1. What barriers to logic exist at the preoperational stage?

2. According to Vygotsky, what should parents and other caregivers do to encourage children's learning?

3. What is the relationship between executive control and learning in school?

4. What is the evidence that early childhood is a sensitive time for learning language?

5. What are three ways in which adults can foster language development?

6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of teacher-directed preschools?

Choose a toy from a toy store website (e.g., Amazon, Toys-r-us) and describe the following:

(a) What is the toy and how does it work? Provide a picture and/or link.

(b) What age is the toy targeting?

(c) Do you think this toy is appropriate based on the description of the corresponding developmental stage according to Piaget? Why or why not? Be specific and give examples from the lecture/text.

Initial posts should be350 - 500 words