„Studies have shown that numeracy competence as assessed at school entry is the strongest predictor of later mathematical achievement and strongly predicts achievement in other academic domains. Better emergent numeracy skills in childhood are associated with higher socio-economic status in adulthood and with better self-reported health outcomes. […] Early numeracy comprises the ability to identify and understand numbers as well as the ability to count, and to perform simple arithmetic operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and to compare numerical magnitudes.“
Rowena Phair, MA, International Early Learning and Child Well-being Study. Assessment Framework (2021), S. 33.