The Indian Abacus is a "A Tool for calculation and Brain skills". The nimble fingers of a young child could manipulate the sliders for calculation purposes. It is semi abstract and pictorial with colour display in representing numbers. Numbers are represented by the slider positions displaying colour. Addition and Subtraction, Abacus: 2 digits - 5 rows, 3 digits - 3 & 4 rows, Syllabus (Mental) : 1 & 2 digits - 5 rows, Multiply: 1 digit by 1 digit (Mental).
Speed Writing (skill) strengthened further. Playing with the numbers writing in varying orders. Introduced to Listening based calculations aimed to improve listening skills. More digits, more rows of numbers and more calculation involving more images. Visualization (skill) practice taken to next level. Fixing image/s and constantly changing images for the duration of time they remain before disappearing. Concentration skills further strengthen. The skill becomes available on demand for the child, which is not easy and normal for an untrained child. Computation manipulating the mental images of the sliders / colours enables the speed to advance, the speed in calculation reaches a new phase, though for mental computation the level is only a starting point. Listening based calculations is initiated and Listening becomes skill that starts in the level. Finger movement exercise becomes more intense. Brain stimulation - nerve ends of fingers through hands both the left and right brains are stimulated and activated. Content : The advantage in using the Indian Abacus Non-Digital tool is that the children using this tool are able to relate the numbers / values to the slider positions since the colour images provide good clarity in reading the values of the images. This experience will make them confident. They will know the value for every move and also the final answer without any stress. Indian Abacus Non-Digital tool can be used for all levels of the Indian Abacus program. The tool facilitates better learning and practicing to do the arithmetic functions. Skills Acquired: Concentration, Visualization & Memory in addition to the skills acquired to attain speed and accuracy in calculations. They can replay the movement of sliders any number of times and meaningfully understand every move that they make. The children would demonstrate interest in learning Abacus based mental arithmetic calculations using the Indian Abacus Non-Digital Tool due to its user-friendliness. Visualization is the key to better understanding. Visualization is the key to better anchoring on to the object visualized.Visualization enables more reasons to be with the object of experience mentally.Visualization as the right brain routine is the key factor for Abacus to change the Abstract numbers into objective experience, through image capture by the brain.
