What makes counting difficult?

Counting

How many?

How did you learn to count?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

B + E = G 2 + 5 = 7

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Sometimes children memorize their numbers

like they learn the alphabet, with no real meaning to the words. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

B + E = G 2 + 5 = 7

http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2012/jun/26/count-fingers-brain

Children can learn to count in two ways, ordinal and cardinal:

in order & final quantity.

Let’s Discover!

Objects needed:

h"p://www.bicyclecards.com/  

Less things for younger kids & more things for older.

Play Preparation

Discovery 1

Discovery 2

Discovery 2

Discovery 3

h"p://www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2013/apr/18/primary-­‐school-­‐children-­‐need-­‐lessons-­‐in-­‐money    

Summary §  You discovered how people

make counting errors. 1.  improper organization 2.  random numbers spoken

aloud 3.  more…..

§  Did you discover any others? Let us know at: [email protected]

Words/Concepts  

Coun/ng  Webpages  Ac/vi/es  

•  Count  Your  Chickens  –  h"p://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/games/

count_your_chickens  

•  CounCng  Game  –  h"p://www.soEschools.com/counCng/games/  

•  CounCng  Games  –  h"p://www.maths-­‐games.org/counCng-­‐games.html    

•  Fishy  Count  –  h"p://www.primarygames.com/math/fishycount/  

•  CounCng  Games  –  h"p://www.familylearning.org.uk/counCng_games.html  

•  CounCng  &  Recognizing  Numbers  –  h"p://www.ictgames.com/counCng.htm    

References  •  Ordinal  numbers  

–  h"p://www.aaamath.com/nam15-­‐ordinals.html  

•  Cardinal  numbers  –  h"p://www.mathsisfun.com/definiCons/cardinal-­‐

number.html  

•  Cardinal,  Ordinal,  Nominal  numbers  –  h"p://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0875618.html  

•  Whole  numbers  –  h"p://mathworld.wolfram.com/WholeNumber.html    

 And  many  more…