This document is an edited transcript of a preschool educator's criticism of the Westinghouse Report on the federal Head Start program. The following points are made: (1) evaluations should be planned at the time the program is planned and this was not the case with the Westinghouse Report, and (2) an evaluation program should measure the factors…

The New York State experimental prekindergarten programs are interdisciplinary endeavors whose purpose is to improve the educational opportunities of disadvantaged 3- and 4-year-olds. Because the pupil services they offer are of central importance to these programs, the social worker is an integral member of the prekindergarten staff and has many…

This directory of licensed preschool programs in the greater Springfield, Massachusetts, area was compiled from responses to a questionnaire mailed to each program licensed by the city and regional Departments of Public Health. In addition to the address, telephone number, and name of the director, the following information is given for each…

Describes a county-sponsored program which offers field trips for preschoolers and their parents, centered around preschoolers' interests. (ED)

This study examined the developmental differences in preschoolers' recognition memory while evaluating the effects of experimenter-provided labels and assessing spontaneous production of verbal mediators by preschool children. (JMB)

This study assessed the effect of different novelty pairings and reward sequences on the exploratory behavior in successive discrimination learning problems of 60 preschool children from a Head Start program. (BRT)

The article examines some of the unique issues involved in mainstreaming preschool and kindergarten emotionally disturbed children. (Author)

Examines eight questions related to the issue of whether public schools should sponsor and control preschool education. Answers affirmatively. (RH)

Briefly readdresses questions related to the issue of public school sponsorship and control of preschool education. Answers negative. Raises six additional questions for consideration. (RH)

Discusses stages of preschool children's pattern painting and educational implications. (SB)

The ability of 5-month-old infants to process relational information was assessed by means of a habituation-dishabituation paradigm with cardiac deceleration as the response measure. (SB)

Discusses the characteristics of children with Down's Syndrome in relation to mainstreaming these children into normal preschool classes. (SB)

This study provided data showing that with increase in age there is an increase in spontaneous alternation behavior in preschool children. Mental age rather than chronological age is indicated as a more meaningful predictor of a child's tendency to seek out and approach varying stimulation. (GO)

Discusses ways of involving parents in school programs. (SB)