This document is comprised of the one issue in volume 7 of "Bridges," a publication produced by the California Head Start-State Collaboration Office to detail the activities of the educational partnership and to provide relevant information to programs participating in the partnership. The Summer 2002 issue focuses on several topics of interest to educational partnerships, including: (1) transition to school; (2) childhood obesity; (3) child care health consultation; (4) services for children with developmental challenges in inclusive settings; (5) mental health services for children; (6) early literacy activities; (7) research on mathematics in early childhood; and (8) partnerships of Head Start with higher education. The issue also delineates regional resources and web resources, presents news from the California Head Start Association, and highlights award-winning Head Start and Early Head Start programs in the state. (KB)