Counting Bears

Kailyn quickly noticed the new sorting bears on the table. She sorted them by color, red, blue, yellow and green. Her teacher asked, "How many red ones are there?"
Kailyn counted the big red bears, touching each one, "1, 2, 3!"
"How many big and little red bears are there?"
"1, 2, 3, 4...3, 5, 6."

Kailyn enjoys sorting objects and can do so by multiple categories (color, size). She is developing her understanding of one-to-one correspondence, the concept that one object corresponds to one number. As she continues to strengthen this skill, she will be able to touch each object as she counts, keeping track of what has been counted.