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The Cognitive Stages Of Children Essay

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Jean Piaget in my opinion, opened up a whole new world when he discovered the cognitive stages. I never really understood what former co-workers were talking about at a previous preschool I had worked at until after reading about Jean Piaget. Right then, I had that ah hah moment and put two and two together. He opened my eyes and made me realize how my children and others develop. All children develop at their own speed, but the certain stages that he developed you can totally notice at those certain stages of their life. In the Sensorimotor Stage, from birth to two years old babies see the world through looking, listening, touching, mouthing and grasping. They develop how to move their hands and limbs in order to make things work. Schemas start to develop such as reflex and repeating and action that just happened. Developmental habits start to form such as coordination between vision and mental apprehension. Understanding, walking, discovering new objects and the internalization of schemas. The sensorimotor stage in my opinion is a very important stage for child develop. There are so many things between birth and two years old that they need to develop. I feel that is very important for parents to closely monitor if their child isn’t doing something that they should be doing at this stage. All children develop at their own speed, but there are certain milestones that they need to achieve during this time span. Some parents may not know what to look for, so it

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