During the later part of their seventh year, children figure out how to “collect” information and use what they find in a discussion. For instance, the child who is looking for an increase in allowance may poll her friends and discover that they are all getting a dollar more than her. She will then bring back this collected information and present it to her parents in hopes of getting an increase in her own allowance.
Eight-year-olds begin to understand the probability or chance that something will happen. For instance, when given a bag with two blue marbles and a red marble, they will recognize that if they reach in without looking and pull one out it is more likely that they would draw a blue marble.
Many eight-year-olds may also be able to say that when flipping a coin, the chances of it landing heads up are 50/50.
References: PBS parents
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