Children begin to learn math as soon as they're born. By about age one, children can:
- Observe the shape, size, and color of objects
- Tell the difference between a picture that shows 2 things and a picture that shows 3 things
- Predict things and may be surprised if something that typically happens twice happens three times
- Classify objects, for example, toys that have sound and toys that don’t
- Understand the basics of cause and effect
- Understand relative size
- Tell the difference between groups of items that have different quantities
- Understand words that describe quantities, for example bigger, smaller, more