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Children during this stage will begin to identify and use visuals from their environment to make sense of things. In the Preoperational Stage, children are showing and demonstrating how they understand information—whether through interactions with or through objects in any given environment. In addition, the Preoperational Stage includes Symbolic Function and Intuitive Thought. Also, it is during this stage that Piaget argues language …show more content…
For example, I was able to identify the “internalization of schemes” sub stage found in the first stage of Sensorimotor. Piaget’s proposed internalization of schemes occurs in children between 18 to 24 months. Since Sophia’s age is two, I will elaborate on the internalization of scheme stage. In this stage, children start using visual images or signs to represent events or situations that are not presently happening to them or they have done first hand. Also, children begin to associate memories or occurrences with objects or people. Piaget shares also that children begin to experience Object Permanence, which means internally grasping the concept that for something to happen, it does not need to be visible or be represented through an