Contents

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Preface

CHAPTER ONE

Little Learners: The Classroom Called Childhood

CHAPTER TWO

Goldilocks Goes to Daycare: Finding the Right Zone for Learning

CHAPTER THREE

Natural Born Artists: The Creative Powers of Childhood

CHAPTER FOUR

The Search for Intelligent Life: Un-standard Learning

CHAPTER FIVE

Just Kidding: The Fragmented Generation

CHAPTER SIX

Played Out: Habitat Loss and the Extinction of Play

CHAPTER SEVEN

Stuffed: Navigating the Material World

CHAPTER EIGHT

The Secret Lives of Children: Fear, Fantasy, and the Emotional Appetite

CHAPTER NINE

Use Your Words: Hearing the Language of Childhood

CHAPTER TEN

Well Connected: The Roles Grownups Play

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Hiding in Plain Sight: Early Learning and the American Dream

 

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index