This collection of 120 project resumes is a survey of programs, projects, and activities in progress at the National Coordination Center and at each of the seven centers associated with the National Laboratory on Early Childhood Education. Each resume is coded according to laboratory category and name of center involved. The title of each specific…

A program to encourage cooperative play and social interaction was successful with six of seven physically handicapped children in a nursery school setting. (DB)

Reviews findings of research related to teaching science to pre-school children. Describes the development of instructional modules to be used in a science education preschool research effort. (SLH)

An oral program for four-year-old children with hearing impairments features teamwork among direct interventionists (teacher, speech therapist, audiologist, psychologist, social workers, and parents) on rehabilitative speech therapy activities as well as integration of hearing with hearing impaired children. (CL)

Describes the Sumner Mobile Preschool program designed to help parents recognize the potential learning possibilities of a home-based pre-school program. Small groups of seven to ten children attend class in one of seven neighborhood homes in which the preschool meets. (CS)

Looks at evaluations of the program to frame a discussion of the troubled history of Head Start and its current favored position. (IRT)

The article discusses the rationale for mainstreaming handicapped children into preschool programs and describes some of the mainstreaming strategies used in the University of Oregon's Center on Human Development Preschool Program for mainstreaming handicapped children. (DLS)

Preschool programs in public libraries in Columbus, Ohio; New York City; and Greenvile, South Carolina, are described. They are meant to stimulate preschoolers and educate adults. (MBR)

Provides a detailed description and evaluation of the French system of preschool nursery schools for children aged two to six. (SL)

In the past decade in the United States, pre-kindergarten programs for four year olds have expanded rapidly as a potentially powerful intervention intended to promote school readiness for children at-risk for future school failure. This paper describes in detail multi-dimensional profiles of observed quality across 692 classrooms in 11 states…

Part of the Harvard Family Research Project's ongoing series of case studies that examine state-level policy and programs for families, this booklet reviews initiatives undertaken by the states of Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, and Missouri to support and educate families with young children. Each of the booklet's five sections…

The College of Education of the University of Santo Tomas and the Kapit-Bahay Community Center, Incorporated, approached the Israeli Embassy in Manila, Philippines, with a request for expertise in the area of early childhood. As a result of this request, the Mount Carmel International Training Centre, located in Haifa, Israel, submitted a proposal…

A model summer program for developmentally advanced preschoolers is described, including identification procedures, staffing, and curriculum. An open classroom approach was utilized with art, music, dance, and drama activities to encourage creative growth; reading, math, and science taught in an exploratory way for those children ready for…

Presented is the final report of the Service Integration Project, a North Carolina demonstration project to facilitate collaboration of local programs particularly those sponsored by the Developmental Disabilities program and the Head Start program. Individual chapters deal with the following topics: overview of service integration; the human…