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Imagination And Children
Lawson
Moonbeams, fairytales, and flights of fancy all combine to produce wonderful stories and scenes within a child’s mind. The imagination of a child is, in fact, a wondrous thing. However, as children start to mature, their imaginations begin to be discouraged. Fairies and unicorns are scorned contemptuously, and are overlooked in lieu of numbers, letters, and “higher education”. But at what cost? Do children really benefit from this early forced maturity? To the contrary, it is clinically shown that children whose imaginations are supported and encouraged instead of suppressed, will grow up to be happier, more mature, and less stressed people.
Imagination is thought of as a very childish thing. But why? The Encyclopedia of Psychology states, “The evidence from our waking daydreams and sleeping dreams makes it clear that we can generate elaborate and complex thoughts that go far beyond recently presented events or objects.” (p. 227.) Essentially, imagination is far from childish. If we look at imagination as thoughts that the brain creates without stimulants or reference, imagination becomes a startling and complex notion. And yet we, as humans, still strive to stamp it out at a premature age. If, instead, we supported imagination, we would most likely produce more creative, socially adept, intelligent students and children to lead our world after us. Children’s imaginations are by far more vast and creative than the imaginations of people of any other age. If children’s imaginations were encouraged throughout their life and education, they would surely grow to be more inspired and complex people.
Imagination can actually help prepare children for an adult life. Ponder the types of games in which children use their imaginations: Playing house, doctor, movie star, dinosaurs… they all potentially help kids prepare for life after preschool. For example, kids who build forts and play with blocks may be influenced through their imaginative games to study architecture. Children who enjoy playing house or pretending to be a doctor may be subconsciously imbedding responsible moral values in their minds. In short, letting kids use their imaginations for play and pretend allows children to teach themselves things that cannot be taught in a classroom.
Play games also offer another benefit to young children and their lives. Games in which a child uses it’s imagination also allow the child to take events and issues form their life and, in the context of a game, deal with them. The Encyclopedia of Psychology states, “Children repeat everything in play that they cannot deal within life, and in doing so they change from being passive victims of their situation to becoming active masters.” (p.236) In other words, by using imaginative games, children can effectively deal with issues from reality, over which they have no control. This healthy coping mechanism would be an incredible life skill, were it not discouraged so early in life. Supportive environments that focus on imagination and creativity would therefore help students to become more mature, happy, and less stressed later in life by teaching them healthy coping skills.
Children and their imaginations are arguably the most valuable things on this earth. Their creative artistry and ability to teach themselves life skills are great assets in any person, no matter what age. But these creative abilities soon get stamped out by teachers, parents, and society, all screaming that maturity is the path to happiness. Teachers and parents alike insist that daydreaming and pretend games are unproductive and a waste of valuable classroom time. But in reality, those same “childish games” that are so scorned would teach the children much more than a teacher ever could.
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