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Speeding across the hot, dry Arizona desert, with huge saguaro cacti flashing past on each side, I wondered what adventures awaited me. I entered the Papago Indian Reservation and continued straight toward the setting sun. Sharp mountains spiked the horizon, and lights flickered from scattered houses.
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Francis Wardle is Director of the Adams County Head Start and writer for theRocky Mountain News.
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Wardle, F. Curriculum development: The process approach. Early Childhood Educ J 13, 26–29 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01619986
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