Formal Operational: This image has a nice contrast between children in the foreground who are clearly preoperational with the kids playing basketball in the background who have entered the formal operational stage. The basketball court had a variety of ages but mainly there were kids who have just hit puberty, understand that they can talk back to elders and oppose authority, and manipulate others. I could see all of this as they argued rules, argued with the sitters about when to leave, and the physical awkwardness was a dead giveaway to good old puberty kicking in.
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This picture/project nicely illustrates how rarely it is that a child develops void of a cultural context. They're almost always within ear-shot of another child, at a slightly different level. This observation of each other is important to consider in a child's overall development.
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