Wally's Stories: Conversations in the Kindergarten - Hardcover

Paley, Vivian Gussin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674945921 ISBN 13: 9780674945920

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1981

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Review

Paley's anecdotal record of a kindergarten class is a reflective examination of how five-year-olds think and of how one child's well-developed imagination can catalyze a class...She has fresh insights to offer from this particular arena as she reminds us that magic gives children power in a world where adults seem to have the answers. A trenchant informal analysis.

İThese¨ are the reflections of an expert, sensitive, experienced "kid-watcher," who believes that the children's magical thinking provides a legitimate framework within which more adult-like thinking can develop..."Wally's Stories" does not simply 'instruct'; it also unfailingly delights. -- Judith Lindfors "Language Arts"

develop..."Wally's Stories" does not simply 'instruct'; it also unfailingly delights.

this particular arena as she reminds us that magic gives children power in a world where adults seem to have the answers. A trenchant informal analysis.

In a book exceptionally modest in manner and unusually substantial in matter, Mrs. Paley has given a vivid and credible picture of how five-year-olds think. An entertaining picture, too, and a strangely inspiriting one.--D. J. Enright "Times Literary Supplement "

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.--Alice Seletsky "Elementary School Journal "

[These] are the reflections of an expert, sensitive, experienced "kid-watcher," who believes that the children's magical thinking provides a legitimate framework within which more adult-like thinking can develop...Wally's Stories does not simply 'instruct'; it also unfailingly delights.--Judith Lindfors "Language Arts "

From the Back Cover

'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

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0674945921
• ISBN 13: 9780674945920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208