Piaget

Every parent and teacher goes through the dilemma of figuring out when to teach their child and at what stage in life do we teach them. Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, stated that children go through a period of stages in which they develop. The four stages of Piaget’s theory grouped the development of a child into age groups, in which interaction with people and the natural world is necessary for cognitive development. Briefly, the four stages of Piaget’s theory are the sensorimotor stage (birth until 2), the preoperational stage (2 until 6 or 7), the concrete operational stage (6 or 7 until 11 or 12), and the formal operation stage (11 or 12 through adulthood). According to Piaget, children in the pre-operational stage use mental representations, such as mental images, drawings, words, and gestures, rather than just motor actions to think about objects and events. Children in this stage think faster, are more flexible and efficient, and more socially invol...