Symposium at MCLS 2022
“One”, ●●, 3, Four: The Emergence of Early Numerical Knowledge Chair: Francesco Sella (1), Attila Krajcsi (2) Early numerical knowledge strongly predicts later mathematical achievement. Yet, we have an unclear picture of how children progressively acquire such knowledge. This symposium brings together four studies that have implemented specific numerical and non-numerical tasks to unveil how different numerical competencies develop and interact. We provide evidence of the limited number knowledge in 5- and 6-knowers (Talk 1), the role of inhibition in moderating the relation between non-symbolic and symbolic number skills (Talk 2), the influence of non-symbolic and symbolic mapping on maths achievement (Talk 3), and the role of number ordering in early numerical development (Talk 4). Keywords: Early numeracy, Counting, Preschool children, Number development, Symbolic number processing Intro slide.