Advocates the use of a language experience approach in teaching reading and writing to Preschool children. (CM)

Presents a state-of-the-art report on curriculum development in science instruction in American elementary schools.(CM)

Comments on our common roots as human beings, as members of the twentieth century, and as citizens of the United States in relation to childhood education and family life. (CM)

Presents an overall assessment of 1977 federal policies pertaining to child advocacy, a description of the effect of these policies on family life, and general guidelines for the concerned layman. (CM)

Maintains that parental values are transmitted to children in day-to-day situations, and recommends that parents make decisions about personal values, and those they want to share with their children. (CM)

Describes the role and function of the "Problem Fighters", a group of children in Intermediate School, Opelika, Alabama, committed to dealing with racial tensions in the school. (CM)

Presents a state-of-the-art report of social studies education for elementary school children in the United States. (CM)

Excerpts from the keynote address of the 1976 Association for Childhood Education International study conference. Argues for a concern for the whole child--his body, his mind and his feelings and for helping children develop in all these areas. (MS)

Discusses norm referenced and criterion referenced standardized intelligence and achievement tests. Suggests a moritorium on all such tests as advocated and alternatives for assessment such as interviewing parents, children and teachers and examining children's journals and notebooks. (MS)

Argues that the discovery of the differences in the left and right brain hemispheres' functioning has profound implications for everyday classroom practices. (MS)

Twelve case study incidents with young children are presented with the responses illicited from workshop participants in order to illustrate that for a humane teacher there are not right answers but many possible alternatives. (MS)

A study of 34 third grade working class children of various ethnic backgrounds attempted to discover children's conceptions of ghosts. Children were exposed to information about ghosts and asked many "simple" and "wild" questions to elicit their conceptions. (MS)

Briefly describes three kinds of teachers and discusses teaching as an art which involves recognizing at least three kinds of children's interests, helping children learn in the realms of both fact and aesthetic feelings, and responding to both educational process and product. (BR)

Reports on the results of a survey of adult recollections of kindergarten and early school years, and the attitudes toward learning which developed in response to them. Adults surveyed were 20 pupils whom the author had taught in kindergarten 20 years before. (BR)

Contains excerpts from some of the author's favorite children's books which contain wisdoms and insights applicable to her work as a teacher. (BR)