Day 95

2010-10-05 01:25:02 GMT
Originally uploaded by Manpan915

Imagination...

In the land of instant gratification, video games, television, etc... I feel like kids have lost the ability to imagine things and create. Not all kids...

This weekend I was at a cookout with about 10 kids under the age of 9. They all played nicely together on the swing set and set up these elaborate make-believe scenarios in this imaginary world. Nothing seemed odd or out of place.

Except for the fact that most of children where I work don't have the ability to create these make-believe worlds.

I was at my school this weekend I went down on the playground with the kids that chose to come play. The kids were hitting one another, play fighting, and mostly kinda just sitting around on the equipment. A very different scenario than the previous evening at my cookout.

Why such a difference? Lack of background knowledge? Lack of vocabulary skills? Have my kids never learned how to really play or is it that reality is enough to deal with and the imaginary make-believe seems like a waste of time...