Here we learn:

1) Discussed what counting means, and stressed that it is not the ability to recite number names.

2) Talked about the need for a child to understand several pre-number concepts (classifying, seriating and placing objects in I-to-1 correspondence)*before and while she is learning to count.

3) Given suggestions for activities for developing the pre-number concepts.

4) Suggested ways of introducing counting to a child.

5) Stressed the need to introduce a child to the written symbols for numbers from 0 to 9, only after they have understood the meaning of those numbers.