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Counting

Counting is a part of young children’s daily life. They love to count everything from the stairs they climb to the crackers they eat. But what is counting? What is there to be understood about it? What do most children know about counting? What more is there to be learned? Counting seems very simple; but it is really quite complex. By developing a sophisticated sense of what it is and what kind of counting we ought to emphasize in teaching, parents and teachers can better assist children with the development of those skills and mathematical thinking related to it.

© Erikson Institute’s Early Math Collaborative. Reprinted from Big Ideas of Early Mathematics: What Teachers of Young Children Need to Know (2014), Pearson Education.

There are a number of Big Ideas in counting that are foundational in early learning environments:

  • Counting has rules that apply to any collection.
  • Counting can be used to find out “how many” is in a collection.
NEWS005-1 preschool story books
Series: Ideas at Work

A Colorful Book to Brighten the Dog-Gone Day

February 15, 2013

Daniela Giralt at Gunsaulus Elementary, a 2010-11 Early Math participant, used the book Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd to help her preschoolers explore the Big Ideas of counting. First in the whole group, children added dots to a large dog as Ms. Giralt read the story. During the reading, she stopped to ask, “How many stains do you see now? How many stains do you think there will be if we add one more? How many stains are left after the dog takes a bath?

  • Topic: Counting
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K
  • Tags Dog's Colorful Day, Emma Dodd, Animals
number path
Series: Focus on the Child February 10, 2013

Using Number Paths with Child 2

Using a number line with the digits hidden from view, a student counts backwards and forwards.

  • Topic: Counting
  • Age/Grade Level: Pre-K, Kindergarten
  • Tags Child 2
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