Kaleidoscope is an innovative approach to an arts-based early childhood program, combining visual arts, music, dance and language arts. The program's principal goal is to promote the learning and development of low-income, inner-city children who are attending preschool and kindergarten. Kaleidoscope's three objectives are: (1) to provide children and their families with quality early childhood education; (2) to create and implement an arts-integrated curriculum in which concepts are introduced and reinforced across all arts and subject areas in order to integrate the child's daily experiences; and (3) to conduct field research on the impact of an arts-integrated preschool program on the cognitive and general development of low-income, inner city children. Some of the major recommendations resulting from the evaluation study include upgrading Kaleidoscope's physical environment, improving integration of the arts-based and early childhood program components, strengthening parent involvement, and modifying research inquiry to include a broader approach to program outcomes and processes. The report includes a separate technical appendix that provides a copy of the interview and focus group questions, an assessment profile for early childhood programs, standardized tests for children, and a questionnaire on parent-child interactions and the parent as a teacher. Contains 24 references. (AA)