Current issues: early childhood today -- Past: prologue to the present -- Montessori education: continuing Renaissance -- Piaget: constructivision in action -- Child care: meeting the needs of children, parents, and families -- Infants and toddlers: development, care, and education -- Preschool years: foundations for learning and living -- Kindergarten education: learning all you need to know -- Primary years: the process of schooling -- Federal government, children, and families: building for the future -- Teaching children with special needs: developing awareness -- Guiding children: developing prosocial behavior -- Parent, family, and community involvement: keys to successful programs -- Multiculturalism: education for living in a diverse society -- Technology and early childhood: education for the twenty-first century -- Early childhood professional development: becoming a professional

1. Early childhood education -- United States