What role does imagination play in the development of children?
Einstein stated that “Reason is an experiment carried out in the imagination.” Imagination is the ability to think in pictures. While this is the primary mode of thinking for primary aged children, it forms the basis of abstract thought in the high school years and beyond. The ability to empathise with others is a faculty of the imagination, as is the ability to visualize in order to be creative on every level, whether it be the creation of a work of art, or the creation of new ideas or social structures.
