Dealing with children takes a lot of work and sometimes, it can be emotionally and psychologically overwhelming for parents or caregivers, teachers, and any other authority figures in that child's life. For that reason, understanding a child's cognitive developmental stage from first-month all the way to adolescent years, is vital, not just for the child's well-being, but also for the parents/caregivers. Because by knowing in which stage the child is and what to expect from h

According to Jean Piaget (2014), a child experience experiences four cognitive developmental stages, they are: Sensorimotor Stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and formal operational stage (Argosy University, 2014). Sensorimotor Stage: Based on Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory, this stage starts from birth until the child is two years old. During that stage a child is equipped with a set of reflex movements combined with a set of perceptual movemen