Size: 58 x 19 cm

Ideal for instructing a group of children, easily hung on a wall, and suitable for vertical use due to its bead friction system.

Why choose a Japanese abacus?

From the age of 6, at Monde du boulier, we believe that the Japanese abacus is the best form of abacus for serious educational applications. This is because it is calibrated to perform both basic and more complex calculations. It will support the student throughout their educational journey well beyond primary school. It can be used for complex operations using the same principles.

Invented in the 17th century based on the Chinese abacus, the soroban is now the most common type of abacus in education. (And rightly so!)

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

Why is learning the abacus important?

Arithmetic is an abstract concept for children; many times, science has shown that children under 10 have difficulty understanding abstract elements similar to mathematics. These difficulties can lead to a range of problems from a simple aversion to mathematics in less severe cases, to loss of self-confidence or even educational failure, even among the most capable students. Performing calculations on an abacus will require your child to analyze calculations and organize mental models that will support them throughout their schooling and even beyond into their life.

The abacus: an ancient tool that continues to be useful today.

Children who use the abacus during their education generally achieve significantly higher scores in IQ assessments and outperform students using the most advanced learning methods.

The abacus supports children beyond mathematics.

Using the abacus benefits children’s memory in a couple of ways. First, the student no longer has to remember answers to arithmetic problems. Once the student has learned how the abacus works, they will know how to solve all kinds of arithmetic exercises. They will not need to memorize solutions or calculation steps, as the method remains the same. The second way the abacus helps alleviate stress on their memory is by allowing them to see very concretely how they arrived at the answer. By understanding how calculations and numbers work, they can see how different calculations work. Once the student knows how to solve an exercise, they no longer need to keep the answers in their immediate 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 easily identifiable. This bad habit is easily resolved by using an abacus, as it enables an intuitive and effective understanding of arithmetic.

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