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Features
- Size: 58 x 19 cm
Ideal for teaching a group of children, easily hung on a wall, and designed for vertical use thanks to its friction system on the beads.
Why choose a Japanese abacus?
From the age of 6, at Abacus Universe, we believe the Japanese soroban is the best type of abacus for serious educational use.
It is precisely calibrated for performing both basic and more complex calculations and will support the student’s learning journey well beyond elementary school. It is even possible to use it for advanced operations using the same fundamental principles.
Invented in the 17th century based on the Chinese abacus, the soroban is today the most widely used abacus in pedagogy. (And for good reason!)
For your child, the abacus remains a genuine key to academic success.
Why is learning the abacus necessary?
Arithmetic is an abstract concept for children; science has repeatedly shown that children under 10 years old struggle to grasp abstract ideas like mathematics.
These difficulties can lead to frustration, causing children to give up on math at the first signs of challenge, which in turn can result in loss of confidence and academic failure—even among the most capable students.
Using the abacus forces your child to process calculations and build mental models that will support them throughout their education and beyond.
The abacus: an ancient tool still relevant today.
Children who use the abacus in their education generally achieve significantly higher IQ test scores and outperform peers who use even the most modern learning techniques.
The abacus helps children far beyond mathematics.
Using the abacus improves children’s memory in two major ways. First, students no longer need to memorize arithmetic answers. Once a student understands how the abacus works, they learn the method to solve any arithmetic problem. They won’t have to memorize solutions or calculation steps because the method is always the same. The second way the abacus reduces memory strain is by allowing students to visually see how they arrive at answers. By understanding how calculations and numbers work, they can grasp how different operations function. Once the student knows how to solve a problem, they no longer need to memorize answers from short-term memory.
Students tend to memorize problems rather than learn solving methods, leading to rote learning without comprehension, which is often difficult to detect.
This bad habit is easily broken by using an abacus, as it enables intuitive and effective understanding of arithmetic.
From elementary school through high school, the abacus provides clear value to every student who uses it.
