BENEFITS OF LEARNING ABACUS
@ Promote both left and right brains development for young kids
@ Create the awareness of numbers for kids
@ Instill the love of mathematics during early childhood via hands-on kinesthetic learning
@ Help kids to visualise mathematics using the tool
@ Significantly improve kids' concentration and listening skills
@ Improve kids' memorising capacity
@ Promote speedy mental calculating including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as a tangible outcome
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Some online articles about abacus learning...
http://www.osaka-abacus.or.jp/english/incredible-soroban-power.html
http://www.shuzan.jp/english/brain/brain.html
http://www.teach-the-brain.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1587
http://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/10/23/what-is-the-secret-to-being-good-at-maths-.html