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The Girl with the Brown Crayon

The Girl with the Brown Crayon more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

In THE GIRL WITH THE BROWN CRAYON, Paley introduces her students to the picture books of Leo Lionni and builds an entire classroom experience around them.

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You Can't Say You Can't Play

You Can't Say You Can't Play more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

Kindergarten teacher Vivian Gussin Paley looks at one of the most common problems of the classroom and school--what to do when classmates isolate a child. Paley solicited children's feelings on the issue, and tells how, by establishing a non-exclusionary rule and using it for discussion, she was able to gradually change students' behavior for the ...

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White Teacher: ,

White Teacher: , more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

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Kwanzaa and Me: A Teacher's Story

Kwanzaa and Me: A Teacher's Story more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

Kindergarten teacher Vivian Gussin Paley addresses the issue of the multicultural classroom. She discusses the successes and failures she has seen firsthand, and she draws on the perspectives of teachers, parents, and students.

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White Teacher New Preface P

White Teacher New Preface P more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

Vivian Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood. In a new preface, she reflects on the way that even simple terminology can convey unintended meanings and show a speaker's blind spots. She also vividly describes what her readers ...

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Wally's Stories

Wally's Stories more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

'This remarkable book is delightful to read and rewarding to ponder. It is the kind of book a teacher quotes to friends, shares with colleagues, and uses as a source of working ideas and inspiration.' --The Elementary School Journal

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A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play

A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

In her new book, the author decries the rapid disappearance of creative time for children and makes the case for the critical role of fantasy play in the psychological, intellectual, and social development of young children.

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The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter

The Boy Who Would Be a Helicopter more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley, Robert Coles, M.D. (Designer)

Kindergarten teacher Vivian Gussin Paley explains how she uses storytelling in her classroom.

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

Bad Guys Don't Have Birthdays: Fantasy Play at Four more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

With insight and sensitivity, Paley explores the fantasy play of preschoolers and its self-selected themes of bad guys, birthdays, and babies. She share the kids' wonderful conversations in their own words, providing valuable instruction, without lecturing, on the needs and values of children. Winner of the 1990 James N. Britton Award, National ...

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Mollie is Three: Growing Up in School

Mollie is Three: Growing Up in School more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley, Michael Cole (Foreword by)

'Paley's vivid and accurate descriptions depict both spontaneous and recurring incidents and outline increasingly complex interactions among the children. Included in the narrative are questions or ideas to challenge the reader to gain more insight and understanding into the motives and conceptualizations of Mollie and other children.'-Karen L. ...

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Kwanzaa and Me Kwanzaa and Me: A Teacher's Story a Teacher's Story more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

Kindergarten teacher Vivian Gussin Paley addresses the issue of the multicultural classroom. She discusses the successes and failures she has seen firsthand, and she draws on the perspectives of teachers, parents, and students.

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Boys and Girls: Superheroes in the Doll Corner more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

In Boys and Girls, Vivian Paley has re-created a year of kindergarten teaching in which she explored the differences in the ways children play and fantasize.

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The Kindness of Children more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

Paley, a former kindergarten teacher and award-winning author, visited a London nursery school and witnessed the kindness that the children extended to a handicapped boy named Teddy. That story draws forth other tales of impulsive goodness from Paley's listeners, and resonates through this book as one story leads to another.

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Under Deadman's Skin: Discovering the Meaning of Children's Violent Play more books like this

by Jane Katch, Vivian Gussin Paley (Introduction by)

A gifted teacher explores her young students' understanding of a startlingly violent fantasy game they play called suicide. Holding group discussion, she (or rather the children) illustrate the phenomenon of very young children needing to make sense of violent imagery.

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In Mrs. Tully's Room: A Childcare Portrait more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

In joining Paley on her many visits to a child care center, readers see how child care providers combine teaching ability and emotional responsiveness to help children learn words, concepts, stories and more.

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Thriving in the Multicultural Classroom: Principles and Practices for Effective Teaching more books like this

by Mary Dilg, Vivian Gussin Paley (Foreword by)

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Exploring the Spirituality of Childhood

by Vivian Gussin; Wade Paley, Clark Roof; Ward, Jane P.

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Kwanzaa and Me: A Teacherus Story more books like this

by Vivian Gussin Paley

Kindergarten teacher Vivian Gussin Paley addresses the issue of the multicultural classroom. She discusses the successes and failures she has seen firsthand, and she draws on the perspectives of teachers, parents, and students.

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Starting Small; Teaching Tolerance in Preschool and the Early Grades

by Vivian Gussin Paley

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