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In too many of today’s early childhood classrooms, fantasies have to pay off; they hold no intrinsic value unless they’re fostering something else—literacy, numeracy, self-regulation, even cultural representation. It’s as if fictional stories further educational goals in a strict one-to-one correspondence of x paragraphs of text to y units of knowledge. But the beauty of fantasy stories is the way they allow children to enter a world of enchantment with its own rules and rhythms—a world that often has enormous relevance to children’s actual emotional lives.
Quote ID: 02335
Author
Erika Christakis
Source
The Importance Of Being Little
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Jeff Johnson is an early learning trainer, podcaster, and author who founded Explorations Early Learning, Playvolution HQ, and Play Haven.
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