Preoperational Stage

By Kasai Mitchell


During this second stage, once children acquire language, they are able to use symbols (such as words or pictures) to represent objects. Their thinking is still very egocentric, which is the assumption that everyone sees things from the same viewpoint as they do. They are now able to grasp concepts like:


  1. Counting things utilizing real numbers
  2. Classifying things according to their similarities and differences &
  3. Past-present-future but generally are still focused primarily on the present & on the concrete, rather than the abstract

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Importance of these stages

These stages are all necessary for every individual because to develop correctly a child must display the behaviors in all these instances.