1. From the editor...

   • Randa Roen Nachbar

   EditorialNotes Pages: 2 - 2

2. Architecture for kids: Deinstitutionalizing the design of child-care centers

   • Donald MacDonald

   Features Pages: 4 - 8

3. Do transitional classrooms really provide transitional time?

   • Judith E. Stroud
   • R. Ann Williams

   Features Pages: 9 - 12

4. Play — Use — Generalize! Three-stage activities for developing math readiness

   • Gerard Giordano

   Features Pages: 13 - 17

5. Move over, mother goose: Action verses with animals

   • Ruth I. Dowell

   Features Pages: 18 - 20

6. Discovering and learning art with blocks

   • Jeffrey I. Gelfer

   Features Pages: 21 - 24

7. The clumsy child

   • Lillian Phenice
   • Kitty Payne

   Features Pages: 25 - 28

8. Hyperactive or “activity hyper”: Helping young children attend in appropriate environments

   • E. Anne Eddowes
   • Jerry Aldridge

   Features Pages: 29 - 32

9. Parent-teacher conferences

   • Patsy Allen

   Columns Pages: 33 - 34

10. On the trail with Jacki

    • Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld

    Columns Pages: 35 - 37

11. The “missing link” in piaget films

    • David L. Giveans

    Columns Pages: 38 - 39

12. Welcoming the child with special needs

    • Mara Jambor

    Columns Pages: 40 - 41

13. Rosemary's first story hour

    • Noreen Manfredi

    Columns Pages: 42 - 43

14. Have you heard of Robert Munsch?

    • Randa Roen Nachbar

    Columns Pages: 44 - 46

15. Is it catching? The spread of illness

    • Richard J. Sagall

    Columns Pages: 47 - 48