1. Detail the many shifts that occur between five and seven years of age.
2. Discuss the differences between the preschooler (age 3-5) and the school age (age 7-11) child in terms of how they think differently.
3. Speculate as to why this shift might or might not make children ready for school.
4. Talk about the cognitive abilities of the child at the end of the concrete operational stage.
5. How are these cognitive abilities reflected in the types of learning activities in school? Provide a specific example of a learning activity and what cognitive ability enables the ability to engage in this activity.