Counting Backwards

Mrs. Berman and I have been doing a lot of work with your children regarding rote counting, one-to-one correspondence while counting, and counting on (start counting from a number that is not one).  Today the AM class did some activities centered around counting backwards.  They started with ten and counted down to zero and then instead of Blast Off! they yelled Line Up!  Mrs. Berman asked one particular child to count backward, and so he did; while walking backward he recited his numbers.  Ah, the innocence of a child is a wonderful thing.