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Features
- Size: 22.5 x 12 cm
- 11 digit rows
- Made from ABS plastic injection molding
Color cannot be guaranteed due to availability
Why Choose a Soroban?
Starting from age 6, at Abacus Universe, we have determined that the Japanese abacus (soroban) is the best abacus version for serious instructional use.
Indeed, it is designed to perform both simple and more complex operations. Consequently, it will accompany your child’s educational journey well beyond elementary school. It is perfectly suited for more advanced calculations using the same foundational principles.
Originating in the 17th century and based on the Chinese abacus, the soroban is now the most widely used abacus type in education (and for good reason!).
For your child, the abacus is a perfect tool for success.
Why Use an Abacus?
Mathematics is an abstract concept; science has proven that children under 9 years old struggle with abstract concepts like math.
These difficulties can lead to a range of problems, from simple math aversion to more serious confidence loss and academic failure, even among the brightest students.
Using an abacus forces your child to visualize calculations and build mental models that will support them throughout their school career and beyond.
The Abacus: An Ancient Tool Still Relevant Today
Children who use an abacus during their education generally achieve higher IQ test results compared to their peers, outperforming students learning through the latest and experimental teaching methods.
The Abacus Helps Children Beyond Mathematics
Using an abacus enhances children’s memory capacity in various ways. Primarily, students no longer need to memorize answers to arithmetic problems. Once they have learned the abacus, they will know how to solve any arithmetic problem. There’s no need to memorize formulas or calculation steps, as the method remains constant. Another way the abacus eases memory load is by allowing students to clearly see how answers are reached. By understanding how calculations and numbers work, they gain insight into different operations. Once a student can solve a problem, they no longer need to store answers in immediate memory.
Children tend to memorize exercises rather than learning methods to solve them, leading to rote learning without true understanding, which may go unnoticed.
This bad habit is easily corrected by using an abacus, as it encourages intuitive absorption of arithmetic concepts.
From elementary school through high school, the abacus provides tangible benefits to every child who uses it.
