iv Debra S. Haas FACS Educator/CTE Department Chair Heritage High School Leesburg, Virginia Lynn Millard Teacher West Brook High School Beaumont, Texas Wendy Pitlik-Plehn, MSW Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Sheboygan South High School Sheboygan, Wisconsin Arlene Smolich Early Childhood Education Teacher Preschool Program Coordinator Oswego High School Oswego, Illinois Patti Stanley Teacher Modesto City Schools Modesto, California Jolene R. Bryant Early Care & Education Instructor Tri County Technology Center Bartlesville, Oklahoma Jamie Lynch Early Childhood Education Faculty Indianhead Technical College Rice Lake, Wisconsin Mary Chetney Family and Consumer Science Instructor Waukesha South High School Waukesha, Wisconsin Harileen Conner Teacher Jackson High School Jackson, Georgia Linda Gore Family and Consumer Sciences, Lead Teacher McLean High School McLean, Virginia Reviewers The author and the publisher would like to thank the staff of the Child and Family Study Center, University of Wisconsin-Stout, for allowing photography of the children in their developmentally appropriate programs. The author and the publisher are grateful to the following reviewers who provided valuable input to this edition. Acknowledgments