Characteristics
Size: 58 x 19 cm

Suitable for instructing a group of children due to its size, easily hung on a wall, and specifically designed for vertical use with a system preventing beads from falling due to gravity.

Why choose a Japanese abacus?

From the age of 6, Monde du boulier and its team consider that the Japanese abacus (soroban) is the best variant of the abacus for serious educational use. This is because it is designed to perform both simple and complex operations. Consequently, it will accompany the student throughout their schooling and beyond into their studies and life. It is easy to use for challenging math exercises using the same principles.

Created in the 17th century based on the Chinese abacus, the Japanese abacus is now the most widespread form in education. (And it is justified!)

For your child, the abacus will be a serious bearer of success.

Why an abacus?

Mathematics is an abstract element; many times, science has shown that children aged 9 and under have difficulty visualizing abstract elements comparable to arithmetic. These difficulties can lead to a range of problems from a simple aversion to mathematics in less severe cases, to loss of confidence or even educational setbacks, even among the most capable students. Performing operations on an abacus helps your child visualize numbers and build mental models that will support them throughout their education and beyond.

The abacus: a millennia-old tool that continues to be useful today.

Children who use the abacus during their education generally achieve significantly higher scores in IQ assessments and also outperform children studying according to the most modern, and even experimental, educational theories.

The abacus helps your children beyond mathematics.

Using the abacus benefits children’s memory in two ways. First, the student no longer has to remember the answers to arithmetic exercises. Subsequently, once the student has learned how the abacus works, they will know how to solve all kinds of arithmetic problems. They no longer need to memorize solutions or calculation steps, as the method remains the same. The second way the abacus supports their memory is by allowing them to visualize very clearly how they arrived at the result. By understanding how calculations and numbers work, they can visualize how other problems work. Once the student can solve a problem, they no longer need to keep the steps of the solution in their immediate memory.

Children tend to learn exercises rather than develop methods to solve them, leading to a memorization approach without reflection that is not always clearly discernible. This issue is easily resolved by using an abacus, as it provides an intuitive understanding of mathematics.

From kindergarten through middle school and beyond, the abacus offers clear benefits for the child who uses it.