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Piaget's Stage Of Cognitive Development

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leaves and their texture, he then started to using his fingers to crush the dried leaves and twirling the stem in his finger using his fore finger and thumb. He is using his small muscles in fingers for activities. Matthew has many skills in several areas of development. He demonstrated gross motor skills as he easily riding the bicycle and pushing toy wagon wheel. His fine motor skills were evident in the way he manipulated his fingers and coordinated his movements to deposit sand into the metal pie tin. This activity also relates to sensorimotor learning. He is probably learning about the properties of sand, and noticing perhaps the sound it makes when it falls on two different surfaces, and the way it accumulates on the pie tin. I think that he may probably forming ideas about …show more content…

Matthew went to handwashing area and washed his hands and went to play in water play activity in activity table, there was soapy water and whisk in the table. Mathew took the whisk and started rotating the whisk in soapy water. He played with whisk in a way that his mom might have done in the kitchen. Here he observed his mom and her way of handling the whisk in their home and started to pretend like his mom. This is the example for Piaget’s Sensory motor sixth sub-stage of cognitive development. Another example is he is making bubble with soapy water in activity table by splashing with whisk and spoon in the water. This is the example for stage five, which Piaget refer this stage of toddler as a little scientist. In Piaget’s cognitive development, symbolic thought occurs in pre-operational stages. Symbolic thought means an object or word can stand for something else, including something out of sight or imagined. (pg.278) When playing in the yard, vehicles were passing in the road. When the truck was passing the road with loud noise. Matthew pointed the direction toward the road and said “dump

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