Before the emergence of our concepts of numbers, people only knew the three archaic numerals one, two and many. But how did they count?
In this program, the children learn different ways of counting. The simplest method, which they are certainly familiar with, is counting with their fingers. However, there are many other ways in which people made counting easier back then.
However, it is not just counting that is interesting, but also the ways in which information was stored.
For example, the Incas used quipus, a collection of hand-dyed cotton strings with knots, as a storage medium.
Or perhaps some of you have already seen clay tablets? After the structure of a clay tablet has been explained, the children are allowed to search for small objects such as shells, beads and nuts and store their number in their own clay tablet.