Looks briefly at the abilities of children within the ages of three and thirteen and at movement and dance appropriate for them. (Author/RK)

Suggests that it is time to cease polluting our human resources by allowing television to take over the rearing of our young. Instead the stimulation of reading children's literature is recommended and uses the concepts developed in a number of children's books to make his point. (Author/RK)

This study investigates the usefulness of the Preschool Attainment Record (PAR) as a measure of children's developmental skills. The PAR was compared to the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST) as the criterion measure, and they were found to correlate .891. (Author)

Urges teachers to guide their teaching by an understanding of what children are like and discusses the importance of teaching reading as a meaningful communication process. Available from: Query, Saskatchewan Reading Council, c/o The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, P.O. Box 1108, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 3N3. Automatically sent to members of…

Reviews the theories of Piaget, Smilansky, Sutton-Smith, Vygotsky, and others on the role of play in child development. (SB)

Reports on the Harewood Centre which has its origins in the West Riding experiment of seconding teachers to become educational social workers. (Editor/RK)

This article discusses parent intervention programs for handicapped children including center-based, home-based, and group programs. The role of the mother as a person in her own right is also discussed and some general conclusions and recommendations are offered. (SB)

This paper reviews evidence for and against imitation as a factor in the acquisition of syntax. It is concluded that the effects of imitation of children's speech are too pervasive to be dismissed as irrelevant. An important question is how a child extracts grammatical information from imitated sequences. (CHK)

The demand for knowledge of the educational issues related to services to the young child is increasing. Attempts to identify and describe four areas in which knowledge is available to the early childhood educator and lists some sources of further information on the subject. (Author/RK)

Through simple and pleasurable movement experiences a very young child can be led to an understanding of the intricate craft of music and the signs and symbols of the music "language", while developing at the same time an increasing appreciation and perception of music as an artistic expression. (Author)

Presents an annotated list of 43 books recommended for lending libraries on parenting. (SB)

Maternal and substitute care were compared in two groups of 5- and 6-month-old infants. Although significant differences favoring maternal care were found, mother-reared infants were comparable to the substitute-care group on 16 of 17 measures of infant functioning. (JMB)

A mother relates the first 2 years of development and treatment of her son with cystic hygroma, a rare condition which affects the lymph glands and causes tumors in the neck, tongue, and in more serious cases, the lungs. (SBH)

Discusses seven propositions suggested in response to the question: What is essential for children's wholesome development? (SB)