During the preschool and elementary school years, thought is largely tied to the here-and-now. Children think in an organized fashion about concrete information they can directly perceive but have great difficulty reasoning about hypothetical situations-ones that do not make sense in the real world.
During the early school years, thought is largely tied to the here-and-now. Children think in an organized fashion about concrete information they can directly perceive but have great difficulty reasoning about hypothetical.