• Foreword and Acknowledgments
• Learning Begins Early
• What Does It Mean To Be Ready for School?



• Activities
  
  
  • Birth to 1 Year
    • Developing Trust
    • Touch and See!
    
    
  • 1 to 2 Years
    • Shop till You Drop
    • Puppet Magic
    • Moving On
    
    
  • 2 to 3 Years
    • Read to Me!
    • Music Makers
    • Play Dough
    
    
  • 3 to 4 Years
    • Kitchen Cut-Ups
    • Scribble, Paint, and Paste
    • Chores
    
    
  • 4 to 5 Years
    • "Hands-on" Math
    • Getting Along
    • My Book
  
  
• What About Kindergarten?



• Appendices
  • Good Television Habits
  
  
  • Choosing Child Care
  
  
  • Ready-for-School Checklist
  
  
  • Notes/Credits
  
  
• What We Can Do To Help Our Children Learn (short conclusion)

From: The U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
June 1993

Publication of this book was managed by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. Listing of materials and resources in this book should not be construed or interpreted as an endorsement by the Department of any private organization or business listed herein.

Print version published October 1992.
Electronic version prepared March 1997.