 137