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The Boy on the Beach: Building Community through Play
Vivian Gussin Paley
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Description for The Boy on the Beach: Building Community through Play
Paperback. What can the richly imagined, impressively adaptable fantasy world of children tell us about childhood, development, education, and even life itself? This book explores the imagery, language, and lore of young children, asking the questions they ask of themselves. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 207 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
What can the richly imagined, impressively adaptable fantasy world of children tell us about childhood, development, education, and even life itself? For fifty years, teacher and writer Vivian Gussin Paley has been exploring the imagery, language, and lore of young children, asking the questions they ask of themselves. With the publication of Boys and Girls in 1984, Paley took readers inside a kindergarten classroom to show them how boys and girls play-and how, by playing and fantasizing in different ways, they work through complicated notions of gender roles and identity. This new edition of Paley's classic book reignites issues that ... Read more
What can the richly imagined, impressively adaptable fantasy world of children tell us about childhood, development, education, and even life itself? For fifty years, teacher and writer Vivian Gussin Paley has been exploring the imagery, language, and lore of young children, asking the questions they ask of themselves. With the publication of Boys and Girls in 1984, Paley took readers inside a kindergarten classroom to show them how boys and girls play-and how, by playing and fantasizing in different ways, they work through complicated notions of gender roles and identity. This new edition of Paley's classic book reignites issues that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226150956
SKU
V9780226150956
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Vivian Gussin Paley
Vivian Gussin Paley worked for nearly forty years as a preschool and kindergarten teacher and is the author of thirteen books about young children.
Reviews for The Boy on the Beach: Building Community through Play
"Paley has a sharp ear for the rhythm and inflections of childhood. Her vignettes give us a revealing glimpse into children's inner lives, and her discussion of her own discomfort with boys' play and approval of that of girls raises an important issue." (Carole Wade, Psychology Today)"