LEV VYGOTSKY
"Henceforth play is such that the explanation for it must always be that it is the imaginary, illusory realization of unrealizable desires. Imagination is a new formation that is not present in the consciousness of the very raw young child, is totally absent in animals, and represents a specifically human form of conscious activity. Like all functions of consciousness, it originally arises from action." (Vygotsky, 1978)As children get older, their reliance on pivots such as sticks, dolls and other toys diminishes. They have internalized these pivots as imagination and abstract concepts through which they can understand the world. "The old adage that children’s play is imagination in action can be reversed: we can say that imagination in adolescents and schoolchildren is play without action" (Vygotsky, 1978).
DR. ABIGAIL ELIOT
"Religion has always been an important part of my life — a subconscious influence, as well as a conscious directive." ~ Dr. Abigail Elliot
Video Program: “The Passion for Early Childhood”
"My passion comes from wanting to make a difference." ~ Raymond Hernandez MS Ed
"A lot of this work is equity work as far as I'm concerned." ~ Renatta M. Cooper
Thank you so much for the everything preschool website. What a fantastic resource for teachers! There is so much information on there I wasn't sure where to begin. I think my favorite is the recipes page...how many times have we wanted to create slime or goop or something similar and have misplaced the recipe (even though it is written down in 5 places). I think having the recipes right there at the touch of a button is fantastic. There were recipes on there I had never even heard of. I can't wait to share this resource with the teachers I work with.
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ReplyDeleteI am visiting your blog for the first time. Wao! it contained a lot of valuable resources and well laid out. I particularly enjoyed your quotes this week. Good job.
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