https://earlymathcounts.org/counting-dont-be-fooled/ Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:51:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://earlymathcounts.org/counting-dont-be-fooled/#comment-14134 Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:51:41 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=202#comment-14134 we call the memorization counting rote counting because it’s not that they understand what the number words mean it is just what they have been taught to memorize not to actually recognize.

]]> https://earlymathcounts.org/counting-dont-be-fooled/#comment-2384 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 18:45:51 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=202#comment-2384 Counting is memorized it is true. The kids now exactly how to say the words in order. I try to fool them by starting with a number in the middle and sometimes I feel they still have the order memorized.

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