1. Washington day care

   • Joyce Lynn

   News Columns Pages: 5 - 6

2. News briefs

   News Columns Pages: 7 - 8

3. Preschool curriculum

   • D. Michelle Irwin

   Departments Pages: 9 - 9

4. We’ve been asked

   • Barbara Ostfeld

   Departments Pages: 10 - 11

5. From the clearinghouse

   • Mary Glockner

   BriefCommunication Pages: 12 - 12

6. The men in her life: The future of day care

   Cover Story Pages: 13 - 13

7. The need for child and family services

   • Senator Walter F. Mondale

   Cover Story Pages: 14 - 15

8. Let us reason together

   • Theodore Taylor

   Cover Story Pages: 16 - 17

9. Child care and the public schools

   • Stevanne Auerbach

   Cover Story Pages: 18 - 19

10. The place for the private provider

    • Wayne Smith

    Cover Story Pages: 20 - 21

11. When the U.S. Paid for day care

    Features Pages: 22 - 25

12. Caboodles of toys

    • Lillian F. Poe

    Features Pages: 26 - 27

13. Training family day care mothers

    • Beverly Fuchs

    Features Pages: 28 - 31

14. Food teaches

    • Sandra Anselmo

    Features Pages: 32 - 33

15. Recipes for fun

    • Ann Cole
    • Carolyn Haas
    • Betty Weinberger

    Departments Pages: 34 - 35

16. Research

    • Richard Elardo

    Departments Pages: 36 - 38

17. Material things

    • Hal Malehorn

    Departments Pages: 40 - 41

18. For the professional

    • Stevanne Auerbach

    Books Pages: 43 - 43

19. For the children

    • Shirley Neitlich

    Books Pages: 43 - 51

20. Innovative products

    Departments Pages: 52 - 56