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The kindergarten Learning to Learn Program was designed to help children acquire flexible strategies for dealing with challenges and problems. The pupils in both experimental and control groups were from a low income black neighborhood. The program was organized around a carefully planned sequence of language and mathematical games and game-like activities; special teaching methods guaranteed success to each child. Through a sequence of planned experiences, the curriculum allowed children to move from motor manipulation to the building of perceptual imagery to symbolic experiences through the medium of interesting and challenging games and game-like activities. Teachers and teacher aides were trained in an intensive in-service training program to become child-oriented rather than content-oriented. Flexibility in grouping and parent participation were important factors. Sequence charts for language and mathematical games along with related activities are included. Results of the Stanford-Binet Form L-M, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, and the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities are given. Charts show comparative gains of experimental and control groups. (KG)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert