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Stage Two Preoperational Period Ages 2-7 yrs

Piaget. Stage Two Preoperational Period Ages 2-7 yrs. Logic?. Assimilation and accommodation Children form concepts in their minds Concepts : general categories of objects and information. Logic?. All things in the air are birds. Then they learn the difference between birds and planes.

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Stage Two Preoperational Period Ages 2-7 yrs

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  1. Piaget Stage Two Preoperational Period Ages 2-7 yrs 6.02-Piaget

  2. Logic? • Assimilation and accommodation • Children form concepts in their minds • Concepts: general categories of objects and information 6.02-Piaget

  3. Logic? All things in the air are birds. Then they learn the difference between birds and planes. 6.02-Piaget

  4. Logical Thinking Another Example These are all apples because they are red 6.02-Piaget

  5. Preoperational Stage Basic mental operations start to replace sensorimotor activities as the primary way to learn. 6.02-Piaget

  6. Language & Grammar Children learn mostly by language and mental images A rule is a rule I “eated” my apple No, it’s “ate” Then I “ated” my apple 6.02-Piaget

  7. Language and Grammar basketti Shocolate Cheesecake 6.02-Piaget

  8. Preoperational Stage • Make-believe play is used to create and express all kinds of mental images 6.02-Piaget

  9. Preoperational Stage Egocentrism Everyone views the world like I do. 6.02-Piaget

  10. Preoperational Stage • Egocentrism • The sun follows them from place to place and goes to bed when they do • Problems with reversibility—can’t see the world from other's perspectives 6.02-Piaget

  11. Preoperational Stage Children are prone to thinking errors Just as a walking toddler is prone to missteps 6.02-Piaget

  12. Preoperational Stage *use feeling to solve problems rather than logic I don’t want to go to sleep! I’m not tired! He hurt my feelings so I hit him! 6.02-Piaget

  13. Preoperational Stage • Begin learning multiple classification– the ability to understand that an object may fit into more than one category 6.02-Piaget

  14. Preoperational Stage • Begin learning seriation—the ability to order groups of things by size, weight, or any common property • IE: arranging beads from smallest to largest • Preschool children cannot arrange themselves by height 6.02-Piaget

  15. Preoperational Stage Conservation • They think the same amount of liquid is more when poured into a tall thin glass. • To them taller means more! 6.02-Piaget

  16. Preoperational Stage Another example of conservation 6.02-Piaget

  17. Preoperational Stage Parts to Whole What is this? A Banana 6.02-Piaget

  18. Preoperational Stage They use synergetic reasoning: A break in logic, changing set of criteria Example: Mother usually makes dinner before dad comes home so making dinner causes dad to come home. 6.02-Piaget

  19. Preoperational Stage Making Muffins First, you put all of the white powder in a bowl. Then you pour milk into it. Stir and pour in metal cups that are hooked together. Now hurry and put in the oven because we are late for school. 6.02-Piaget

  20. Preoperational Stage Intuitive reasoning—They guess!! Which line has more marbles? 6.02-Piaget

  21. Preoperational Stage Time My birthday is before Christmas and after Halloween 6.02-Piaget

  22. Preoperational Stage Time Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? 6.02-Piaget

  23. Preoperational Stage • Children are not aware of what is real and what is make-believe 6.02-Piaget

  24. Piaget • In general Children learn: • to master one skill before learning another • in their own ways • not as adults do!! 6.02-Piaget

  25. Drawing Level of Cognitive development can be seen by looking at a child’s drawings. Scribbling (around ages 1-2) 6.02-Piaget

  26. Drawing Basic Shapes (around ages 2 1/2-3) 6.02-Piaget

  27. Drawing Symbolic Basic Shapes (around ages 3-4) 6.02-Piaget

  28. Drawing Combined Forms (around ages 5-7) 6.02-Piaget

  29. Drawing Draws trees and other objects at right angles to the slope of a hill 6.02-Piaget

  30. Drawing Is that a drawing of two caterpillars? No! It's my mom and dad! 6.02-Piaget

  31. Drawing draw first then decide 6.02-Piaget

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