Cognitive development: Cause and effect

Give babies and toddlers plenty of opportunities for exploring 'what happens if' even if it means endless repetition and experimentation, says Jennie Lindon It may seem far-fetched to suggest that babies and toddlers start to learn about cause and effect. But when you watch the exploratory play of under-threes, you see that this idea is actually rather simple in action. Very young children learn about 'what happens when I...?' through direct experiences that make sense in their...