When children express themselves, explain their ideas, insist what they perceive to be right,
And try to convince adults and playmates or classmates, they actually demonstrate critical and creative thinking because they can identify details, infer, argue, assert or insist a point.
Although, they are usually impulsive and at times false in their reasoning, they develop logical critical thinking as they learn many skills, become open to new ideas, become persistent to learn, and become willing to self-correct and improves as they learn from their mistakes.