1. News briefs

   Current Affairs Pages: 4 - 5

2. Washington day care

   • Joyce Lynn

   Current Affairs Pages: 6 - 8

3. Day care policy: Some modest proposals

   • Edward Zigler
   • Susan Hunsinger

   Features Pages: 9 - 11

4. Why can't Bobby sit still?

   • Nancy C. Baker

   Features Pages: 12 - 15

5. From the clearinghouse

   • Mary Z. Glockner

   Current Affairs Pages: 17 - 17

6. DIVORCE and the preschool child

   • Lynn A. Manfredi

   Features Pages: 18 - 20

7. Watching for developmental lags and disabilities

   • Alice Young
   • Isabel Schleicher

   Features Pages: 21 - 22

8. Giving speech development a helping hand

   • Mary Ann Read
   • Nat B. Read Jr.

   Features Pages: 23 - 25

9. Child abuse: How caregivers fight back

   • Judith H. Martenson

   Features Pages: 26 - 27

10. The child with Down's syndrome

    • Merril Harris

    Features Pages: 29 - 31

11. Preschool curriculum

    • D. Michelle Irwin

    Departments Pages: 32 - 33

12. Learning set-ups

    • Doris Allen
    • Angela Collins

    Departments Pages: 34 - 35

13. Research

    • Richard Elardo

    Departments Pages: 36 - 37

14. Parent talk

    • Willard Abraham

    Departments Pages: 39 - 40

15. Recipes for fun

    • Ann Cole
    • Carolyn Haas
    • Betty Weinberger

    Departments Pages: 41 - 41

16. Infants and toddlers

    • Barbara Mates

    Departments Pages: 42 - 44

17. Special 1977 day care buyer's guide

    Departments Pages: 45 - 48