Something Small, Something Simple: The Beginnings of Children's Conversations with the World

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  • Author(s): Lewis, Richard
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    New Educator. 2012 8(1):3-11.
  • Physical Description:
    PDF
  • Publication Date:
    2012
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Opinion Papers
    Reports - Descriptive
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      9
    • Education Level:
      Early Childhood Education
      Elementary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      Young Children; Self Concept; Imagination; Elementary School Students; Creative Thinking; Writing (Composition); Childrens Writing; Art Expression; Concept Formation; Multiple Intelligences; Constructivism (Learning)
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/1547688X.2011.619944
    • ISSN:
      1547-688X
    • Abstract:
      This essay employs the images and voices of children to describe how their learning about the world is supported as they engage in experiences that invoke creativity and imagination. The author states his belief that this "imagining," this giving body and substance to the nature of "imagination" is one of the foundations of knowing, a means of bridging, a form of intelligence that is necessary. It is the basis of how one builds a language of thought and feeling, of seeing and hearing, that becomes the language of conversation with ourselves and others. It is the openness and transparency of a child's imaginative understanding that allows the beginning of a journey between the child and the larger world.
    • Abstract:
      ERIC
    • Publication Date:
      2012
    • Accession Number:
      EJ954875