Presented for parents is a plan for helping young deaf children learn language. (LS)

Article offers ideas for home learning projects as an alternative to homework. (GB)

The study evaluated a reinforcement program in which three mothers earned lottery tickets and won prizes for the progress made by their handicapped preschool children during home based intervention. (Author)

Describes what happened in three cases in which parents went to the courts to win the right to educate their children at home. Includes guidelines a judge offered to inform a school board what it could and could not take into consideration in setting policies on home education. (IRT)

The article examines reasons to send young children to preschool or keep them home, discussing populations that are unable to send their children at all. It notes characteristics of a good preschool, lists things to look for, and suggests selection criteria. (SM)

The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) is evaluated in this research report with respect to the effects of home environment. The main data of an original HIPPY study consisted of the children's performance in various tests of mental ability. In the present study, the same sample is used, but the focus of research is on the…

Provided are suggestions and activities to be used by parents in working with their preschool children. Ten suggestions deal with questions such as how much time should be spent, how to praise the child, and what to do if the child misuses the materials. Specific instructions are given for 15 activities such as puppets, puzzles, teaching songs,…

The University of Wisconsin Extension has developed the technology and programing to deliver noncredit educational broadcasts via telephone to professional audiences in remote locations throughout the state. Research has shown two-way audio to be an effective educational medium, permitting feedback, discussion, resource sharing, and the sharing of…

There is a growing belief among educators that parents can make an influential contribution to their children's educational opportunities by working with them on the development of certain skills in the years before the initiation of formal schooling. This parents' handbook attempts to supply a mixture of general principles and specific practices…

Home Start II of the Waterloo Community Schools, Iowa, is a program that attempts to remedy developmental lag in underprivileged preschool children by a multi-faceted approach. The program is described as to context, activities, staff, distinctive features, and equipment and material. Discussions are given of community involvement, costs, and…

The Direct Home Services Program provides weekly services of home teachers called Child Management Specialists to approximately 145 families with mentally retarded and developmentally delayed children (birth to 6 years old). (SBH)

A description of distance education in Great Britain, which is defined as a multimedia educational process conducted outside the traditional classroom setting. (HB)