1. From the editor...

   • Randa Roen Nachbar Editor

   EditorialNotes Pages: 4 - 4

2. Preventing sexual abuse

   • Carol A. Plummer

   Features Pages: 6 - 13

3. Safe touch: Reassurances for child care workers

   • Jan Allen

   Features Pages: 14 - 16

4. Teacher-parent conferences: Learning from each other

   • Janis Bullock

   Features Pages: 17 - 19

5. Fun graphs

   • Ellen Booth Church

   Features Pages: 20 - 23

6. Helping the young child cope with death

   • Judy Ansell Ketchel

   Features Pages: 24 - 27

7. Movement education: Balance

   • June Gustafson Munro

   Features Pages: 28 - 31

8. Visual messages: Making sense with young children

   • Sandra L. Gordon
   • Beth C. Anderson

   Features Pages: 32 - 33

9. Rugtime read-alouds for three-year-olds

   • Donna R. Daugherty

   Features Pages: 34 - 35

10. Nursery rhyme crafts

    • Susan True

    Features Pages: 36 - 37

11. Puzzles fascinate children of all ages

    • Harriet Hartman

    Columns Pages: 40 - 41

12. Child-centered teaching

    • Amy Laura Dombro

    Columns Pages: 43 - 43

13. Alphabet and counting books

    • Madalynne Schoenfeld

    Columns Pages: 44 - 45