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Abacus for sale philippines9/22/2023 ![]() He wasn’t taught how to solve equations mentally yet, but he had to learn which fingers to use when using the Abacus. ![]() Using the Abacus for addition and subtraction (solving simple equations).Trial class (Games, Introduction to the Abacus, Calculating numbers up to 99 using his fingers).These are the things that Lukas learned on his first day: ![]() She would have worked longer with him, but we had to bring Pablo to his rehearsals and couldn’t stay any more. Teacher Kim obliged and worked with him a few more minutes before letting him go. Lukas enjoyed the afternoon too much that he didn’t want his session to end. Judah lost focus halfway through the first worksheet and was starting to distract the ”class,” but Pablo and Lukas were clearly enjoying the process.But once the trial set was done, Lukas was left to work with Teacher Kim and the two other boys were sent to the other room to wait it out. And I’m not sure if this is the same thing because Teacher Kim was teaching them to add up to 99. I know finger Math somehow, a classmate of mine taught me how to multiply from 6 to 9 using my fingers, but I never really learned past that. Teacher Kim also taught them how to calculate using their fingers the ALOHA way. So the kids learned to identify where the units, tens, thousands, etcetera are.ĭid you know that the Abacus can help you calculate up to trillions? I’m amazed! As it turns out, the rows of the Abacus represents place values. Then they were introduced to the Abacus and were taught how to use it for Addition and Subtraction. They were able to do some of the games and Judah even won the first one. It’s really just Lukas who will do ALOHA Mental Arithmetic classes, but they invited Pablo and Judah to do the trial class with him. We were told that Saturdays are much more fun for younger kids during the school year because they get to do the games together. But there was a bigger kid working on his equations and I think there were a few kids with their yayas in the hall way when we were about to leave. There weren’t too many students the time we arrived because most kids are still in school. But of course, if there is a way for something they don’t naturally enjoy be more fun that it is at the moment, we’d take it! Some things just have to get done, that’s all. One of the things I’m grateful for about my children is that they learned early on that they don’t have to like everything they need to do. I’ve mentioned before that I had a traumatic experience with my Math teacher in my 4th grade from which I haven’t fully recovered since. In fact, he’s been telling me that he finds Math a little harder than his other subjects. Math isn’t exactly Lukas’ favorite subject. I included a video of kids who demonstrated their Math Wizardry using the ALOHA method in that blog. If you haven’t read my previous blog about ALOHA Mental Arithmetic, click this: Mental Math Fun with ALOHA Mental Arithmetic But judging through the videos we’ve seen, it seems to make Math so much fun to do. I wasn’t sure what to expect, since this would be the first time we will try an ”academic” supplementary program. I took Lukas to his first session at ALOHA Mental Arithmetic center in Greenhills last Thursday afternoon.
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