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Abacus Maths

• Maths is Fun

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What is Abacus?

• Its an ancient multi-sensory calculating tool,
  that helps kids understand math in an easy and
  interesting manner. Abacus a Chinese calculator
  also called Suanpan and has been used for more
  than 2,000 years back.
• It consists of a wooden frame divided by a
  horizontal bar into upper and lower sections. The
  vertical wires consist of beads from top to
  bottom. The part of the wire is referred to as
  heaven or upper deck, and the area below the bar
  is referred to as Earth or lower deck.
• In this tool, the lower bead has a value of one
  and the upper bead has a value of 5. The abacus
  method is used to perform math problems like
  addition, subtraction, multiplication, and even
  extraction of square-roots and cubic roots.

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What is Abacus Math?

• Abacus Maths is a method used to improve
  mathematical skills in kids in an intelligent and
  playful way. It is considered to be the fastest
  way of learning math thereby helping improve the
  problem-solving ability in kids.

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What is Finger technique in Abacus?

• In abacus math, the thumb, the index finger along
  the middle finger are used to move the beads in
  the upper and the lower deck. The child is able
  to calculate digits up to 99 by using finger
  combinations.

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Advantage of Abacus Maths

• Higher sense of reasoning power The abacus
  learning tool doesnt need a pencil and paper or
  mechanical calculators as it relies on visual
  working memory.
• It improves concentration it is normal for the
  child to get distracted especially while they are
  learning math, but in abacus math, the child gets
  more focused and starts visualizing the movements
  of beads in mind. This exercise helps the child
  to apply the same logic in their day-to-day lives
  thereby increasing their concentration.

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• Development of long- and short-term memory with
  abacus the child learns to analyze and solve
  complex calculations mentally and when they apply
  the same technique to the other subjects outside
  mathematics they are in well position to solve it
  with ease as it keeps the childs mind sharp.
• Critical thinking skills abacus math helps the
  child improve hand-eye coordination which
  stimulates the right side of the brain. Such
  child becomes multi-tasking and performs well in
  other extracurricular activities such as sports,
  music, and other subjects that enhance mind
  development and the capability of thinking out
  of the box

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Abacus for Kids

• Do you know our brain development is at its
  fullest zest in early childhood? And hence our
  education begins at childhood so that anything we
  master becomes our lifelong learnings. Thats
  where the abacus comes into play.  Abacus helps
  leads to strong mental math skills as it is
  considered to be an effective brain enhancement
  tool that helps solve simple to complex
  mathematical calculations like decimals, square
  roots, and cube roots.

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Abacus Math or School Math

• Many parents have confusion and have questioned
  whether abacus Math will conflict with School
  Math? Let us clear this doubt, there should be no
  such confusion as abacus math does not interfere
  with school math. In fact, the child learns to
  calculate the problems mentally with unusual
  speed and precision and that frees them from
  manual tools thus giving them the power to think.
   It also helps release the academic stress and
  the child develops cognitive skills showing
  remarkable progress

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What is the right age to learn Abacus?

• Actually, there is no right age for learning
  abacus or Vedic math as it is a fun way to help
  the child learn math, however, we recommend the
  child can start learning abacus anywhere between
  4-5 years of age till 14 years. But at this age,
  it is more of a playful way like singing numbers
  and we try to inculcate the concepts as per their
  understanding. At the later stage, we start with
  basic and concepts. Once they are clear with the
  concepts and the fundamentals.