We Boomers might remember that the educators of our time were insistent that we learn Roman numerals as well as other now ...

Counting from 7, of course, is another approach. But it can be mentally taxing to keep track of five more as a child counts up from 7 to 12. Children who know how to add only through counting soon ...

Numbers are abstract, but babies seem to grasp them mentally and experientially when we count. Although their understanding of numbers may not be exact at first, counting does make a difference ...