Series: Focus on the Child
Counting a Large Collection with Child 14
A second grader has a partial understanding of counting equal groups.
Focus on the Child videos are taken from one-on-one interviews with individual children. The interviews are designed to elicit evidence of children’s mathematical thinking. They are not teaching episodes or formal assessments.
Why is this important?
Children need many experiences grouping large collections and skip counting. Counting equal groups is an important leap forward in efficiency and lays a foundation for multiplication.
