L1.4.2: Preoperational Stage

• Preoperational

  Age = 2 - 7 Years old
• Preoperational

  Children begin to think symbolically and learn to use words and pictures to represent objects.

  ● While they are getting better with language and thinking, they still tend to think about things in very concrete terms

  They also begin to become self-centered and struggle to see other perspectives.
• Preoperational

  Children at this stage struggle with the concept of constancy:

  ● Taking a lump of clay and dividing it into 2 pieces, a child is given a choice

  ● One piece is rolled into a ball while the other is smashed

  ○ A child will likely to choose the smashed piece because it looks larger