1. From the editor...

   EditorialNotes Pages: 4 - 4

2. What is the CDA assessment process?

   • Connie Castiglia Gault

   Features Pages: 6 - 9

3. Developmental considerations in learning to read

   • Marie Cashion
   • Ruth Eagan

   Features Pages: 10 - 12

4. Listening: The key to early childhood music

   • Kathryn Woodson Barr
   • John M. Johnston

   Features Pages: 13 - 17

5. Giving presentations and workshops

   • Duane A. Whitbeck

   Features Pages: 18 - 20

6. Learning experiences through fingerplays

   • Betty Ruth Baker

   Features Pages: 21 - 26

7. Popcorn mystery

   • Robin Bauer

   Columns Pages: 27 - 27

8. Let's play: Teaching social skills

   • Linda M. LeBlanc

   Features Pages: 28 - 31

9. “Prekindergarten pen pals” a taste of other cultures

   • S. Elizabeth Parrish

   Features Pages: 32 - 35

10. Population awareness activities

    • Zero Population Growth

    Features Pages: 36 - 37

11. For the children ... we'll work together

    • Jo Kuykendall

    Columns Pages: 38 - 39

12. On conceptualizing early childhood education

    • Artin Göncü
    • Elsa Weber

    Columns Pages: 40 - 41

13. Mother goose and friends

    • Madalynne Schoenfeld

    Columns Pages: 42 - 43

14. Observing ourselves

    • Judith Leipzig

    Columns Pages: 44 - 45

15. To the editor...

    Columns Pages: 46 - 46