Vivian Gussin Paley
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Vivian Paley taught preschool children for 37 years, much of that time at the University of Chicago’s Laboratory Schools. She is the only Kindergarten teacher to ever receive one of the MacArthur ‘genius’ grants. In addition to teaching, Paley has written more than 10 books about life in the classroom.
NCTE David H. Russell Award,1999. John Dewey Society`s Outstanding Achievement Award, 2000 Erickson Institute Award, 1987.
A child’s work : | Bad guys don’t have birthdays : | Boys & girls : | In Mrs. Tully’s room : | Kindness of children. | Kwanzaa and me : | Mollie is three : | The boy who would be a helicopter / | The girl with the brown crayon | You can’t say you can’t play