According to Piaget, the purpose of education is to provide opportunities that allow a child to combine experiences into coherent systems (schemes) that constitute the child’s knowledge (Mooney, 2013). Therefore, each child’s capacity to learn is thought to be derived from experiences. Piaget’s concept of the child as an active learner stimulated by inborn curiosity has prompted the development of preschool programs designed to allow the child to become an active initiator of learning experiences. From a developmental point of view, a child’s strengths, rather than deficits, receive emphasis.
