Five Counting Principles
Five Counting Principles Students usually are introduced to the world of mathematics in early childhood. They observe objects around them and learn to sort them by colors, shapes and so on. Slowly, students start understanding that objects can be 1 or many and thus they start building number sense. They count objects and start associating the quantity with a number. Though teaching the numbers 1 to 20 is useful, simply teaching this is not equivalent to learning to count. Children need a strong foundation in counting and quantity to be able to build number sense. Here are 5 counting principles that can help parents and educators in helping children with counting and quantity. Principle Explanation Potential Misconceptions How to help students? 1.Stable Order This involves understanding the verbal sequence of counting It also means that a studen...