When I was about 5, I never knew about the number seven.
I used to count 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10. I remember the shock when, on holiday, my parents told me about sevens.
I still think it was rather a pity; if they'd never told me, I would have been one of the only five-year olds in the UK who could count in base nine...
A childhood belief about counting
others believed things like this
- I thought that Count Dracula was the count from Sesame StreetAnon
- I used to believe that it would take forever to count to 100— Jeff
- when i was in kindergarten i used to think that 100 was the highest someone could count!— Jessica
- I thought to count to one thousand you did 1-100, then 100-199, then came 1,000.— Anon!
- I used to believe there was a limit on the numbers you could count — Carmen
- My neighbors used to believe you could never count to 100 in a day, it would atleast take a week.
— raceystacyUS