Very young children have a notoriously fuzzy line between reality and fantasy. Â Just read Piaget’s developmental theory – ages 2 to 7 are the years of “magical thinking”.Â
Uh. Â Huh. Â Apparently Harry did not get the memo and neglected his Piaget. Â
There was a general class movement at Harry’s preschool to put all the baby dolls in the refrigerator of the toy kitchen during open play. Â The following conversation ensued:
Teacher: You kids had better take those babies out of there. Â Don’t you think they are going to get cold in the refrigerator?
Harry-as-ringleader: <eyeroll> Â It’s not a REAL refrigerator. Â It’s just a wooden refrigerator.
Teacher: Â Oh? So it’s not cold?
Harry: Â And those aren’t REAL babies. Â Those are just TOY babies. Â TOY babies don’t get cold in TOY refrigerators.
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Poor Harry. Â
It’s tough to enter your Concrete Stage of development surrounded by such OBVIOUSLY Pre-Operational adults.
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youve got yourself quite a logical thinker there.
bwahahaha thats hilarious – two words for you…
Left Brain 🙂
hehehehehehehehehehehehe
what a great kid. must be good parents involved there somewhere…..
He is just too smart for his age. Silly boy.
He is sure a smart one 🙂
Are you sure Spock isn’t his dad?
Interesting – I read that story and thought:
“COLD?! COLD?! You shouldn’t put babies in refrigerators because they’ll suffocate! Didn’t the teacher KNOW that? She totally missed a teachable moment/opportunity to talk about a MAJOR safety issue (never climb into an abandonded/empty fridge, you might not be able to get out). COLD! – geez, how lame.”
So does this speak of me as a trainer of teachers? or of me as the overprotective mother of a 15 month old? perhaps, either way, I should lighten up – after all they are just TOYS. (Thanks Harry).
Duren – Don’t feel to bad. I went there, too.
Will
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