A discussion of the pedagogue's three roles: as adviser on script selection and treatment, as researcher into psychological effects of productions, and as liaison between the theatre and the child audience. (Author/SP)

Primary goals are to advance children's ability to use language functionally and master conceptual-cognitive processes, and to develop positive self-concepts. (Developed from a paper for a meeting of Head Start Regional Training Officers.) (JF)

A new graphic way of summarizing information about age in relation to consonant development is proposed. (Author)

The question of whether or not we should have a national day care program has largely been supplanted by a more searching question: What kind of day care program should we have? (Author)

Address presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 6, 1971, by the Associate Chief of the Children's Bureau which was recently established within the Office of Child Development. (RY)

Serious efforts in the direction of a theory of education must re-evaluate the broader significance of play and reappraise its role in human experience. (Authors)

An anthropologist states that man is a product of a unique evolutionary history. (Author)

Describes an experimental early elementary education program. (Author)

A U.S. Senator discusses the need for adequate early childhood services and outlines a proposed bill. (Author)

Analyzes selected research on emotional and motivational development. Cites some excesses associated with popular stress on cognitive growth; discusses some not-so-easily measurable areas of affective behavior. This paper is a modified version of a paper presented to the American Education Research Association, 1969. (DR)