Series: Focus on the Child
Matching Quantity with Child 3
A child produces a small set of counters to match a shown quantity.
Why is this important?
What a strong sense of number! Notice how she produces an equivalent set without copying the arrangement she was shown–good evidence that she has mental constructs for the quantities of three, four, and five.
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Big Idea
The quantity of a small collection can be intuitively perceived without counting. Read More
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Big Idea
Quantity is an attribute of a set of objects and we use numbers to name specific quantities. Read More
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Common Core Alignment
Counting and Cardinality Read More
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Foundational Math Topics
Read more about Number Sense