1. Editorial: On Behalf of Children: “Taking a Stand: It Is Rocket Science”

   • Mary Renck Jalongo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 66

2. A Study of the Relationship Between Child Care Providers' Use of HIV/AIDS Information Sources, Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, and Attitudes Toward Caregiving Policies

   • Mick Coleman
   • Carlos Toledo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 72

3. Helping Kindergarten Writers Move Toward Independence

   • Linda Leonard Lamme
   • Danling Fu
   • Debbie Savage

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 79

4. Teaching Young Children Basic Concepts of Geography: A Literature-Based Approach

   • Mary Anne Zeitler Hannibal
   • Ren Vasiliev
   • Qiuyun Lin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 86

5. Four Perspectives on Child Care Quality

   • Deborah Ceglowski
   • Chiara Bacigalupa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 92

6. Phonics, Expository Writing, and Reading Aloud: Playful Literacy in the Primary Grades

   • Patricia Scully
   • Hilary Roberts

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 99

7. Name Writing: A Window into the Emergent Literacy Skills of Young Children

   • Michelle Rosen Haney

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 105

8. Rules, Right and Wrong, and Children

   • Elsa K. Weber

   OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 111

9. Routines That Build Emergent Literacy Skills in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

   • Tommie Lawhon
   • Jeanne B. Cobb

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 118

10. Learning, Literacy, and Literature in Children's Social World

    • Pauline Davey Zeece

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 124

11. Empowering Children with Technology: Outstanding Developmental Software for 2002

    • Susan W. Haugland
    • Elma A. Ruíz

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 132