EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT

Lesson 05: Cognitive Development during Early Childhood Period

Concrete Operational Stage

1. Concrete Operational Stage: In this stage the child becomes
   • Capable of logical thinking with concrete experiences.
   • Is able to do mental operations like addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and serial ordering.
   • Develops the capacity for reversible thinking and conversion.
   • Is able to classify the understanding of relationships between classes or groups and deductive thinking.
   • However, his capacity for abstract thinking is still limited.
2. Formal Operational Stage: in this stage the child becomes capable of abstract thinking and deductive reasoning.

   Hence, these developmental characteristics at different stages must be considered for Curriculum Planning at different levels.