Piaget reflection

Interaction establishes cognitive structures in children. Jean Piaget constructed a

highly influential model of child development and learning. Piagets theory is based
on the theory that a developing child builds cognitive structures or mental maps.
Piagets theory shows how children make sense of the world. Children organize their
observations and experiences and adapt them to environmental demands. I learned
this is important with my work with children. My interactions with children as they
grow helps build concepts about reality and how it works. Piaget believed children
progress through four stages.
1) The sensorimotor stage- From birth to age two, children learn through
reaching, grasping, and reflective behavior. Through physical interactions a
child builds concepts about reality and how it works. A child is internally
motivated.
2) The preoperational stage- From two to age seven, speech is the main
advancement. Children are not yet able to conceptualize abstractly and
needs concrete physical situations.
3) Concrete operations- From age seven to eleven, children start to
conceptualize, creating logical structures that explain their physical
experiences.
4) Formal operations- From age eleven to fifteen, a child cognitive structures
include conceptual reasoning.
During all developmental stages children experience the environment using mental
maps they have constructed. The developmental stages of a child enhances
learning in our classrooms.