Size: 58 x 19 cm

Ideal for a classroom, easily hung on the wall with its bead friction system for vertical use.

Why choose a Japanese abacus?

From the age of 6, Monde du boulier and its team believe that the Japanese abacus is the most relevant form of abacus for serious educational use. It is suitable for performing both basic and more complex operations. It will support your child throughout their schooling and beyond primary education. It is easy to use for more complex calculations using the same principles.

Created in the 17th century based on the Chinese abacus, the soroban is now the most common type of abacus in education. (And it is justified!)

For your child, the abacus will become a genuine factor of success.

Why use an abacus?

Mathematics is an abstract concept; numerous studies have confirmed that children under 10 have difficulty understanding abstract concepts similar to mathematics. These difficulties can lead to a range of issues from a simple aversion to arithmetic in less severe cases to loss of self-confidence or even educational failure, even among capable students. Performing calculations on an abacus will help your child understand numbers and build mental models that will support them throughout their education and beyond into their life.

The abacus: an ancient tool still useful today.

Children who use the abacus during their education generally achieve significantly better scores in IQ assessments compared to their peers, even surpassing those studying with the most advanced educational methodologies.

The abacus benefits children beyond mathematics.

Using the abacus supports children’s memory in two ways. First, the student no longer needs to remember answers to arithmetic exercises. Once the student has learned how the abacus works, they will know how to find the solution to any arithmetic problem. They will not need to memorize solutions or calculation steps, as the method remains consistent. The second way the abacus helps alleviate memory stress is by allowing them to clearly see how they arrived at the result. By understanding how calculations and numbers work, they can see how other problems are solved. Once the student can solve a problem, they no longer need to keep the answers in their short-term memory.

Students tend to learn problems rather than develop methods to solve them, leading to a type of rote learning without assimilation that is not always clearly visible. This issue is easily resolved by using an abacus, as it supports an intuitive and effective understanding of mathematics.

From kindergarten through higher education, the abacus offers clear benefits for the child who uses it.