What is an Imagination Classroom by Parul

Bobo the Librarian

(JOHN LENNON’S IMAGINE TUNE PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND)

Imagine there’s a classroom

It’s easy if you try

No walls separating us

Above us, only sky

Imagine all the students

Leading our way

Ah

Imagine there’s no teachers

It isn’t hard to do

Just a bunch of mentors

Collectively dreaming, too

Imagine all the community

Being part of school

You

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us

And build a classroom for everyone

Imagine no limitations

I wonder if you can

No need for kids being boxed

A liberation of mind

Imagine all the children

Building our world

You

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope someday you’ll join us

And build a classroom for everyone

(Continued from IMAGINE song)

BUILT BY KIDS

FOR KIDS

AROUND THE WORLD
WITH FREE SPACE

AND FREEDOM TO BE

AND TO IMAGINE

WHAT THE WORLD CAN LOOK LIKE &

HOW WE SOLVE THE GREATEST CHALLENGES OF OUR TIMES!

We should “keys to the city” to the kids with this one and let them build their own imagination classrooms within their schools.

We can, optionally, and if needed, offer some design frames as opening playgrounds for them to map and build from, including –

1. Integrate NATURE into the space – think of trees, birds, Earth/ soil, animals, microbes, air, water, wind, sun, sky, etc. and how we integrate them and learn from them
2. Consider CIRCULAR patterns and SPIRAL patterns to embody the wisdom in Indigenous knowledges and create a sense of openness, community and equality
3. Create space for FREE THINKING, IMAGINING and ask questions around “what is the biggest world challenge I see, and how might we solve it?” (aka allow for Project Based Learning)
4. Ask ourselves the question – how might this space we build be carried into the rest of the school, within our assemblies, in our curriculum and books, and even back home with us?!
5. Create spaces for STILLNESS and MOVEMENT. For TOGETHERNESS and ALONENESS. Let all different ways of being and learning come together and exist in Harmony!

ALSO IF POSSIBLE, INTEGRATE MAGIC FROM AIME THAT WE KNOW WORKS – INCL. PURPLE CARPET, FAILURE TIME STATIONS, ETC. 🙂