Kids invent numbering systems all the time. Usually they see the point of numbers very early on and use their fingers to count. But occasionally they're very cr

Kids invent numbering systems all the time. Usually they see the point of numbers very early on and use their fingers to count. But occasionally they're very creative. I have 3 kids. I remember an instance where the middle one asked for candy. So I said "how much". And she got her box of marbles and stones she collected (quite a collection), and wanted that many.