Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Fantasy Play

A Child’s work
Every parent wants to see their kid excel at what they do. As parents, we spend time reading to them, helping them learn the alphabet, teaching them math, and enrolling them in the very best schools possible. While all of these thing are important, Vivian Gussin Paley suggest that children’s work is to play! Vivian, who has been teaching kindergarten and nursery for thirty seven years, has studied children develop as they play fantasy with other children. (Fantasy play is...) Vivian suggests that children who play fantasy learn skills that will stay with them through out their lives.
PLAYFUL IMAGERY
Have you ever taken the time to watch children pretend to battle with a dragon, dance like a ballerina, act like a character fro View the rest of this article


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