1. News briefs

   Current Affairs Pages: 4 - 4

2. Washington day care

   • Joyce Lynn

   Current Affairs Pages: 5 - 7

3. Don't wait tillyou're ready

   • Gregory Simms

   Features Pages: 8 - 9

4. Detecting speech defects

   • Frank T. Kryza II

   Features Pages: 11 - 12

5. Hats … hats … let's make a hat!

   • Marilyn Karns

   Features Pages: 13 - 15

6. Day care in the trade winds

   • Barbara Young

   Features Pages: 17 - 19

7. Have you ever asked a kid, “What's new in your life?”

   • Miriam Miller
   • Ruth Freis

   Features Pages: 20 - 20

8. From the clearinghouse

   • Mary Z. Glockner

   Current Affairs Pages: 22 - 22

9. String for the nest

   • Avis Riordan

   Features Pages: 23 - 25

10. Working with Spanish-speaking children

    • Rebecca Pena Hines
    • Verna Hildebrand

    Features Pages: 28 - 31

11. Replant your learning garden

    • D. Michelle Irwin
    • M. Margaret Bushnell

    Features Pages: 33 - 33

12. Don't throw them out

    • Joan O'Neill

    Features Pages: 34 - 35

13. Material things

    • Hal Malehorn

    Departments Pages: 36 - 37

14. Learning set-ups

    • Susan McClanahan

    Departments Pages: 38 - 40

15. For the professional

    • Stevanne Auerbach

    Departments Pages: 41 - 41

16. For the children

    • Shirley Neitlich

    Departments Pages: 41 - 43

17. Recipes for fun

    • Ann Cole
    • Carolyn Haas
    • Betty Weinberger

    Departments Pages: 44 - 46

18. Innovative products

    Departments Pages: 47 - 47

19. The marketplace

    Departments Pages: 48 - 48