Case Study Of Piaget's Development On Child Development

AN There are a variety of toys scattered around the rug and the room where the infants can reach them. The child is on the rug in the middle of the room, playing with a plastic giraffe. She picks it up with both hands and shakes it in the air and then puts it down. She then crawls towards another child who is drinking his bottle in a bouncer. She reaches that child and puts on of her hands on the bouncer to hold herself up. With her other hand she reaches for the other child’s bottle pulling out of his hands. The teacher takes the bottle from her hand and gives it back to the child in the bouncer. The little girl sits down and begins to cry. The teacher consoles her telling her she will get her own bottle soon and gives her a blanket. The

In this scenario the infant is actively shaping her development by exploring the toys and objects in her environment by engaging her motor skills. Her physical development is enhanced when she is allowed and able to move around and explore the objects around her. As a 10 month old, this child is the sensorimotor state of Piaget’s cognitive development theory. According to Sigelman and Rider (2015) “the sensorimotor stage deals with the world directly through their perceptions (senses) and actions (motor skills)” (p. 48). The infant’s motor experiences that she has acquired because of her physical development is the first step in how she has learned a lot about the world and how she will acquire tools to help her solve problems (Sigelman & Rider, 2015). The early part of an infants physical development is important, because the theories have shown in order to explore the infant has to be able to move around in their environment. The teacher also helped encourage this exploration but motivating her to learn how to walk. By learning to walk she will be able to venture out into bigger