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Montessori and Imagination do they go together? by Michael Dorer - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Montessori and Imagination do they go together? by Michael Dorer - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Montessori and Imagination do they go together? by Michael Dorer Page 1 " "Imagination is the eye of the soul." Joseph Joubert (1754-1824), French philosopher. Page 2 What is imagination? " The power to create or
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What is imagination?
"The power to create or
reproduce ideally an object
- f sense previously
perceived; the power to call up mental images. (Webster unabridged 1913) Image formation
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What is Fantasy?
" … a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice;
- humor. (Webster unabridged
1913) Vagary [L. vagari to stroll
- about. Hence, a wandering of
the thoughts; a wild or fanciful freak; a whim; a whimsical
purpose.
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Abstraction
purpose.
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Why Imagination?
purpose.
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Productive and Non-productive imagination
purpose.
Nonproductive imagination: The product of unreality, falsehood, make believe. The product of poverty: (Ruby Payne) Poverty affects emotional resources as well as physical
- resources. Children can be blocked
from van imagination of any better life.
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What strikes the imagination?
purpose.
The Children's House: The basis of the children’s house is reality “Imagination can have only a sensory basis” Advanced Montessori Method Montessori Method
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Children’s House
purpose.
- The role of reality in
developing the imagination.
- Stories – biographical, hero.
- Children's Literature.
- Creative movement, based on
reality even on the sensorial materials
- The arts
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Primary Level Elementary School
purpose.
- The sensitive period for the
imagination, not always tied to reality.
- All of the Children's house
activities still apply
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More on the Elementary Level
purpose.
- The impressionistic approach
- New stories, leading out from or
into materials: curriculum stories.
- New subject: History
- A new focus on Origins: The Great
Lessons, Myths, sacred stories, fairy tales, expanded literature.
- Creative Drama
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purpose.
So… Montessori and Imagination Do they go together ?
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