1. On Behalf of Children: “Direct Instruction: When the Tree Falls”

   • Mary Renck Jalongo

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 139 - 141

2. Playing Healthy, Staying Healthy: A Prevention Program for Contagious Disease

   • Betsy Squibb
   • Kathy Yardley

   OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 147

3. Television Violence and Its Effects on Young Children

   • Betty Jo Simmons
   • Kelly Stalsworth
   • Heather Wentzel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 153

4. The Influence of Children's Literature on Gender Role Perceptions: A Reexamination

   • Mary L. Trepanier-Street
   • Jane A. Romatowski

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 159

5. Things of Nature and the Nature of Things: Natural Science-Based Literature for Young Children

   • Pauline Davey Zeece

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 166

6. Creating Supports for Young Children with Disabilities in Natural Environments

   • Elizabeth J. Erwin
   • Robin Schreiber

   OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 171

7. Lighting the Path: Developing Leadership in Early Education

   • Sharon Taba
   • Alfred Castle
   • Rick Caulfield

   OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 177

8. Expanding the Vista of Emergent Writing Research: Implications for Early Childhood Educators

   • Zhihui Fang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 182

9. Teacher to Director: A Developmental Journey

   • Carol E. Catron
   • Melissa M. Groves

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 188

10. Teachers' Understanding of the Effects of Japanese Culture on Social Play with Young Children

    • Jennifer A. Mariano
    • Susan J. Welteroth
    • James E. Johnson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 194

11. Empowering Homeless and Transient Children/Families: An Ecological Framework for Early Childhood Teachers

    • Kevin J. Swick

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 201