The perfect first abacus for young learners! Features a sturdy wooden frame, two rows of ten wooden beads placed on smooth rods for easy movement.

The five bead colour grouping allows children to use five and ten as anchors for solving equations.

The colourful wooden beads slide smoothly across the wooden rods. Afrikaans and English instructions included.

Suitable: Age 4+

2 Row Abacus

Name: 2 Row Abacus
Brand: RGS
SKU: SPRGS5182

SKU: SPRGS5182

R86,00

Quantity

1 x wooden abacus 20 beads

Instructions
Life Skills:

Develop early maths concepts

Understand the basic vocabulary of maths

Improve problem-solving abilities

Promote logical thinking and reasoning

Perform arithmetical operations – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Discover basic maths patterns and number stairs

Specific skills developed:

Auditory Sequencing – the ability to remember and recall what was heard in the sequences in which it was heard

Directionality – the direction in which / from which an object moves or is moved

Fine Motor Co-ordination – the coordinated movements of the small muscles and joints of the body, e.g. fingers, wrists and hands

Fine Motor Development – the development of the small muscles of the body including the eyes, wrists, hands and fingers

Intellectual Development – the ability to form concepts, to understand, to judge, to solve problems, to make decisions, to reason and to recognise

Number concept – an understanding of the basic meaning of numbers

Spatial Relationships – an awareness of one’s position in relation to objects or objects in relation to other objects

Visual Foreground / Background Perception – this is the ability to focus attention on a particular visual item, placing it in the foreground, while allowing everything else to fade into the background

Vocabulary and Knowledgebase – The vocabulary that learners use and their ‘knowledge base’ that they refer to while telling or talking. It helps to broaden a learner’s vocabulary and knowledge base

Note: In order to prevent mirror-image confusion, the teacher should ensure that all learners face the same direction and are not seated in a circular formation when demonstrating the use of the abacus.

2 Row Abacus

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