CHILDREN FIRST: PLANNING AN EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM. Innes, Marie. Calgary, Braun and Braun Educational Enterprises, c1985.116pp,paper, $1255, ISBN 0-9690605-5-6. Distributed by Braun and Braun Educational Enterprises, 1245 Varsity Estates Road N.W., Calgary, Alta., T3B 2W3. CIP Professional Reviewed by Grace E. Funk Volume 13 Number 6 1985 November A handbook for kindergarten teachers in six chapters: classroom environments, long-range, theme, and daily planning, learning centres, and record keeping. Appendices, (half the book), contain sixteen fully developed themes for use from fall through spring. The book is cartoon illustrated and filled with practical helps, diagrams, patterns, poems, recipes, report forms, and a brief bibliography. The author is clearly writing from experience, and gives more than just a compendium of ideas. She stresses the importance of careful planning and preparation for each child. My kindergarten teacher said, "An excellent book. I'd love it." Grace E. Funk, Harwood E.S., Vernon, B.C.