In 1968 the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE) initiated a small study to build and utilize mothers' skills (established in an earlier and major study) and to begin to construct and explore the feasibility of a "career ladder" for persons interested in early education. Subjects were 12 Negro preschoolers and their families. They were exposed to a 40 week program of home visits by selected mothers. The home visitors received a brief two-phase training program emphasizing the (1) goals of DARCEE and (2) demonstrations and activities to be used in subjects' homes. Subjects were tested in a pretest-posttest design on three measures of academic aptitude, one of which was a specially developed DARCEE instrument. Results indicate that no significant increases or decreases occurred. However, mothers involved as Home Visitors appeared to have increased self esteem, aspirations and expectations as a result of program participation. Appendixes make up almost 1/2 of this document. (WY)