How Children Learn to Count

According to a study by the Royal Society, toddlers already have an understanding of numbers and quantities from 18 months of age. The researchers demonstrated that children, before they start counting themselves at around two years old, have an interest in quantity relationships and numbers. Through counting games in everyday life or with suitable toys, parents can help their children learn to count. Suitable toys that support learning to count include, for example, a play grocery store with a toy cash register. There, little ones learn early on to count out money, candies, or other goods. This provides them with a playful approach to counting that is a lot of fun.

Discovering the world easily through play

Babies and children have a lot to learn before they grow up. To make this easier for the little ones, they learn almost everything important through play. The urge to play is innate in both humans and animals and serves to prepare the young for future challenges. Playing not only promotes development but also creativity and imagination, as well as children's self-confidence and independence. However, fun should always be the priority. Children only learn something through play if it brings them joy and they do not have to do it under pressure or compulsion.

Games that promote learning to count

Parents can help their little ones learn to count with the following tips:

• Counting in everyday life: Counting clothes, food, or flowers promotes awareness of numbers and quantities.
• Paint by numbers: Coloring books with numbers as a guide help children recognize and distinguish different digits early on. Pictures created by connecting numbers help little ones form number sequences correctly.
• Finger rhymes: With finger plays that refer to the ten fingers or toes, children learn to count things on their hands.
• Toys: The right toys encourage counting in children. Through a play grocery store, little ones learn early on to count things so they can be distributed fairly. To ensure everyone in the store gets the same number of candies or pays the correct play money, children pay close attention to numbers.

The howa play grocery store and a fully wooden toy cash register

With the howa play grocery stores and the accompanying accessories, children's dreams come true. The wooden store offers lots of fun shopping and counting through its lovingly designed details. The various accessories, such as eggs, sausage, fruit and vegetables can be divided into pieces, promoting an understanding of quantities. The howa toy cash register makes the shopping experience especially realistic. In addition to the fully functional wooden calculator, the cash register has other functional features such as a scanner, credit card, and a paper roll for receipts. The cash drawer offers plenty of storage space for the 64-piece play money collection. This way, little ones learn early on how to handle and count money. With the howa play grocery store and the howa toy cash register, learning to count is easy and lots of fun.