This document is comprised of the two 2000 issues of a biannually-published journal featuring research studies, theoretical essays, and classroom practice articles about the development and education of kindergarten children as well as occasional articles concerning preschool and the early primary grades. The spring 2000 issue contains the following articles: (1) "Reflection, Dialogue, and Negotiation: Transforming Instructional Practices through Classroom Research" (Lynda D. Stone); (2) "Rules Are Made To Be Golden: A Qualitative Study of American and Japanese Children's Morals" (Satomi Izumi Taylor, Jeanne T. Wilson, Toshiko Kaneda, and Tetsuya Ogawa); (3) "Reading, Writing, Talking, Thinking, and Caring in the Kindergarten Classroom" (John Shefelbine, Cindy Litman, and Marilyn Wilson); and (4) "Readers Theatre: A Creative Tool for Strengthening Skills of Emergent Readers" (Michael Jordan and Adrienne Harrell). The fall-winter 2000 issue contains the following articles: (1) "Storytelling, The Cornerstone of Literacy" (Debra Weller); (2) "Self-Portraits of Kindergarten Children" (Hilda Present Lewis); and (3) "Collecting and Processing Words: Strategies for Building Vocabulary in Young Children" (Michael Jordan and Adrienne Herrell). (KB)