10/1 Learning Log (Piagetian Tasks) Ch. 2...

I used my 2 1/2 year old son for the three Piagetian Tasks. To say the least it didn't go over too well but that is to be expected for his age and he is only in the beginning of the preoperational stage.

I started out by lining the pennies in two identical rows. He is not to the stage of understanding "same, more or less" yet. He could count the pennies for me and tell me there were three pennies in each row but nothing beyond that.

I also tried lining up two yellow jelly beans and then four orange jelly beans. Once again he could count how many jelly beans there were but he could not tell me if there were more yellow or orange.

Then I tried lining up to different markers but he doesn't have a good sense of what "length" means either. He could tell that they were markers and the color of the markers but that is about it.

Even though I kind of expected this from my child it would be nice to know at what point do they start understanding more or less? A side note, I absolutely loved watching Susie's clip about her children doing these tasks. It really made the lesson and Piagetian stages come alive in the lesson. :)