促进智力发育
Using the imagination is the beginning of abstract thought. Children who can see a king's castle in a mound of sand or a delicious dinner in a mud pie are learning to think symbolically. This skill is important in school where a child will have to learn that numerals symbolize groups of objects, letters symbolize sounds, and so on.
想象力是抽象思维的基础。无论是在沙滩上堆起国王城堡还是用泥团做出美味的晚餐,这都是孩子们在学习抽象思维的过程。上学后抽象思维的能力显得十分重要,比如用数字表示一系列物体和用字母来表示语音等等。