A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Preschool children seem to grasp the true concept of counting only if they are taught to understand the number value of groups of objects greater than three, research shows. Seeing that there are ...

Using fingers to count is an important part of learning maths in young children, researchers have found. They found that children who learned to count with their fingers, in combination with games ...

Teaching preschoolers to actually count numbers—not just recite them—will better prepare them for success in math once they start school, new research from the University of Missouri suggests.

In this step-by-step activity video, we create a fun Bingo-style board game. In this step-by-step activity video, we create a fun Bingo-style board game while helping your child develop number and ...

We use numbers everyday so it’s easy to forget that counting isn’t just about learning numeracy skills, it also involves a lot of new vocabulary for Early Years learners. Getting familiar with ...

Some 60,000 years ago, in what is now western France, a Neanderthal picked up a chunk of hyena femur and a stone tool and began to work. When the task was complete, the bone bore nine notches that ...

T here’s an old, self-deprecating Jewish joke about our collective differences. A French student, a German student, an American student, and a Jewish student are each asked to write a paper on the ...