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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you feel about imaginative/fantasy play? [/quote]

If a student is using the pink tower as a spaceship for a few moments and I overhear it, so long as he is using the material in a way that supports its purpose, I would never interrupt. When the spaceship crashes and flies out of orbit, however, there's an issue.

9/10, I see students much more compelled to use materials as intended, and do the chores around the classroom that one might do in home. They take ownership of the space!

I've been told I make a good dinosaur... on the playground. :)[/quote]

I know very little about how a Montessori classroom would operate. Can you please explain why you would pretending to crash a spaceship is problematic.  Seriously asking. No snark. [/quote]

It was a metaphor for throwing or breaking.[/quote]

Okay, so what about the "supports its purpose" part?  What are the limits there if there is no destruction or negative behavior implied?  [/quote]

Every piece of work has a specific thing that it is teaching the student using it. If I see they are learning what they need to learn and not distracting anyone, then they can certainly carry on. I'll keep using the pink tower as an example. That piece of work is teaching a child size differences through building and creating different formations. If the student is "building a spaceship," then she is still learning through the building of the work. [/quote]

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