Pediatricians confirm: children can grasp counting at a very early age
Johns Hopkins University: 14-month-old children can understand the meaning of counting aloud long before they master the numerals themselves.
Johns Hopkins University: 14-month-old children can understand the meaning of counting aloud long before they master the numerals themselves.
Children as young as 14 months can grasp the meaning of counting, long before they have learned the true meaning of the words "one — two — three," according to a study by Johns Hopkins University. According to experts, children who heard counting aloud were able to recognize numerals. However, children begin to fully understand the names of numbers at around 4 years of age.
An experiment was conducted as part of the study: 16 children watched 4 toys (toy dogs and cats) as they were lowered into and taken out of a box. Sometimes the researcher said: "Look, 1, 2, 3, 4 dogs." At other times, the numerals were not spoken, being replaced by words like "this," "these," and "here."
When the toys were actually counted, the children expected more than one toy to be taken out of the box. That is, they remembered the approximate number of items. But when the toys were not counted aloud, the children lost interest as soon as the first toy was taken out. They were sure that was all the toys there were.
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