California Preschool Learning Foundations - ECEZero2Three ...

attribute. A property or characteristic of
an object or a person; attributes such
as size, color, or shape would be apparent
to a preschool child and would be
used in grouping or sorting
cardinality. The concept that the number
name applied to the last object counted
represents the total number of objects
in the group (the quantity of objects
counted)
classification. The sorting, grouping, or
categorizing of objects according to
established criteria
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one-to-one correspondence. One and
only one number word is used for each
object in the array of objects being
counted
simple repeating pattern. A pattern with
two repeating elements: A-B-A-B, A-A-
B-B, A-B-B-A-B-B
subitize. The ability to quickly and accurately
determine the quantity of objects
in a small group (of up to five objects)
without actually counting the objects
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