This report describes a 2-week course in early childhood education designed for resident college students in Malawi. Section 1 discusses participation by an experimental combination of trained and untrained personnel: 6 social work supervisors, 2 paraprofessional playgroup organizers, and 13 paraprofessional playgroup leaders. Staff and objectives are described in section 2, while section 3 outlines the program of studies and daily schedule of events. An evaluation of the program is presented in Section 4, and site visits and meetings are discussed in Section 5. Section 6 concludes by presenting impressions about and recommendations for the course. A list of participants is also provided. (BJD)