"We who are teachers would have to accommodate ourselves to lives as clerks or functionaries if we did not have in mind a quest for a better state of things for those we teach and for the world we all share." (Maxine Greene, 1995)“The secret of good teaching is to regard the child's intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination. ” Maria Montessori, To Educate the Human Potential, p. 51“The child who concentrates is immensely happy. ” Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, p. 249“With the acquisition of language, the child reaches a new level of independence. The child can now communicate his feelings and desires and needs. It is a great step forward in the achievement of independence. ”, Maria Montessori, The 1946 London Lectures, p. 114Not enough is being done to promote imaginal literacy in school. Without the ability to imagine a better world, teaching and education would not exist. The test of imagination is experience, including 'play', which I see as an external manifestation of imagination that translates equally across disciplines.