First of all i would like you to understand and remember very clearly that Abacus Course is not a Maths Class. Abacus programme is called Brain Development and Skill Development programme.
Abacus is an ancient calculating device invented more than 3 to 4000 years ago somewhere in eastern country. There is very little information on the Inventor and the exact time period of its invention. It is a calculating device which is widely used in the eastern countries in the ancient times. This instrument has got different forms. It consists of beads and the beads have specific values. The instrument is made up rods which have place values just like we have place values in numerical system (units, tens, hundreds and so on). This helps in representing numbers on the instrument and also helps in performing arithmetical calculations on the instrument.
Abacus course is called Brain Development programme. Following are the reasons for it -
1. Human Brain has got 2 parts - Right and Left. Right Brain is also called creative brain, it deals with the information which is in picture form and it controls left side of the body. Left brain is called as analytical brain, it deals with the information which is in numbers and words form and it controls right side of the body. Out of the 2 brains it is the right brain which is much more powerful as compared to the left brain. This can be proved by answering the following question - Who was your Mathematics Teacher when you were in 10th Standard? When you try to answer this question you will see picture of your school/classroom/teacher and so on and after a fraction of second you will recollect the name of the person. Both your brains had the answer of the above question. Right brain had the answer in the picture form and left brain in the form of name. Which brain gave you the answer first? It was Right Brain.
It proves that Right Brain is much more powerful and stronger than left brain. When we start educating kids we start with right brain. Have you seen the classrooms/books of Jr. Kg. students? They are full of pictures and images. As these kids move up the ladder i.e. 8th/9th standard and so on you will observe pictures are replaced by the information in words and numbers. What does this mean? We start education with more feeding given to Right Brain and we end up feeding only left brain.
2. World';;s 95% of population is Right Handed. Nobody is born Right/Left Handed. But we make our children right handed for no reason. There is nothing wrong in being right handed. But when i say i am right handed, i am using right side of my body more than my left side. Right side of the body is controlled by left brain which results in more activation of left brain cells as compared to right brain.
The above mentioned 2 points result in an imbalance.
In Abacus Course each number is understood by left brain and is represented on Abacus Instrument and a picture of that number is formed which is understood and stored by the right brain which results in simultaneous use of Right and Left Brain.
Secondly, while working on abacus the child is expected to work specific fingers of both the hands for pushing the beads which helps in activating brain cells of both the brains.
This in turn helps in reducing the imbalance which is being created.
Abacus course is also called as Skill Development Programme.
It helps in enhancing Concentration, Listening Skills, Visualisation Skill, Memory Retention/Recall, Improvement in Writing Skills and so on.
Runners batch (5 to 9 yrs) - 5 levels (duration of 3-4 months for each level)
Sprinters batch (10 to 14 yrs) - 4 levels (duration of 3-4 months for each level)
Anything and everything used by the child will be provided by us.