The cradle of culture and what children know about writing and numbers before being taught /
[Book]
Liliana Tolchinsky.
Mahwah, N.J. :
L. Erlbaum Associates,
2003.
1 online resource (xxxiv, 256 pages) :
illustrations.
The developing mind series
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and indexes.
What Children Know and We Have Already Forgotten About Writing and Numerals -- What Philosophers Say About Representational Means That May Help Us to Understand What Makes Writing and Numerals so Special -- What Historians Say About the Origin and History of Writing and Numerals -- What Children Know About Writing Before Being Formally Taught to Write -- What Children Know About Numerals Before Being Formally Taught and Immediately Afterward -- What Children Know About the Relations Between Writing and Number Notation -- The Effect of Writing on Children and Grown-ups Once It Has Been Learned -- Closing Reflections on Notational Systems, Boomerangs, and Circles.
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This book provides a description of pre-literate children's developing ideas about writing and numerals, and it illustrates the many ways in which cultural artifacts influence the mind and vice versa.
Cradle of culture and what children know about writing and numbers before being taught.