Bad Guys Don't Have Birthdays Fantasy Play at Four

Name: Bad Guys Don't Have Birthdays Fantasy Play at Four
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ISBN: 9780226644967

ISBN-10: 0226644960

ISBN-13: 9780226644967

Edition: 1991

Authors: Vivian Gussin Paley

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Bad guys are not allowed to have birthdays, pick blueberries, or disturb the baby. So say the four-year-olds who announce life's risks and dangers as they play out the school year in Vivian Paley's classroom. Their play is filled with warnings. They invent chaos in order to show that everything is under control. They portray fear to prove that it can be conquered. No theme is too large or too small for their intense scrutiny. Fantasy play is their ever dependable pathway to knowledge and certainty. " It . . . takes a special teacher to value the young child's communications sufficiently, enter into a meaningful dialogue with the youngster, and thereby stimulate more productivity without…

Book details

List price: $13.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/21/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 0.52" wide x 0.80" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.286
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.