The next day at his child care classroom, Johnny had another counting experience. “That's right, Johnny: one, two, three,” the teacher said as he pointed, to each cookie on the plate. “You have three cookies. ” Johnny picked up the cookie the teacher had labeled “three” and proudly carried, it over to the table, repeating, “Three! Three!” “No, no, Johnny,” the teacher added. “That is one cookie.” Johnny was confused. He looked back and saw that cookie number “one” was still on the plate.