Session Project 2—Piaget and Play



Identify one toy that a 3-5 year old would play with. Answer the following questions about that toy. What is the toy? Describe it fully here.The name of the toy is “Alphabet pal”. This is a purple caterpillar, made with hard plastic. It has 26 legs in each of the legs have an alphabet letter, and the legs are different colors, red, yellow, blue, and green; the colors go in this order and repeat in this pattern. The "Alphabet Pal" is a pull toy it has a yellow pull cord that is about 50 cm long; and the caterpillar is about 30 cm long. This toy is from the toy company Leap Frog and it was made in China. This toy has switch button under the head in the front part, to switch the functions of the toy ABC for letter names in this mode when the legs are press the caterpillar says the name of each letter, the leap frog for the letter sounds in this mode when the legs are press the caterpillar make the sound of each letter, a crayon for colors in this mode the caterpillar says the color of the leg that is being press, and the eight note symbol for sings along 26 different melody according to the letter that is being press like A for A - Are You Sleeping?, B - Billy Boy, C – Clementine, D - Did You Ever See a Lassie?, E - East Side, West Side, F - The Farmer in the Dell. And when you pull the yellow cord to walk with the caterpillar it sing the alphabet song. The caterpillar antennae are clear plastic yellow color and they light up in any mode when the legs are pressed and when it sings the alphabet song. On the box, what age is this toy recommended for?The manufacturer recommended age is 1 - 3 years Write how a child in each of the following stages would play with the toy:Sensorimotor: 0-2 years A child would be able to start playing with this toy maybe at two months old since at this age babies are able to be on their belly and put their chest up, but they will need to be supervised and will need assistance at least until they are 6 or 7 that it is when they can sit alone. From 2 to 7 months a baby could press the legs and enjoy the different sounds and see how the antennae lights up. From 7 to 12 months babies will still enjoy pressing the legs see how the antennae lights up, listen the different sounds, and maybe during this stage will be able to push the toy around. From 1 to 2 years once the child is walking will be able to discover eventually that the toy can be pull, and will enjoy to walk along with the caterpillar and listen to the different sounds that it makes when the legs are press. During the sensorimotor stage the child will need assistance from an adult to switch the modes of the toy.Preoperational: 2-6 yearsChild of this ages start to understand more and parents usually start to introduce them to letters, words, and numbers. So during the ages a child will be able to play and learn the letters and their sounds, and some of their colors. The child will enjoy walking and maybe running along with this toy around their house and sing the ABC song. During this ages children begin to go to school so they will love to sing along to the different melodies; since many of this songs are taught at pre-k and kindergarten. Children during this age will enjoy pressing the legs and repeating the letters, sounds, and colors, and will also enjoy switching the toy from mode to mode.Concrete Operational: 7-11 years Children during of these ages have already learn of their letter names and sounds and their colors also. I think it will kind of hard for a child of this age to enjoy playing with this toy, but there are two ways that children might play with this toy, I think. One will be to teach or help a younger child to learn the alphabet, the letter sounds, and the colors; like to play teacher, children during this age enjoy teaching how to do things to their little brother and sister. And other thing I think a child of this age will do with this toy is to listen to the different sounds and songs and imitate them with funny voices, trying to be funny and make others laugh. This behaviors will be caused by the fact that children of this age tend to be more like adults and less childlike. What cognitive processes from Piaget’s or Vygotsky’s theories are involved in the toys?The process of assimilation by Piaget’s theory will occur when the child assimilates that only when the legs of caterpillar are press the toy will make a sound and the antennae will light up. The process of accommodation by Piaget’s theory will occur when the child understand that when the modes are switch with the button then the legs will make different things like the colors instead of the letters. The process of using symbols by Piaget’s theory will be develop with the help of this toy, since the child will learn that the letters make sounds and the letters together make words, and with words you read and sing. They will also be able to learn basic colors. The process of intersubjectivity by Vygotsky’s theory will occur when the child play with a parent or an adult and be able to share and understand the knowledge of the letter names and sound, the color names, and \the songs of the melodies. The process of guided participation by Vygotsky’s theory will occur when the child is taught how to play with the toy by a parent or another more skilled individual.The process of private speech by Vygotsky’s theory will occur when the child by itself practice and recite the letter names and sounds, and the color names. And eventually after practice the process of inner speech will occur to practice the letter names and sounds in their minds and later by able to show the progress to others. What ways can this toy be improved to increase the effect of the toy on cognitive development? One way that this toy could be improved could be by adding a different texture to the caterpillar legs according to their colors. Toddlers are sensory learners and by adding different texture to the legs their touch sense will be improved and they will be able to recognize and assimilate the different textures according to the colors. Other way in which this toy could be improved could be by adding another mode in which each leg will make the sound of the letter name and a word that starts with that letter, there should be simple words like A apple, B book, C car.Other thing that could be done is to add a number mode in which children could count the caterpillar legs. ................
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