• Iconic signs; the iconic signs children use have some similarity with standard symbols. In their Mathematical Graphics children attach mathematical meanings to their marks, which may include wavy or zigzag writing-like lines; drawings; early emergent writing; letter- or numeral-like signs; crosses; arrows and tally-like marks.

         Iconic: a resemblance between the appearance of a sign and its meaning.

• Iconic signs are the most numerous, bridging children's early explorations with marks and the standard symbolic signs they come to use over time.

• Writing-like marks
• Letter-like signs
• Numeral-like signs
• Other iconic signs
• Drawings