What does magical thinking mean to you?
It means thinking outside the box, thinking about surreal entities and giving them a life form. MAGIC is a supernatural power where one can make objects disappear and reappear. Magical thinking is a form of pretend play, I think about something that is not in my possession, but wish to entitle. Magical thinking is a dream to make believe in a world where everything is so surreal. It’s an extension of your imagination that allows for one to acquire a thought that is inanimate.
A yellow banana is ripe and ready to eat, however this banana is not an ordinary fruit ready to be consumed. If we ask children what we can use a banana for instead of a food object, this gives them the opportunity to extend their thinking in imaginative ways. When magically thinking about my banana, I decided to give it a name: Brilliant banana. It is my conversation device that I speak to when no one is listening. My banana has dial buttons, two eyes, a speaker for its mouth and a black top hat. My banana is a male who dislikes bullies and tomatoes, likes his best friend cherry pie and swimming in the pool. Brilliant banana lives in the Dominican with his parents Kiwi and Lime. His personality is optimistic and outgoing. Brilliant banana is my pretend talking device that has taken a life form of an individual.
The art element that describes this activity is mass & volume. My Brilliant banana is a 3-D figure that has a height of 1.5 cm when lying down, a soft solid body and a curved shape. According to Schirrmacher & Fox (2009) “mass and volume are appropriate criteria for critiquing three-dimensional art, which has height, length, and width…mass or volume can be portrayed as hard, or soft, angular or curved, solid, heavy or delicate, large or little” (p.142).
Future ECE teachings:
Children fantasize about possessions they desire and make believe entities that seem ‘real’ to them. Children who engage in magical and pretend thinking stimulate their cognition and further develop their theory of mind. Incorporating the opportunity for children to explore in an environment that promote fantasy and magical thinking is beneficial for children to acquire creative visions and stimulate their imagination for activities that require extended thinking. Children can extend their knowledge by using objects other than their intended purpose and figure out other ways to present them. Children who have imaginary friends also use their imagination to pretend play. Children that are imaginative are able to use symbolic representation in their play and thinking which is beneficial for their development.
References
Schirrmacher, R., & Fox, J.E. (2009).
Art and creative development for young children (6th Ed.). Belmont, CA: Delmar.
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