Comments on: Mental Math – Learning To Be A Human Calculator https://www.treevalleyacademy.com/mental-math-learning-to-be-a-human-calculator/ Free Educational Printables for Kids Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:42:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Melanie Thomas https://www.treevalleyacademy.com/mental-math-learning-to-be-a-human-calculator/#comment-2914 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:20:39 +0000 http://treevalleyacademy.com/?p=28#comment-2914 In reply to Lopa.

Thank you Lopa. To answer your question, there are many ways to do mental math, some are faster than others. This post was about this specific way of doing mind math using the soroban. Kids initially learn with the abacus, but the idea is for them to gradually use the abacus less and less, as they learn to visualize the rods and beads of the soroban in their head. At some point, they would not need a physical abacus at all.

]]> By: Lopa https://www.treevalleyacademy.com/mental-math-learning-to-be-a-human-calculator/#comment-2906 Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:39:13 +0000 http://treevalleyacademy.com/?p=28#comment-2906 Hi,
Love love love your tutorial. My only question about the abacus is, can kids do mental math without it in school?

Thanks!

]]> By: Lady Lilith https://www.treevalleyacademy.com/mental-math-learning-to-be-a-human-calculator/#comment-2352 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 02:08:49 +0000 http://treevalleyacademy.com/?p=28#comment-2352 Mental math is super important. Thanks for sharing these amazing resources. I will have to check them out.

]]> By: Mother of 3 https://www.treevalleyacademy.com/mental-math-learning-to-be-a-human-calculator/#comment-2339 Fri, 25 Mar 2016 22:16:45 +0000 http://treevalleyacademy.com/?p=28#comment-2339 I’ve always wondered how an abacus worked.

]]> By: JenniferDHS https://www.treevalleyacademy.com/mental-math-learning-to-be-a-human-calculator/#comment-1627 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:53:29 +0000 http://treevalleyacademy.com/?p=28#comment-1627 Great info! Thanks for linking up at Bookshelf

]]> By: chellie https://www.treevalleyacademy.com/mental-math-learning-to-be-a-human-calculator/#comment-1618 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:51:19 +0000 http://treevalleyacademy.com/?p=28#comment-1618 Great info! I homeschool, and one of my kids I feel is not great with math facts. I will have to implement some of this for practice. Thanks for linking up to From the Archives Friday!

]]> By: mekhael https://www.treevalleyacademy.com/mental-math-learning-to-be-a-human-calculator/#comment-1119 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:20:41 +0000 http://treevalleyacademy.com/?p=28#comment-1119 Very informative. . I like it

]]> By: Katie @ Gift of Curiosity https://www.treevalleyacademy.com/mental-math-learning-to-be-a-human-calculator/#comment-627 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 20:55:28 +0000 http://treevalleyacademy.com/?p=28#comment-627 I am homeschooling my son for kindergarten this year, and I selected the RightStart math curriculum in part because it relies heavily on teaching kids mental math using an AL abacus. I agree that we should bring this type of math to western math education, and I’m so excited to be doing it with my son. Thanks for sharing additional abacus resources as well!

]]> By: Fozia https://www.treevalleyacademy.com/mental-math-learning-to-be-a-human-calculator/#comment-606 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 05:59:49 +0000 http://treevalleyacademy.com/?p=28#comment-606 Grrrrreat information. Exactly what I was looking for
Thank you

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