All About Abacus Training

[Yongz11]

Tuition centre? :thankyou:

[Kayton.041897s mummy]

I believe abacus training helps a young child in building math foundation and it will not confuse him/her when he or she is entering primary 1.


Son had been having abacus training since he was 4.5 years old and he is going to primary 1 next year, so far, he is not confused when i gave him some math problems to tackle.

I do recommend parents of younger kids to send their children to abacus as early as possible.

[venuschan]

Kayton's mummy:

I believe abacus training helps a young child in building math foundation and it will not confuse him/her when he or she is entering primary 1.


Son had been having abacus training since he was 4.5 years old and he is going to primary 1 next year, so far, he is not confused when i gave him some math problems to tackle.

I do recommend parents of younger kids to send their children to abacus as early as possible.

Me too...as long as they're young and they've time so they've nothing to lose by picking up such minuscule skill.....let them play with numbers, let them explore, let them find out how they could complete a task within a short given time..The only gentle reminder to parents is this is only a counting SKILL, not an actual math...once we set our goal clear then WHY NOT!?

[FairyPenguin]

Strongly agree with Kayton's mummy that abacus training is useful to a young child for maths foundation. My DD has yet to start P1 (next year) so I'm unsure if her abacus background will confuse her learning in school. However, one thing for certain - she can now count so much faster & accurately than before. Previously, it's using fingers & when run out, toes as well


Yes, I'll also recommend parents to send their little ones for abacus classes once the child is able to write numerically from 1 to 10. Given time, the child will be able to count (add, subtract, multiply & divide) confidently by the time he/she goes to P1 :rahrah:

[micollh]

finger cross, DD has been with the abacus class for coming to 1 year now… she is quite good at the beads… so far the worksheet she did on the spot in class , always 100%, the worst she got is 1 wrong… at home, i teach maths using convention method, no abacus, she is fine… so i thk no confusion.

[venuschan]

Here in Malaysia the center that I go does provide questions that require the child to do not just abacus counting, mental maths but also with 3 pages of 25qs each with step-by-step counting procedures ( the child has to write out the steps) as in school, so the way I see in my DD’s workbook, it is quite comprehensive and pretty amazing bc they plan out the entire course to also check through child’s conventional step-by-step procedures…the problem with abacus is it’s too rigid a method.

[hellokittyspore]

Kayton's mummy:

I believe abacus training helps a young child in building math foundation and it will not confuse him/her when he or she is entering primary 1.


Son had been having abacus training since he was 4.5 years old and he is going to primary 1 next year, so far, he is not confused when i gave him some math problems to tackle.

I do recommend parents of younger kids to send their children to abacus as early as possible.

In Primary School, teacher expects student to provide working statements to explain how they solve the problem. I noticed that my nephew did not bother to write down the working statements as he is too used to mental calculation.

I believe you can send your child to abacus class but with guidance and supervision as the ways that the answer is derived will be different for students with abacus background.

[hoo1688]

I’ll let my DD build up her math (P2) foundation before abacus class, fulfill DD request. Let DD learn one-year or less abacus express class instead of two years.

[phtthp]

venuschan:

Here in Malaysia the center that I go does provide questions that require the child to do not just abacus counting, mental maths but also with 3 pages of 25qs each with step-by-step counting procedures ( the child has to write out the steps) as in school, so the way I see in my DD's workbook, it is quite comprehensive and pretty amazing bc they plan out the entire course to also check through child's conventional step-by-step procedures...the problem with abacus is it's too rigid a method.

what is name of this centre ?
you got the website ?

[Mab0oLine]

Hi there,


Anyone has abacus schools to recommend or those CC’s 1 are good enough?

TIA~~~