Patricia spent a spent a lot of time counting. Patricia saw puppets count on television, and she heard her mother count to ten when she got angry. Patricia counted her stuffed animals. So it turned out Patricia had learned some mathematical concepts before she ever got to school. Why is counting such an important skill?

What will be an ideal response?

Counting helps children understand abstract number concepts.
The one-to-one principle
The stable order principle
Cardinality
Counting helps children make numerical magnitude comparisons.
Counting helps in simple addition and subtraction.

Psychology

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