Mathematical thinking and reasoning begins for students long before it is taught through any sort of schooling. Beginning as infants, humans are attracted to patterns, designs and shapes. Parents reinforce this by often purchasing toys or mobiles with brightly colored shapes, pictures or designs. Babies are attracted to these items before they are able to reach, grasp or manipulate them in anyway. Later, toys are manipulated in such a way as to provide further hands on learning to develop these types of skills. These shapes and designs are the very foundational level of the mathematical field of geometry.