Number Sense Discussion Board: Initial Post

• Identify one "most" significant idea from the text. This can be anything that speaks to you. Post the quote or idea and tell the class where it originated (i.e., the text on page 4 or the video on Scientific Inquiry, etc.). Post only ONE thought or quote.
• Explain why the information was significant, impactful or meaningful.

STRAND Number Sense

DOMAIN Cognition and General Knowledge

SUB-DOMAIN Mathematics

TOPIC Number Sense and Counting Infants (Birth-8 months) Young Toddlers (6-18 months) Older Toddlers (16-36 months) Pre-Kindergarten (3-5 years) STANDARD STATEMENT Explore objects and attend to events in the environment. EXAMPLES Explores or experiments with object(s) such as shaking a rattle or ring of keys. Holds one block in each hand and drops one when offered a third block.

Young Toddlers (6-18 months) STANDARD STATEMENT Pay attention to quantities when interacting with objects. EXAMPLES Communicates, "More," and "All gone," when eating from a bowl of Cheerios. Searches for the third ball after two of three balls were handed to him. Communicates, "A lot," when looking at a large number of blocks.

Toddlers (16-36 months) STANDARD STATEMENT Show understanding that numbers represent quantity and demonstrate understanding of words that identify how much. EXAMPLES Uses words or signs such as, "One, two, more, little, a lot."

Pre-Kindergarten (3-5 years) STANDARD STATEMENT Count to 20 by ones with increasing accuracy. EXAMPLES Recites or signs the numbers 1-20 incompletely or with errors. Chants, sings or signs 1-20 in order while marching.

Older Toddlers (16-36 months) STANDARD STATEMENT Use number words to indicate the quantity in small sets of objects (e.g., 2, 3), and begin counting aloud. EXAMPLES Starts counting with "one" sometimes pointing to the same item twice when counting or uses numbers out of order. "One, two, three, five, eight." Reaches into bowl and takes out two carrots when the care teacher says, "Just take two." Holds up two fingers and says, "Two," when asked how old. Participates in counting songs, rhymes and stories.

Pre-Kindergarten (3-5 years) STANDARD STATEMENT Identify and name numerals 1-9. EXAMPLES Points to numerals in a book as the teacher names them. Points to and names numerals on spinner while playing game.