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Features
- Size: 10.5 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm
- Made from durable ABS plastic.
Why Choose a Soroban?
After 6 years of experience at Abacus Universe, we believe that the Japanese abacus or soroban is the best abacus version for serious educational use.
It is designed to perform both basic and advanced calculations and will support students throughout their learning journey well beyond primary school. In fact, it can be used for complex arithmetic while employing the same fundamental principles.
Created in the 17th century based on the Chinese abacus, the soroban is now the most widely adopted form in education. (And with good reason!)
For your child, the abacus will be a perfect key to academic success.
Why Is Learning the Abacus Necessary?
Mathematics is an abstract concept; numerous serious studies have shown that children under 10 years old often struggle to grasp abstract concepts like those in math.
This difficulty can lead to a range of problems from simply rejecting arithmetic in less serious cases to a loss of self-confidence or even academic failure, even among otherwise clever students.
Using an abacus helps your child visualize numbers and build mental models that will support their learning throughout school and beyond into adulthood.
The Abacus: An Ancient Tool Still Relevant Today.
Children who use the abacus during their education consistently score significantly higher on IQ tests than their peers and outperform children taught using the most modern or even experimental educational methods.
The Abacus Helps Your Child Excel Beyond Mathematics.
Abacus use enhances children’s memory capacity in two key ways. First, students no longer need to memorize individual arithmetic answers. Once a child understands how the abacus works, they know how to solve any math problem. They don’t have to recall formulas or calculation steps because the process is always the same. The second way the abacus boosts memory is by enabling them to clearly see how results are obtained. By understanding how calculations and numbers function, they visualize how to solve other problems. Once a student can solve an exercise, memorizing answers in short-term memory is no longer necessary.
Children tend to memorize exercises without developing problem-solving strategies, leading to rote learning that is often not obvious.
This bad habit is easily overcome by using an abacus, which encourages an intuitive understanding of arithmetic.
From primary school through high school, the abacus offers unique value to every student who uses it.
