促進(jìn)智力發(fā)育
Using the imagination is the beginning of abstract thought. Children who can see a king's castle in a mound of sand or a delicious dinner in a mud pie are learning to think symbolically. This skill is important in school where a child will have to learn that numerals symbolize groups of objects, letters symbolize sounds, and so on.
想象力是抽象思維的基礎(chǔ)。無論是在沙灘上堆起國王城堡還是用泥團(tuán)做出美味的晚餐,這都是孩子們在學(xué)習(xí)抽象思維的過程。上學(xué)后抽象思維的能力顯得十分重要,比如用數(shù)字表示一系列物體和用字母來表示語音等等。