tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post1684746164571755941..comments2023-04-10T06:25:11.417-07:00Comments on Soul Stretching Out: I is for Imagination and Inspiration #amwritingKatrina L. Lantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-43510114671464772822013-04-11T11:45:05.654-07:002013-04-11T11:45:05.654-07:00Sounds like a sweet play! I agree it is tragic fic...Sounds like a sweet play! I agree it is tragic fiction (and therefore imagination) is being neglected so much in childhood. I mean, yes, math and science trigger the imagination, but literature and the arts are on a whole other level. I'm particularly sad about what Common Core seems to mean for fiction as non-fiction is emphasized at its expense. *sigh* The Gates Foundation is behind Common Core, so naturally technology (STEM) is weighted differently (read: more important) from the arts.<br /><br />If parents like yourself make imagination a priority in their children's education, we'll be okay.Katrina L. Lantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871272394922775923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8571939125765761515.post-19622624257825796962013-04-10T12:57:37.390-07:002013-04-10T12:57:37.390-07:00Imagination is so important! One of the girls in m...Imagination is so important! One of the girls in my directing class is directing a children's play right now called "Wind of a Thousand Tales." It's all about a little girl who has given up on stories and doesn't think imagination is worthwhile. The sad truth is that this is happening in real life - too many children are throwing away fairytales and children's books/TV shows because they want to be like their moms and dads and watch/read something that's "real" (I know a ton of kids who watch NCIS with their parents, which I not only think is sad but kind of inappropriate.) <br /><br />Another friend is doing her practicum drama teaching in an elementary school right now, and each class period she has to remind the children what imagination is, because they're always stuck on the fact that they're in a classroom and what they're doing isn't "real".<br /><br />When I am a parent one day, I am going to encourage imagination in my children as much as humanly possible (to the point that they'll probably get sick of it!) Imagination is so important not only to your childhood, but to your whole life.Hermana Tiffany Garnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512773328198541058noreply@blogger.com