Features
Size: 10.5 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm
Made from ABS plastic.

Why choose a Japanese abacus?

From the age of 6, at Monde du boulier, we consider that the Japanese abacus is the most relevant form of abacus for serious educational use.
It is designed to perform both simple and complex calculations and will support the child throughout their educational journey, well beyond primary school. It can be used for complex operations using the same principles.

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

For your child, the abacus will become an infallible factor of success.

Why use an abacus?

Arithmetic is an abstract concept; serious studies have often shown that children aged 9 or under have difficulty visualizing conceptual elements similar to arithmetic.
These difficulties can lead to a range of issues, from a lack of interest in arithmetic in less severe cases to loss of confidence and even academic failure, even in bright students.
Performing calculations on an abacus will help your child visualize numbers and build mental models that will support them throughout their schooling and beyond, into the rest of their life.

The abacus: an ancient tool still relevant today.

Children who use the abacus during their education generally achieve significantly higher IQ scores than their peers, surpassing even students working with the most modern and experimental educational methods.

The abacus benefits children beyond just mathematics.

Using the abacus supports students’ memory in several ways. The main one is that the child no longer has to memorize individual solutions to arithmetic problems. Once the child learns 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 it will always be the same process. The second way the abacus supports their memory is that they can clearly see how they arrived at the answer. By understanding how problems and numbers work, they can see how other problems function. Once the student knows how to solve a problem, they no longer need to keep the answers in their short-term memory.

Children tend to remember problems rather than develop methods to solve them, leading to a rote learning approach that is not always easily noticeable.
This issue is easily resolved using an abacus, as it promotes an intuitive understanding of mathematics.

From elementary school to higher education, the abacus provides a clear advantage for the child who uses it.