Volume 10 Number 2
©The Author(s) 2008

Fall 2008

Papers

Coaching as Part of a Pilot Quality Rating Scale Initiative: Challenges to—and Supports for—the Change-Making Process
Debra J. Ackerman

Analyzing the Impact of Gender on Depictions of Touch in Early Childhood Textbooks
Andrew Gilbert & Shané Williams

A Test of a Measure for Assessing Teachers' Judgments about Social Interaction Practices in the Preschool Years
Kristen M. Kemple, Hae Kyoung Kim, Stacy M. Ellis, & Heejeong Sophia Han

Promoting Health and Preventing Injury in Preschool Children: The Role of Parenting Stress
Sonia A. Alemagno, Sheila A. Niles, Peggy Shaffer-King, & William J. Miller

Dental Care Issues for African Immigrant Families of Preschoolers
Cecilia S. Obeng

Special Section: Supporting Pretend Play

Introduction to the Special Section on Dramatic Play
Jean Mendoza & Lilian G. Katz 

"Fixing Puppets So They Can Talk": Puppets and Puppet Making in a Classroom of Preschoolers with Special Needs
Kelli Servizzi

At the Zoo: Kindergartners Reinvent a Dramatic Play Area
Mary Bowne & Sue Brokmeier

Feature

Building “Bob”: A Project Exploring the Human Body at Western Illinois University Preschool Center
Scott Brouette