Piaget’s stages of development describe how children learn as they grow up. There are four distinct stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. Jean Piaget was ...

Reviewed by Amy Morin, LCSW Key Takeaways Child development theories help explain how children grow socially, emotionally, ...

Piaget’s stages of development include sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. While there is some criticism of them, they may help characterize child development.

Understanding child development can be confusing for the parents of toddlers. Parents are predisposed to want their children to meet developmental milestones, but often don't know when these stages ...

That’s a question parents, pediatricians, educators, and caregivers ask over and over again as children grow and change. To help answer this important question, child development experts have created ...

Children reach developmental milestones in how they play, move, talk, and act. The predicted ages for the milestones can be ...