A proposal for a reading program to help the culturally, economically, and educationally deprived preschool child develop his language and concept formation before he enters school is presented. A home visiting remedial teacher would train parents to develop language skills and concepts through (1) specific fine motor skills, (2) sequencing…

Parents are prepared for their roles with the new infant during pregnancy, the anxiety and turmoil serving as a source of energy for reorienting them to their new roles. The individuality of the neonate then shapes their responses to him and essentially creates an environment which is suitable to his particular needs. Rather than being at the…

This annotated bibliography, which is a supplement to "Day Care: An Annotated Bibliography," contains approximately 220 items published between 1964 and 1971. Books, pamphlets, magazine articles, research papers, and reports of studies are included in this list. All are sources that the Day Care Policy Studies Group examined for a study undertaken…

A guide for helping young children develop positive attitudes about themselves and for expressing themselves well is presented. The philosophy of the school district putting out this instructional manual includes the following tenets: (1) Schools exist primarily for the benefit of the children in their community; (2) Curriculum should provide…

THIS REPORT PRESENTS A MODIFIED (SIXTH-GRADE) VERSION OF THE "LIFE CAREER GAME," DEVELOPED PREVIOUSLY FOR HIGH SCHOOL USE BY MRS. SARANE BOOCOCK OF JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY. INCLUDED ARE MANUALS FOR TEACHER AND PUPIL (SHOWING HOW TO ORGANIZE, SUPERVISE, AND PLAY THE GAME) AS WELL AS THE GAME MATERIAL ITSELF. THE GAME IS AN ACTIVITY WHICH…

The seven Barber Scales of Self-Regard assess levels of normal development in seven separable components of an integrated self-concept. The purpose of this study was to find out if males or females develop more quickly in a Scale or the Scales, or do the two sexes develop at a comparable rate. The sample included 173 children from middle class…

The seven Barber Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children were developed to provide instruments for assessing levels of development for individual children. Normative data by age level means for both sexes and for each sex in the 1975 field test of the scales is presented in this article. Evidence for sex differences was found in only two…

The seven Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children are based on a model which indicates that the personality element "Self" is composed of seven, separable and measurable components. This study addresses itself to the separability of the components assessed by the seven scales. The sample for this study came from the 1975 field test.…

The Barber Scales of Self-Regard for Preschool Children resulted from a personality model specifying seven measurable and separate components resulting in self-image. The following are the scale titles: (1) purposeful learning of skills, (2) completing tasks, (3) coping with fears, (4) children's responses to requests, (5) dealing with…

The study examined the influence of the semantic variable of contrastive gender of the pronoun, and the phonological variable of contrastive stress of the pronoun, on four- to eight-year-old children's comprehension of syntactic structures containing the nonidentity pronominal reference. Four types of items were generated: those containing…

Describes a continuing research program concerned with what U.S. preschoolers look at on television and how often they watch and notes implications for the production of television material for young children. (MH)

Children, and especially Black children, are confronted with choices, peer pressures, domestic role reversals, and other influences that pose a significant threat to their full development as productive citizens and well-adjusted human beings. These factors must be dealt with by an informed society. (EB)

The article describes FEED (Facilitative Environments Encouraging Development), a junior high child development curriculum for potential mothers, intended to result in improved childrearing practices that will in turn offset all or most of the negative effects of the low birthweight and prematurity that are associated with teenage pregnancies.…

Reviews evidence on the effects of maternal employment on young children and suggests that there is no damaging over-riding effect of day care per se on children. (CM)

Reports on a conference of the American Chemical Society in which ways to increase children's interest and exposure to science were discussed. (CP)