Early Numbers 16 to 36 Months:
Math Learning Trajectories
Woman: Blue? I like blue.
Woman 2: Three, four.
Woman: What color is our bucket?
Woman 2: What color are those stars?
Oscar: Yellow.
Woman 2: Yellow. Good job, Oscar. They're – Oh, there's some inside, too? Wow, there is some inside. There is four.
[Indistinct chatter]
In this video, the boy holding the yellow bucket counts the impressions of stars on the bottom of his bucket, pointing to each star as he counts to four out loud. This behavior reflects Goal IT-C 8 for children 16 to 36 months, who use some number words to identify small amounts.