Discusses the benefits of home visits by teachers before a child enters preschool or kindergarten and first-grade programs. Presents questions a teacher should ask concerning the logistics of implementing home visits in their program. (HTH)

Discusses the characteristics of child-centered home visits in early childhood and preschool programs. Offers strategies for making the visits and for evaluating them. Benefits of visits for children are considered. (BG)

Describes implementation of the Reggio Approach in a university preschool. Summarizes the learning assumptions and teaching methods used. Examines the parent-teacher, teacher-teacher, and teacher-child partnerships; and describes and reflects on student projects related to dinosaurs, kites, castles, princes, and princesses. Discusses the impact on…

Examines factors contributing to and preventing the implementation of developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) in early childhood education. Presents basic guidelines for DAP, illustrates the use of "both/and" thinking in early childhood practice, and describes the conversion of one school district to DAP. Concludes that administrative…