School mental arithmetic "Awasi group". Saransk, Russia

What is Mental arithmetic?
It is established in antiquity and since then constantly improving methods of development of mental abilities of the child by calculations on a simple abacus (Abakus). The result is to develop the skill of quick calculations in mind. The great advantage of the technique is that it is accessible to any child aged 4 to 14 years.
How a child learns to count as a calculator?
During the training, the child uses both hands to operate the seed of the abacus. This stimulates both hemispheres of the brain. One of the main tasks of mental arithmetic, the transition from calculations on the abacus to the oral account. Every further lesson reduces the need to use child accounts and develops the imagination, gives you the opportunity in the future to produce even complex mathematical calculations in mind. The child is to imagine moving the bones of the abacus.