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 their fingers, suggesting that finger counting is an important stepping stone to higher math skills, according to research published in Developmental Psychology.
For young children, finger-counting helps develop more abstract skills, study finds
Reader’s Picks
-
Eldest sons step up financially, while eldest daughters take care of their parents: A new study from the University of [...]
-
A new study from the University of California San Diego finds that adults in California and Louisiana who experienced intimate [...]
-
Probation officers—who supervise nearly 4 million people across the United States—are among the most visible faces of the criminal legal [...]