Piaget's Theory Of Child Development

Register to read the introduction… One of the first people to become a theorist was a man named Jean Piaget born in Switzerland in 1996. He avowed that” there are four main stages from birth to adulthood theses are; sensoirmotor stage, preperational stage, concrete operational stage and formal operations stage. As a early years student we can also generate our own opinion on the theories by observing a chosen child in placement and comparing them to the theory’s. Not all people agree with them, `How Children Learn 2008 Linda Pound p38` suggests that “Piaget’s interest was primarily in how children learn as opposed to what or when they might …show more content…
By the age of 11 months a baby should be able to sit unsupported on the floor again if this was not the case you would help them more, by sitting them up on the floor and supporting them as little as needed. At 42 months a child should be able to speak in sentences and ask questions if these signs of intellectual development weren’t showing you would assist them in that area via, reading books letting them take there time to pronounce the words slowly. By observing the child you would be able to plan lessons that will hopefully encourage them to get better in theses certain areas of …show more content…
I personally think that a person going to work with children without the awareness and knowledge of child development is an exceptionally wrong thing to do, they could risk putting children in threat of not having the right support for