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On the cover: Children in Project Lift Off, a pre-kindergarten summer camp developed by Peabody professors in partnership with the Downtown YMCA of Middle Tennessee, have fun while boosting their language and literacy skills for kindergarten in the fall. Read more about Peabody’s pre-K research (p. 14) and Project Lift Off (p. 16) in this issue. Photo by John Russell; artwork by Ruby Blackman and Phoebe and Isabelle Robertson.
The Peabody Reflector is published biannually by Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development in cooperation with the Vanderbilt Office of DAR Communications. The magazine is mailed free of charge to all Peabody alumni, parents of current Peabody students, and to friends of Peabody who make an annual gift of $25 or more to the College. Correspondence, including letters to the editor and Class Notes submissions, should be mailed to: The Peabody Reflector, Office of DAR Communications, PMB 407703, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37240-7703 or by email to reflector@vanderbilt.edu.