Explain the influence of television on development of preoperational children.

Answers will vary. American children spend more time watching television than they do in school. By the time he or she turns three, the average child already watches two to three hours of television a day. Television has great potential for teaching a variety of cognitive skills, social behaviors, and attitudes. Sesame Street is the most successful children's educational TV program. The goal of Sesame Street is to promote the intellectual growth of preschoolers, particularly those of lower socioeconomic status. Large-scale evaluations of the effects of the program have concluded that regular viewing increases children's learning of numbers, letters, and cognitive skills such as sorting and classification.