Child's Work The Importance of Fantasy Play

Name: Child's Work The Importance of Fantasy Play
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ISBN: 9780226644875

ISBN-10: 0226644871

ISBN-13: 9780226644875

Edition: 2004

Authors: Vivian Gussin Paley

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'A Child's Work' explores the stunningly original language of children in their role-playing & story-telling. Paley examines the developing logic & learning that allow children to construct meaning in their worlds, meaning that carries through into their adult lives.

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/1/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 111
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 1.70" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Vivian Gussin Paley, a former kindergarten teacher, is the winner of a MacArthur Award and of the 1998 American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement given by the Before Columbus Foundation.




Young Children



The Language of Play



Charlotte and Cinderella



The First Rungs of the Ladder



The Invention of Theater



Looking for Peter Rabbit



Frogs, Kittens, and Bad Guys



Before There Was School, There Were Stories



Big A and Little a



Anxious Families, Philosophical Children



The Art of Conversation



Who Owns the Subject?



Simon's Story



Proving What We Know



The Subject Was a Puzzle Piece



Tom and Jerry



Pretenses and Perceptions



What If?



Franklin in the Blocks



Musical Chairs



A Letter from England