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C-2 TIMES-ADVOCATE. ESCONDIDO. CA. SUN. APRIL 4.

1976 Its my personal estimate that no more than 10 per cent of our kids get the kind of experiences in the first years of life that would make the most sense and give them the best possible early development, White said. Furthermore, theres nothing terribly magical about what they need. And most families are advantaged enough, even if they are poor and not very well educated, to do a fine job. But they cant do it on the basis of instinct or chology at Cornell, came to the same conclusions in Is Early Intervention Effective? published by the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

But such child development theories, many of them based on the pioneer work by Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget, raise a number of ethical questions for parents, public school systems and governments: What about the working mother? Is this all part of a plot to keep women at home? What do you do with parents who are unable or unwilling to be good educators? How do you reorder public school priorities to deal with those most important, early years? Perhaps' of most immediate interest to todays parents is the question of the working mother. White says, Weve seen the job (of child rearing) done beautifully with a woman working halftime. It only takes about an hour a day to educate a child Cont. on Page C-5, Col. 1 might mean burning the playpen, which White says is a great inhibitor and frustrator of a child just beginning to explore the world and use newly acquired motor skills.

What happens if a child doesnt get adequate early education from his parents? He might do poorly in school. He might have trouble making friends. In extreme cases, he may be totally antisocial and violent, the experts say. Oversimplifying: If a child is never encouraged to talk or read, he'll probably have trouble with both in school. If hes never taught to share his toys, he may never really understand the feelings of others.

If he is never taught that he shouldnt hit his fellow toddler with a block, he may think little of using a knife in the same way as a teen-ager. White is the author of The First Three Years of Life!" based his theories on 18 years of research in early childhood education. Another expert in the field, Une Bronfenbrenner, professor of psy First of two intuition alone. Thats a myth. Parents do need to know such things as when children begin to crawl and to climb and when they start to develop language.

Many parents dont realize the latter starts at seven or eight months, long before most children utter their first words. Educating children doesn't mean playing Bach on the stereo or putting Picassos on the nursery wall. But it 4 a 5 i i DEBBIE REYNOLDS Debbie Reynolds appears in benefit W- By SHELLY COHEN Associated Press Writer Its been six months of diapers and bottles, of cries and coos, and that creature in the crib is starting to crawh The baby is beginning what many psychologists and educators agree is the most important year of his life, and he's really only got two people to turn to: his parents. For us to think education begins when a child goes to first grade is grossly in error, said Dr. Burton L.

White, head of Harvard Universitys internationally known preschool project. Children start to learn long before they are 6 years old. They start to learn at birth. And by three its pretty much all over, says White. He believes that the developing and learning capacities that will see a child through the rest of his life are pretty much set by age 3.

It follows that being a parent, well, thats the most important job in the world, White said. Its also a job for which few people are trained. Library announces new films Scotland Yard, a filmed history pf Great Britains famed law enforcement center, will be the first April Monday Movie at the Escondido Public Library. The showing is set for 7:30 p.m. April 5.

Four short films set in exotic locations will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 12. These will include Dam at Nagarjunasagar, the story of the building of a giant dam to aid the survival of a small Indian village; "Eternal Change," a visit to Washingtons Mt. Rainier during each of the four seasons; Mayan Mystery, a trip through the great Mayan ruins; and South Korea, a film depicting the growth of this country which emphasizes the contrasts between the beautiful countryside and the modem factories and construction projects. River Nile will be the feature on Monday night, April 19.

The film will trace the course of the river and the history of cultures and civilizations which have thrived on its shores. Many of the archaeological treasures of Egypt will be shown. Moviegoers will view three short films Monday, April 26, at the library. Senghenydd is a look at a Welsh village, which in 1913 was the site of a mining disaster that took 430 lives. The film includes news footage and villagers recollections.

Splendor in the Sand will outline the history of Leptis Magna, a great ruined city on the shores of Africa which once rivaled the splendor of Rome. The World Saves Abu Simbel is the story of the saving of the two temples on the high Aswan Dam in upper Egypt. The Temples of Abu Simbel, threatened by the waters of the Nile, were reconstructed, stone by stone, on higher ground. The library also will feature Friday Flicks with show time at 7:30 pm. each Friday.

Spanky and Our Gang will be featured in three films to be shown April 9. These include Love Business, Mama's Little Pirate, and Our Gang Follies. An Alfred Hitchcock movie starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll will be shown at a new time, 7 p.m., on April 16. Charlie Chaplin will star in The Goldrush April 23. The film is the story of the hardships of life on the Alaskan frontier.

April 30 will be an evening of comedy featuring four films. These include Feed em and Weep, Sprucing Up, One Week and a Buster Keaton film, The Playhouse. Supper Club installation ednesday H. Nick Carter will be installed presi-' dent of the Welcome Wagon Supper Gub of Escondido at a potluck dinner planned for 6 pm. Wednesday, April 7, at the Joslyn Senior Center auditorium.

Other new officers include Frank Pol-lastrmi, first vice president, Nellie Loewenberg, second vice president, Kent Andrews, treasurer; Van Andrews, membership chairman; and Emma Persson, social sunshine chairman. Ruth Carter has been nominated as recording secretary and Lydia Gemmell as corresponding secretary. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gemmell will greet guests and Mr.

and Mrs. Kent Andrews will decorate tables. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stryker, new members, will present a demonstration of picture framing They are owners of the U-Do-It frame shop in Escondido.

Those interested in joining the group may contact Mrs Andrews. EASTER'S NEAR Spring fashions will be shown at the mother-daughter fashion show at Miller School at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Ready for the occasion are (from left) Virginia Robinson and chairman and Debbie Reynolds beads the list of celebrities who are coming to the North County for a gala evening that will help make possible a recreation center, complete with therapy-swimming pool, for the handicapped of the area. Service clubs and organizations in the area have conducted special benefits for the center in the past year and now many will be involved in this event on May 1 at the Senior Noncommissioned Officers' Club at Camp Pendleton.

The recreation center will be the only facility in the area specially designed to serve the needs of all handicapped. It will be located on land adjacent to the Vista Unified School District's California School, a special school for the handicapped, both neurologically and developmentally, as well as blind, deaf and mentally retarded. The school already serves children and adults from Fallbrook, Bonsall, DeLuz, Escondido, San Marcos, Valley Center, Del Mar, Rancho Santa Fe, La Costa, Solana Beach, Oceanside, Vista, Camp Pendleton, Poway and the San Dieguito-Encimtas area. George and Tobi Eiferman, owners of a Vista health spa and professional show business people themselves, are instrumental in making arrangements for the show. Eiferman has appeared with Miss Reynolds in many of her Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe club shows and will be joining her again for this season's tour, beginning this month.

He will join Miss Reynolds in presenting one of the acts on May 1 Eiferman is a former holder of the Mr. America and Mr. Universe titles. All performances are being donated for the May 1 show. Others appearing will include Steve Reeves, body-building advocate and title holder and star of such movies as Smbad, Morgan the Pirate and Hercules." He now is a Valley Center resident and breeds, trains and shows Morgan horses.

Also in the show will be Paul Tulley, television and movie actor who has been seen in Cannon, ABC Wide World of Entertainment and most recently completed six weeks on location in Lake Tahoe for Godfather in which he plays the key role of A1 Pacinos son-in-law. Other entertainers will be Bruce Fair-burn of televisions Rookies; Arnold Schwartzenegger, current holder of the Mr. Olympia, Mr. Universe and Mr. America titles who recently completed his first film; the Four-City-Four, North Countys award winning barbershop quartet; and Terry Robinson, trainer of many of the stars of Hollywood, television and stage.

Robinson writes and lectures on health and physical fitness and his lifelong involvement with athletics has led to an involvement with the handicapped. He currently serves on the board of the Los Angeles Cerebral Palsy Foundation. The evening will include a champagne dinner at 6 the show from 8 to 10 m. and dancing from 10 m. to 1 a Admission will be by invitation only, with invitations to be extended in two ways a minimum donation of $25 to the handicapped recreation center will secure for the donor an invitation to the show and dancing only.

Donors who give $50 will be invited to the champagne dinner as well. To facilitate the receipt of donations and issuance of invitations, area chairmen have been announced for most North County communities. They include Eiferman's World of Health Spa and Ed Carey at Capri Pools, both in Vista; Mrs Jesse Fisher or Mrs. Harold Beach of Escondido. Womens service clubs that wish to distribute tickets may contact Mrs.

LW. Umphrey of Vista and men's service clubs may contact Mr. and Mrs. BeBe Browning of Vista Mary Louise Clack of Vista, president of the committee, may be contacted Three Important Factors in Cleaning Draperies: 1 Safety 2. Fast Service 3.

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