Conservation of a property is the ability to recognize that the property in question hasn't altered, even though other properties have been varied. It is Piaget's view, confirmed by empirical evidence that children are not able to conserve length until age 7 or 8. Recent concern over confounding variables led to the present study in which the…

This report describes an infant day care curriculum which provides guidelines for programs that are involved with very young children. The goal of such programs should be the development of children's self confidence, love of learning, and feelings of importance and success. Activities for infants and toddlers should stimulate intellectual…

This document is devoted to articles on the Open Corridor program, especially as it concerns parent participation. The first piece, "Letter from the Director," discusses trends in the parent participation aspect of the program, including problems for parents and teachers. It notes that a major problem for parents in the program has been…

This document describes the purposes and functions of Project P.L.A.N. (Preschool Learning Adjustment Needs). It is a prevention oriented program, designed to detect existing and potential barriers to learning in young children before they enter school so that individualized developmental programs can be designed and implemented early in their…

This Behavior Check List for Teachers and Parents, which was used in Project C.H.I.L.D., is comprised of 20 questions about childrens' behavior. For each of the questions, two opposite ways that a child could behave are provided. (For related document, see TM 003 096.) (DB)

This document is a description of Follow Through, a research and development program for disadvantaged children of low-income families that fosters projects around the country emphasizing parental and community involvement. The paper indicates that each project must be comprehensive in scope and directly focus on all aspects of child learning and…

Forty infants, 10 at 4, 6, 8, and 10 months, were confronted by an experimenter who acted out angry, happy, sad, and neutral facial experssions, accompanied with appropriate vocalizations. The infants' responses were recorded on video tape and rated for attention, negative and positive affect, and activity. Results indicate that the 4-month old…

Entries in this annotated bibliography are recent, readily available resource materials to assist in all phases of planning and carrying out a home-based child development program emphasizing parent involvement. Most entries are abstracted. (KM)

Although any definition of the educational philosophy of informal education is sure to be incomplete, for the purposes of this paper the following characteristics will be sufficient: a) informal British schools are "de-institutionalized"; b) they stress individualization; c) detailed observation of a child's work over a long period of time is the…

The SODIA program is the 1974 Distinguished Achievement Awards entry from the Elementary Education Department at Utah State University. (SODIA stands for the five levels that students progress through during their 4-year undergraduate program: Self, Others, Disciplines, Implementation, and Associate teachers.) The program is designed to prepare…

The bibliography cites 67 items relating to preschool and early childhood selected from "Exceptional Child Education Abstracts." Bibliographical data, availability information, indexing and retrieval descriptors, and abstracts are provided for each entry. One in a series of over 50 similar selected listings in the area of handicapped and gifted…

This study sought to determine whether a number of specific counting and numeration behaviors emerge within children in a fixed developmental sequence; at what point in the development of mathematical behavior the use of numerical representations normally appears; and what relationship holds between development of counting skills and development…

The situation today in the area of comprehensive child care is discussed from the viewpoint of the Day Care and Child Development Council of America. A new strategy and new tactics for the accomplishment of a comprehensive child care system in the next four years is outlined. The role of the council is seen to be that of awakening, uniting, and…

The specific purpose of the research discussed was to develop an instrument which would permit assessment of individual and developmental differences in the acquisition of abilities to understand and utilize emotional and psychological facets of interpersonal behavior. Emotional insight was assessed in 81 male and female children between the ages…

One conception of ego development and recent research on its outcome are presented. The infant first asserts his selfhood through demand and negation. This is the Impulsive stage. The next stage is the Ritual-hedonistic stage, in which controls are supplied by ritual observances, and reward and punishment remain important sanctions. The next…