What are the Foundations of Basic Numeracy and Number Sense?

We all understand the importance of math education especially early math education. Math education is built on the foundations of basic numeracy and number sense. Students learning math must understand how to represent, recognize, and count using our base10 numbering system. The abacus is one the most efficient ways to represent any number by assigning the

Mental Math, We All Need It But How To Teach It?

We all remember our teachers asking us to do math calculations in our head but not knowing really how to do it? Teachers offered us various mental tricks and strategies but it always posed the additional question which strategy to chose. Faced with each problem we had to decide on a strategy without any way of knowing

Math More Than Reading Is the Best Predictor of Future Academic Achievement

You might, as I did, find this article surprising if you have a young learner just about to enter kindergarten. According to research conducted by a group of university professors called “School Readiness and Later Achievement“, math skills entering kindergarten are the best predictor of future academic success more so than reading skills, attention skills,

How to Divide on an Abacus with a Two Digit Divisor?

Now that we have learned Basic Division and Division with a Single Digit Divisor, let’s continue this time considering division with a 2 digit divisor. If you are new to abacus math or need a little refresher on addition and subtraction on the soroban, please take a look at some of the earlier lessons like