0: Emergent - Addition and Subtraction

Count how many (6)

Teacher: How many counters are there here?
Student: Ten?
Teacher: Can you count them for me to check?
Student: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10.

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Students at the Emergent stage are unable to consistently count a given number of objects because they lack knowledge of counting sequences and/or the ability to match things in one-to-one correspondence.