1. From the editor...

   • Randa Roen

   EditorialNotes Pages: 4 - 4

2. Getting ready to write—And having fun doing it

   • Gerard Giordano

   Features Pages: 6 - 8

3. Open the door, let's explore: Neighborhood field trips

   • Rhoda Redleaf

   Features Pages: 9 - 14

4. Responding to infants: Fine motor development

   • Inez D. Moyer

   Features Pages: 15 - 17

5. Joy of movement

   • Sandra Curtis

   Features Pages: 18 - 21

6. Family day care: State of the art

   • Mary Clurman

   Features Pages: 22 - 23

7. A trip to the Zoo

   • Kateri K. Dames

   Features Pages: 24 - 26

8. Toys to make for babies and toddlers

   • Elizabeth A. Hasson

   Features Pages: 27 - 29

9. Early childhood teaching manuals: Guidelines for selection

   • Diane E. Levin

   Features Pages: 30 - 31

10. American red cross teaches safety rules to children

    Features Pages: 32 - 33

11. I'm worried about our kids

    • Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld

    Departments Pages: 34 - 35

12. Developmental effects on children of pregnant adolescents

    • Alice Sterling Honig

    Departments Pages: 36 - 42

13. Matching objects by shape

    • Sandra Anselmo

    Departments Pages: 43 - 43

14. Family day care

    • Amy Laura Dombro

    Departments Pages: 44 - 44

15. Adult/child play

    • Joanna Foster

    Departments Pages: 45 - 45

16. Working mothers

    • Madalynne Schoenfeld

    Departments Pages: 46 - 46