Friday in the car Damian and I were discussing where Chicago is in relation to Los Angeles. (One of his floor time therapists is moving there in a couple of weeks.) I said I’d show him on the globe when we got home. He was quiet for a while. Then he said, “Maybe we’re on a globe right now and the globe is in a giant’s house. And the stars are really holes and if we went up to the stars we could go right through and see the giant's house.” Where did this come from? Did I do this at age six? I swear, he’s so discombobulated sometimes and then other times – magic.
Another one: last night, Dan was telling him a story about a frog who goes to the future. Damian was entranced by the futuristic details Dan invented and added his own touches. Like how the buildings in the future will be on wheels so you can move them around. And how there’ll be portals to other planets so you don’t have to travel in space ships. These portals will look like toilets and when you flush, that’s how you travel.
I love this kid’s imagination. He takes ideas from various sources and puts them together in new and interesting ways. World building all the time. I don’t know if it’s innate or a result of all the floor time, but it’s a lovely thing to witness.
Posted by Tamar at July 25, 2004 11:37 PMTom Allen on CBC radio this morning mentioned studies have shown that children who are good story tellers before they start school later test higher, do better at mathematics. Interesting.
Posted by: Leya at July 28, 2004 03:56 AM