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Finger counting in early childhood boosts later math performance

Children who count on their fingers between ages 4 and 6 1/2 have better addition skills by age 7 than those who don't use ...

For young children, finger-counting helps develop more abstract skills, study finds

Children who count on their fingers between ages 4 and 6.5 have better addition skills by age 7 than those who don't use ...

A new study shows little kids who count on their fingers do better at maths

There is no need to discourage finger counting at any time. Children naturally stop using their fingers when they no longer ...
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Study finds kids counting on fingers improves their math skills

Kids who count on their fingers between 4 and 6 years old have better addition skills by 7 than those who don’t use their ...
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New longitudinal research suggests that finger counting may be more than a helpful habit:it could be a key stepping stone in early numeracy development

Children who use their fingers to count between the ages of four and six-and-a-half may develop stronger addition skills by age seven, according to a new study from the University of Lausanne. The ...
Education Week

What Is Math ‘Fact Fluency,’ and How Does It Develop?

A key part—though surely not the only part—of early-grades math is ensuring students get the basic arithmetic functions down and, beyond that, making sure they’re able to swiftly and automatically ...