1. Ages and Stages Presented By Ellen Turer Pack 90 Den 5 Ellen.turer@earthlink.net

2. Piaget Developmental Stage & Approximate Age Swiss Born 1896- 1980

3. Piaget Piaget was very interested in knowledge and how children come to know their world. He developed his cognitive theory by actually observing children (some of whom were his own children). Using a standard question or set of questions as a starting point, he followed the child's train of thought and allowed the questioning to be flexible. Piaget believed that children's spontaneous comments provided valuable clues to understanding their thinking. He was not interested in a right or wrong answer, but rather what forms of logic and reasoning the child used.

4. Piaget After many years of observation, Piaget concluded that intellectual development is the result of the interaction of hereditary and environmental factors. As the child develops and constantly interacts with the world around him, knowledge is invented and reinvented. His theory of intellectual development is strongly grounded in the biological sciences. He argued that intellectual development controlled every other aspect of development - emotional, social, and moral.

5. The Preoperational Period (2-7 years)

6. Intuitive Phase (4-7 years) Speech becomes more social, less egocentric. The child has an intuitive grasp of logical concepts in some areas. However, there is still a tendency to focus attention on one aspect of an object while ignoring others. Concepts formed are crude and irreversible. Easy to believe in magical increase, decrease, disappearance. Reality not firm. Perceptions dominate judgment. In moral-ethical realm, the child is not able to show principles underlying best behavior. Rules of a game not develop, only uses simple do's and don'ts imposed by authority.

7. Tigers and Wolves Positive redirection Activities and games that the child can succeed. Many ability levels among this age. Be prepare to adjust for those varied ability levels. Developmental delays may be present but not diagnosed.

8. Concrete Operations (7-12 years) Evidence for organized, logical thought. There is the ability to perform multiple classification tasks, order objects in a logical sequence, and comprehend the principle of conservation. thinking becomes less transductive and less egocentric. The child is capable of concrete problem-solving. Some reversibility now possible (quantities moved can be restored such as in arithmetic: 3+4 = 7 and 7-4 = 3, etc.) Class logic-finding bases to sort unlike objects into logical groups where previously it was on superficial perceived attribute such as color. Categorical labels such as "number" or animal" now available.

9. Wolves, Bears, WEBELOS Grade 2 ages 6-8 Positive redirection Games, activities that help boy learn lessons in a positive. Many abilities levels but maturity levels are getting closure. If there are developmental delays then they become more apparent.

10. Tigers Grade 1 ages 5-7 Activities: Games, songs, arts and crafts They need varied activities with shorter time spent on activities.

11. Wolves Activities: Games, more hands-one activities, cooperative grouping. More time can be spent on tasks Moral maturity developing

12. Bears Grade 3 ages 7-9 Activities: Games, more hands- one activities, cooperative grouping. Moral maturity developing More complex activities that allow for cognitive thinking, problem solving. Great emphasis on allowing them to figure out the solutions with lots of direct supervision.

13. WEBELOS Grades 4 and 5 ages 8- 12 Activities: Games, more difficult hands-one activities, cooperative grouping. Moral maturity developing Complex activities that allow for cognitive thinking, problem solving. Great emphasis on allowing them to figure out the solutions with some level of supervision. Greater independent activities. Have a plan but let them run with it.

14. Key Active Learning Tactile Activities using all modes of learning: Doing, hearing, visual

15. Where to look for appropriate activities BSA Den and Pack Meeting Resource Guide