Preoperational Period refers to the second stage in Piaget’s theory of Cognitive development applying to children from about ages 2 to 7. Preoperational Stage is characterized by the use of symbols to represent objects, by judgment based on how things look, and by the belief that everyone has the same viewpoint as he or she. Preoperational Period is when children are thinking at a symbolic level but are not yet using cognitive operations

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