Did you know that answering the question “how many?” requires several complex skills? 🤓 To count a set of more than three objects, your child must: 🧮 Recognize quantity as an attribute. 🧮 Have acquired the numbers vocabulary needed. 🧮 Comprehend that number words represent physical quantities. 🧮 Understand one-to-one correspondence (each item gets counted only once). 🧮 Know that the number counted for the last object in a set is the quantity (cardinality). These skills take time to learn, but there are ways you can help your child develop them. Simply count items and talk about numbers that occur in everyday life. Research shows that the more often a parent talks to their child about numbers, the sooner the child grasps their meaning and the more prepared they are when it’s time to start school. 🎒 You can also help your little one learn about one-to-one correspondence by encouraging them to play with the Montessori Math Bars & Number Tiles and the Number Sense Nature Counters, like @Montessori Expat Kayla daughter does. Click the link in our bio to shop The Problem Solver Play Kit, which features these early math essentials. ✨ #Lovevery #MathForKids #STEMActivites #ToddlerMath Read the research: Levine, S. C., Suriyakham, L. W., Rowe, M. L., Huttenlocher, J., & Gunderson, E. A. (2010). What counts in the development of young children's number knowledge? Developmental Psychology, 46(5), 1309–1319. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019671