Conservation Of Number Research Paper

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For my final paper, the theme is about Family and the math concept is Conservation of Number. Family is the people children are always with especially when they are young. The parents, and sometimes the siblings, are the ones who teach young children their first lessons in life about the world around them. Our group theme was about Dinosaurs, because children are particularly fascinated by dinosaurs, especially if they have seen cartoons about it like, Land Before Time.
Conservation of number is reached when the child learns and recognizes that the quantity of an object is still the same even if the objects have been rearranged or scattered, and for liquids, transferred into a different shaped vessel. It is important for young children to reach

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