Comments on: An Old Friend and An Abacus https://earlymathcounts.org/an-old-friend-and-an-abacus/ Laying the foundation for a lifetime of achievement Wed, 07 Mar 2018 05:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Payal Patel https://earlymathcounts.org/an-old-friend-and-an-abacus/#comment-1755 Wed, 07 Mar 2018 05:55:33 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=3133#comment-1755 You are absolutely right about Abacus. Also nowadays again it has gained a lot of importance and parents are willing to make their child learn the tricks and techniques of Abacus which is why now there are a numerous number of centers who provide abacus classes .
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]]> By: Jen https://earlymathcounts.org/an-old-friend-and-an-abacus/#comment-422 Tue, 16 Dec 2014 00:24:31 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=3133#comment-422 In reply to Ellen.

Many researchers agree wholeheartedly with your husband. There is an entire body of research that links the abacus, and eastern math teaching with superior math abilities. I personally, think it has to do with instilling a very strong number sense in children and the absence of teaching \”tricks\” to do math.

]]> By: Ellen https://earlymathcounts.org/an-old-friend-and-an-abacus/#comment-421 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 13:20:41 +0000 http://www.mathathome.org/blog1/?p=3133#comment-421 Hi Jen!

How wonderful that your husband and his friend from Japan maintained their friendship over the years and that their son\’s are now friends

Last night when the entire Blackboard System went down – I reflected on simpler times when work was done in the class – and written work resulted in typewritten documents we could easily comment on and grade………I wonder how it would be to calculate grades using the abacus !

This Christmas your link will be the topic of discussion I am sure with my little nieces who are 7 5 and 3 during their visit – (that is once my hubby tires of the link) – He loves the idea of the abacus too as he feels calculators have taken away our ability to do \”real\” math –

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