Online Abacus

Teacher’s tips

Level of Education: Elementary School

Subject: Mathematics

Theme: Abacus

Age 07 to 09 years old

Did you know that the abacus was the first calculator man invented? This manipulative object is an instrument with beads representing digits organized in rows. These rows are in the following sequence: units, tens, hundreds, and thousands. We have recreated the traditional abacus online as a fun game that helps students with their necessities while attending to their technological interests.

Pedagogical goals

• To comprehend basic principles of units, tens, hundreds, and thousands;
• To recognize the position of the algorisms on the numbers and the relations between the orders of the number;
• To develop numeric thought;
• To see the abacus as a learning tool;
• To realize that values can be represented in different ways;
• To associate quantity with numbers;
• To develop logical thinking;
• To reinforce the content discussed during the classes;
• To learn mathematics in a fun way.