Read the child a story or description of some well-known object, then
have him tell it as nearly as he can reproduce it. Now have him tell
it again and add every bit of detail, every new circumstance and
condition which he can create for himself.
Read half of a story to the child and have him go on from where you
leave off, making his own imaginary ending for it. Then read the
conclusion to show him how the author's imagination differed from his.
Most of the exercises and games given for the development of
Visualization and Attention call the imagination into action. These
three faculties are so closely related that they can not be treated
entirely separate. Any exercise previously given for the first two will
develop the imagination as well.
These faculties of Visualization, Attention and Imagination combine
in the operation of the great faculty of Memory, which is to be the
subject of the Second Book. Exercises given there will result in
further development of the imagination.