Children use their innate abilities and skills (such as seeing, sucking, grabbing,

and hearing) at this early stage of development to learn more about their surroundings.
In other words, kids learn and experience the world through their senses and physical
activities. Children learn more about their surroundings via trial and error. Because
newborns develop a fundamental grasp of their environment through their senses and
motor skills, Piaget named this period the "sensorimotor" stage. Infants are able to interact
and gain knowledge of themselves and their surroundings thanks to their natural senses
of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch as well as physical abilities that continue to grow.
The sensorimotor stage lasts from birth until around age two. As toddlers engage with
their environments, they undergo an incredible amount of cognitive progress in a very
short period of time.
The sensorimotor stage provides children with the skills they need to go to the next
stage of development and acts as a vital foundation in growth.
There are six substages in the sensorimotor stage of cognitive development. These
further steps are:
Rapid reactions. This stage occurs during the first month of a newborn's existence,
when the reflexive behaviors of a baby first appear. A newborn will begin sucking on
instinct if your finger brushes across their face, as an illustration.
Primary Circular Reactions. Children will learn enjoyable bodily motions
throughout this stage. In the first four months of their existence, it happens. This stage is
characterized by wriggling fingers, leg kicking, or thumb sucking. Because they are
deliberate, these behaviors set themselves apart from the reflexive ones that came
before.
Circular Secondary Reactions. A baby's growth continues while they engage in
enjoyable activities. Repeated behaviors using things that provide the infant joy are typical
of this substage. A baby who shakes a rattle nonstop only to hear the sound of it is an
illustration of this.
Coordinating Auxiliary Plans. This happens during the first eight to twelve months
of a baby's life. Babies may now apply their understanding of items to accomplish goals
in addition to showing interest in them. Practically, even if there is something blocking it,
this may appear to be a little child reaching out and catching their rattle.
Circular Secondary Reactions. This stage, which is characterized by the
development of goal-pursuing, finds kids adjusting their strategies to their environment.
For instance, if a youngster disassembles something or disrupts their surroundings to
locate something, they will want to put the situation back together.
Symbolic Thinking. The final stage marks the onset of babies' ability to visualize
things they cannot see. Both the sensorimotor stage and object permanence are initiated
at this point