Isaac, (4 years, 6 months) was  playing

builders, and taking a play cheque wrote

a reversed and inverted letter 'a' to signify 

“£500.00”, the amount he said was "for 

all the jobs I've done at my house".

The maths: Money

The Taxonomy: Early written numerals

Molly (3 years, 11 months) decided to write

some numbers, referring to her signs as "7,

6 and number 8".

The maths: Numbers

The Taxonomy: Early written numerals

Tiyanni (3 years, 11 months) was playing

'houses' with her friends, in the play house

outside. She decided to write the number

of her house, '89', and pointing  to the large,

almost enclosed circle on the right, explained,

"That's the number 8, and the other's

number 9".

The maths: Numbers

The Taxonomy: Early written numerals