Size: 58 x 19 cm
Can be hung on a wall.

Ideal for use in a classroom setting: vertical use facilitated by its friction system, which prevents beads from falling due to gravity.

Why choose a soroban?

From the age of 6, we have determined that the Japanese abacus, or soroban, is the most suitable type of abacus for serious educational use. It is designed to perform both simple and complex calculations. Consequently, it will support your child throughout their schooling and beyond primary education. Indeed, it can be used for complex calculations using the same principles.

Created in the 17th century based on the Chinese abacus, the soroban is now the most widespread form in education. (And rightly so!)

For your child, the abacus will become a serious factor in their success.

Why use an abacus?

Mathematics is an abstract concept; science has shown that children under 9 have difficulty visualizing abstract elements similar to arithmetic. These difficulties can lead to various issues, from a simple aversion to arithmetic in less severe cases, to loss of self-confidence and even educational failure, even among capable students. Performing calculations on an abacus will help your child visualize numbers and build mental structures that will support them throughout their education and beyond.

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, also surpassing children studying with the most modern, and even experimental, learning methods.

The abacus benefits your children beyond mathematics.

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

Children tend to learn problems rather than develop methods to solve them, leading to a type of rote learning without reflection that is not always easily observable. This bad habit is easily resolved by using an abacus, as it provides an intuitive understanding of mathematics.

From kindergarten through high school, the abacus provides clear value for the student who uses it.