by Dorothy Y. White, The University of Georgia

This article provides a brief overview about supporting the development of young children’s ideas about number in early childhood classrooms.

by Ian Thompson, Northumbria University

This piece provides a summary of Gellman and Gallistel’s (1978) five counting principles.

by The Early Math Collaborative, Erikson Institute

This chapter, from the book Big Ideas of Early Mathematics: What Teachers of Young Children Need to Know, provides an excellent introduction to the basic mathematics underlying counting.