Mollie Is Three: Growing Up in School

A classic work by an educator the New York Times said "should be required reading wherever children are growing"

Mollie Is Three describes a year in the life of a little girl and her preschool classmates in a nursery school classroom run by Vivian Gussin Paley, whose groundbreaking ideas about the best way to teach young children continue to be influential today. We first encounter Mollie on the first day of school, just before her third birthday, and we follow her and her classmates for the next year. Alongside her, we go from confusion and uncertainty in new surroundings to growing understanding and confidence, as patterns emerge and Mollie begins to grasp their significance--and her teacher begins to understand how to track her growth and development.

Rather than offer an account of an idealized, all but imaginary child, Paley presents us with one actual kid, in all their complexity and confusion. The result is a landmark contribution to our understanding of child development and the role early education can play in fostering it.

Author: Vivian Gussin Paley
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 12/15/1988
Pages: 160
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.28w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9780226644943

About the Author
Paley, Vivian Gussin: - Vivian Gussin Paley (1929-2019) worked for nearly forty years as a preschool and kindergarten teacher and is the author of thirteen books about young children.