24/01/2022
In children’s learning and development, there are developmental progressions that children follow. This is what we refer to as ‘learning trajectories’. An example of this is, before a child walks, the child learns to crawl, then walk, then run, skip and jump. Similarly, children follow developmental progressions in learning math. Here are some examples of learning trajectory for Counting…
Pre-counter: This is when the child names some number words with no sequence.
Reciter: Verbally counts but not in the correct order above “five”. For example, “one, two, three, four, five, seven”
Reciter (10): Verbally counts to ten, with some correspondence with objects. Skipping and double-counting is common here.
Corresponder: demonstrates one-to-one correspondence. This is when the child gives one number word for each object. It helps to have objects laid in a line to support child with keeping track of their counting.
Counter: Child counts objects in a line to 5 and answers the “how many” question. The child has understood that the last number word we say, tells us how many.
