Jean Piaget proposed that children move through 4 universal stages of cognitive development.
1. Sensorimotor (0-2): Learning through senses and movement.
2. Preoperational (2-7): Egocentric thinking, symbolic play.
3. Concrete Operational (7-11): Logical thinking about concrete events.
4. Formal Operational (12+): Abstract reasoning and hypothetical thinking.
Understanding these stages helps in education and parenting.
Developmental
Piaget's Cognitive Stages
Children think differently, not just less