Bad Guys Don't Have Birthdays

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 overwhelming the child with her own ideas. Vivian Paley is such a teacher."--Maria W. Piers, in the American Journal of Education "[Mrs. Paley's books] should be required reading wherever children are growing. Mrs. Paley does not presume to understand preschool children, or to theorize. Her strength lies equally in knowing that she does not know and in trying to learn. When she cannot help children--because she can neither anticipate nor follow their thinking--she strives not to hinder them. She avoids the arrogance of adult to small child; of teacher to student; or writer to reader."--Penelope Leach, author of Your Baby & Child in the New York Times Book Review

ISBN 0226644960   Pages 128 ISBN13 9780226644967 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher The University of Chicago Press   Weight (grammes) 150 Imprint University of Chicago Press   Published in Chicago, IL Format Paperback   Height (mm) 203 Publication date 01 Mar 1991   Width (mm) 134 Library of Congress LB1115.P19   Spine width (mm) 10 DEWEY 155.418   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

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