Child Q, cognitive development, seems to be developing properly, after observing him for twenty hours. Child Q is five and half years old, and he is in “preoperational stage” of the cognitive development, according to Piaget. (Morrison pg.134) Piaget says, “During this stage, a child’s major accomplishment is the ability to use symbols to represent objects and events, symbols such as language, pictures books, maps, drawings and make-believe play”. (Morrison, pg. 134) Child Q, at times would engage himself in pretend play with his classmates. When child Q was in the dramatic play, he and some other students were pretending that they were astronauts and they were going into space. Child Q put on a space hat and space outfit and started to put
