How Does Your Child’s Mind Work at Ages 3 and 5?

Learning How a Child’s Mind Works Helps Parents Understand Them The way a child’s mind works involves understanding their thoughts, feelings, intentions, and imaginings. A child’s mind works differently at different stages of development. This affects their capacity to understand other’s points of view and develop moral and social reasoning, as well as, empathy How…

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“THEORY OF MIND” IN AUTISM

“THEORY OF MIND” In previous posts, I discussed how the mind works in young children. I explored “The Theory of Mind” which means how we infer mental states such as beliefs, desires, intentions, imagination and emotions that cause behavior or actions. It means that children and adults can reflect on what is going on in…

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PRESCHOOLERS’ POINTS OF VIEW & DECEPTIONS

UNDERSTANDING FOUR-YEAR-OLDS There is a big shift in three- to four-years-olds in their ability to understand beliefs that are different from their own. As we have seen in previous posts, during their third year, children develop a strong sense of themselves. The word “I” is central in their vocabulary. But they still believe that everyone…

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