The open-field activity of 140 children 3-9 years old was observed. Children were either told to stay in one part of the room and play or were given free play instructions. Findings showed that open-field activity decreased with age; parents' activity ratings were also lower for older children. (CS)

Preschool children in a free-play situation experienced one of two training sequences: saying then doing, or doing then saying. The effect of training on the development of a correspondence between children's verbal and nonverbal behaviors was examined. The say-do sequence produced higher levels of correspondence. (ST)

A sixty-four-item parent-report Games Inventory was constructed to measure play patterns in normal and gender-deviant boys. (Editor)

The most impressive class difference in one-year-old infants revealed by this study was that lower-class infants vocalized considerably less in the playroom than did middle-class infants. (Authors)

Committed to the idea that environment is important to learning, two former teachers now design and build interiors for learning centers. (Author)

Describes a project involving nondirective play therapy conducted in two elementary schools in Kern County, California. (CB)

If children can define right and wrong from their own value system, they'll be better prepared to decide on major problems like drugs and alcohol. (Author/ML)

If schools don't start dealing with emotions honestly and openly, all of us will be responsible for having contributed to the scores of men and women who cannot understand themselves or relate to others without fear. (Author)

Discusses the possibility of utilizing the play focus of children to provide a superior medium for cognitive learning, utilizing parent-teacher team teaching. (AN)