Recovering hidden abilities in children.

Any child has "dormant" talents/abilities without his/her awareness. If those are not recovered, sad to say, they would be wasted.

Numbers of children are capable to calculate without using calculators; however, they overly depend on calculators without opportunities to recognize their hidden abilities. Why so? Those who can instruct and train children how to calculate are not easily available, and the perception of calculation differs in the West from that in China and Japan. Using calculators has become so convenient that people have forgotten their abilities; don't use them, lose them.

Children, specifically in their early age, have to get enough training to utilize and activate their senses. Learning abacus has children train those senses: their eyes to see, ears to listen and fingers to move abacus beads for calculation. This training cultivates their concentration skills, and their brain becomes more capable to calculate with no help of calculators. Although they are convenient and inexpensive, it is no exaggeration to say that usage of calculators hinders recovery and improvement of children's hidden abilities.

"Generally speaking, Asians are good at math." Is it true? Well, the answer is yes and no. Instead of sticking to such fixed idea, why don't you and your children try something new to change your perspective toward numbers and calculations! You will be surely surprised to see the change within you and within your children.

Japanese Abacus Math School

   Miwako Sakabayashi Bukres