«And the tooth fairy comes at night or in the morning?What about Spider-Man through the window?A Santa Claus sees what I'm doing now? ".All these characters, of course, does not help fight global evil, do not bring gifts, and do not collect teeth under their pillows, however, play an important role in the development of a child's imagination.
importance of imagination
developed imagination - is not only a way to escape from reality and its transformation.Imagination is necessary to obtain information about people and events, which we can not contemplate directly, such as historical events, or on the other side of the globe.In addition, it gives the children the opportunity to think about the future, for example, that they want to do when they grow up.
«Whenever we think about the Civil War in the United States or the life of the Roman Empire, or perhaps God, we use our imagination, - says Paul Harris, a psychologist and professor at the Harvard School of Education who studies the imagination.- Imagination is absolutely necessary for the contemplation of reality, and not only those things that we take for mere fantasy. "
Without human imagination would become inaccessible and unlikely to create new things, art, goods, new technologies, theories, and so on.
Types
There is a classification of the imagination:
- creative imagination - this is when we create in our minds something on their own or on the basis of accumulated experience and knowledge, bringing their innovations.It is very important to develop this kind of imagination.
- reproductive imagination - a compilation and reproduction of images from books, poems, music, characters, drawings in his own head.Imagination is necessary not only creative people but also logic.Everyone in general.
- Uncontrolled imagination, or in other words, wild imagination, characterized awkwardness images, ridiculous thoughts.Often, because of the violent fantasies may develop fears without reason and apparent reason.However, to overcome them easily enough - we need only to dispel the myth.
How to develop?
Read your child a fairy tale, it is important to do it with expression and pauses that the child was filled with what is happening, and put "video" in his head.And do not forget to tell him stories about the magic castles, fairies, Father Frost, Snow Maiden, mermaids, dwarfs, and so on.Of course, it is better to acquaint the child with only positive characters, otherwise you can seriously injure his psyche - one way or another, "wild imagination" still show their monsters.Therefore, the child is not afraid that his house can someone eat or steal into the dark realm, do not the bad and terrible.
also useful to invent their own stories with the child, or the end of the cartoons, fairy tales.Compose poems with your child, see the picture and the picture together, telling each other about their associations.
Play "association", "window dressing", "Braving" dolls, "Mothers and Daughters" - all just a game and contribute to the development of the imagination.After all, to drink tea from a toy posudki, you must include it imagination, otherwise nothing happens.
Articles Source: mama.ua
