Sensorimotor Concrete Operational
Age: 0 – 2 years Age: 7-11
What can the child do? The child begins What can the child do? The child
to interact with the environment. learns rules such as conversation
Key Concepts: Object permanence Key Concepts: Conservation, numbers,
learned ideas and classifications
Activity the child could benefit from: Activity the child could benefit from:
game of peek-a-boo, game of catch, toys puzzles
and books
Piaget’s Stages of
Cognitive
Development
Pre-operational Formal Operational
Age: 2-7
Age: 12+
What can the child do? The child begins
What can the child do? The child begins to
to represent the world symbolically.
think about their future.
Key Concepts: Imagination/experience
Key concepts: Ethics, politics, social/moral
grow
issues explored
Activity the child could benefit from:
Activity the child could benefit from:
sand and water
Age: 0 – 2 years Age: 7-11
What can the child do? The child begins What can the child do? The child
to interact with the environment. learns rules such as conversation
Key Concepts: Object permanence Key Concepts: Conservation, numbers,
learned ideas and classifications
Activity the child could benefit from: Activity the child could benefit from:
game of peek-a-boo, game of catch, toys puzzles
and books
Piaget’s Stages of
Cognitive
Development
Pre-operational Formal Operational
Age: 2-7
Age: 12+
What can the child do? The child begins
What can the child do? The child begins to
to represent the world symbolically.
think about their future.
Key Concepts: Imagination/experience
Key concepts: Ethics, politics, social/moral
grow
issues explored
Activity the child could benefit from:
Activity the child could benefit from:
sand and water
