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: 1 digit - 3 rows, 1 & 2 digits - 3, 4 & 5 rows. Children are trained to sit with the right body posture - discipline inculcated. Palms on table, Holding of Abacus & Pencil - the prerequisites to skill-learning. Introduced to Play way learning creating interest. Children are trained to sit focused. The child would demonstrate interest in learning. Manipulating the sliders / colour images representing the numbers initially a little slowly, the child gains speed encountering more and more sums, resulting in speedy calculation. Concentration skills develop due to - developing of interest in learning abacus calculations, need to observe closely sitting for longer duration of time than the child is normally used to. Relating images to numbers.
Content : The Indian Abacus is an educational counting tool for learning to do fast and accurate mental arithmetic, applicable for children 5 to 13 years, more particularly it helps in enhancing their brain skills such as CONCENTRATION, VISUALIZATION (PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY) by activating the right brain, the seat of intelligence. The present invention introduces a tool which can display color image representing any value by moving the sliders up and down. 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.
