For instance a four year old boy, named Jayden, demonstrated the stable order principle. The stable-order principle is the idea that children understand that number names should be counted in the same sequence (Kail, 1998). I saw this when Jayden decided to count past ten. Jayden was counting how many blocks he had and he correctly counted to ten but after that he was naming the wrong numbers. He said twelve, fifteen and fourteen when he was actually supposed to say eleven, twelve and thirteen. Again when Jayden counted his cars, he counted correctly to ten but then said twelve, fifteen and fourteen like he did when counting his blocks. This showed me that he may not know the correct number names but understands that the number names must be counted in the same order. This was great because it made me feel that my text book was realistic because I was able to see with my own eyes that a child understood this
For instance a four year old boy, named Jayden, demonstrated the stable order principle. The stable-order principle is the idea that children understand that number names should be counted in the same sequence (Kail, 1998). I saw this when Jayden decided to count past ten. Jayden was counting how many blocks he had and he correctly counted to ten but after that he was naming the wrong numbers. He said twelve, fifteen and fourteen when he was actually supposed to say eleven, twelve and thirteen. Again when Jayden counted his cars, he counted correctly to ten but then said twelve, fifteen and fourteen like he did when counting his blocks. This showed me that he may not know the correct number names but understands that the number names must be counted in the same order. This was great because it made me feel that my text book was realistic because I was able to see with my own eyes that a child understood this