When children manipulate the beads of the Soroban Abacus, communication between the hands and the brain stimulates the brain’s right and left hemispheres. The Abacus Maths Tuition way is designed to develop the integrated and motoring functions from both sides of the brain. Children retain significant “neuroplasticity”, meaning brain adaptability that allows growth and inter-connection of brain neurons. Most brain development in children occurs primarily before the age of 14, with much of that development taking place in the first several years of life. Learning mental arithmetic is believed to encourage whole brain development – The Outlook is Bright When Left Brain Meets Right. Is Mental Arithmetic only about Maths skills?
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The Abacus Maths Tuition way is to teach the children how to work with numbers, how to break complex calculations into smaller easier to understand and use components and ultimately encourages a culture of mathematics that is learnt from inside the calculation itself - not just by memorisation which has its obvious limitations. For example, when a child wants to add 9 more, they first break the 9 into a 5’s bead and four-1’s beads before they then use the Soroban to perform the calculation. Learning to use numbers in this way gives them confidence.
Why is the Soroban technique better than memorisation?Ĭhildren will learn complex calculations by breaking them down into components. One could say that the Soroban was the very first calculator and it is well known to have been used by businesses and banks.Īs a calculation device, the Soroban is quite a simple tool - the beads represent numbers and calculations can be done by moving the beads up and down their columns.īelow is an introduction video to the basics of using a Soroban The Soroban is a Japanese abacus that consists of a wooden frame holding columns of beads.
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