The child rapidly develops schemas for different kinds of animals and objects that he encounters all the time. For a while, he becomes fascinated with different kinds of dinosaurs and later likes to identify different kinds of tools in the workshop.
Not preoperational stage
Preoperational stage
The child likes to draw pictures of people and houses and other scenes, though the people are stick figures and the houses all tend to look the same.
Preoperational stage
Not preoperational stage
The child's ball rolls under the couch when his father isn't looking. The child says, "Gimme!" but does not point or otherwise indicate what he wants. The father can't figure out why the child is upset.