Sirius Mindz Institute – Symbolic Thought

Symbolic Thought is the representation of reality through the use of abstract symbols and concepts such as words, gestures and numbers.  Images that surround our children in the environment play a critical role when it comes to the advancement in the preschool years and the acquisition of symbolic thought—a type of thinking in which symbols or internal images are used to represent objects, persons, and events that are not present. Examples of symbolic thought are pretend play, drawing, writing, and speaking.