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Living by Wonder: Writings on the Imaginative Life of Childhood
Living by Wonder Writings on the Imaginative Life of Childhood Author:Richard Lewis Lewis writes about the imaginative life of children through explorations of their language-making, play, art, dreaming, poetry, and storytelling. Addressing parents, educators, and the child still alive within us, Lewis underscores imaginations importance to emotional, spiritual, and intellectual human development. He urges greater apprec... more »iation of imagination in schools and the society at large, emphasizing that "childrenlike ourselveslearn most deeply when thought is joined with feelings and they experience the totality of their bodies responding to ideas." Lewis artistic activities with children in a variety of classroom settings strongly suggest that by validating the imagination and the inward landscape of each individual, we are, in turn, heightening our awareness of and caring for the natural environment.« less