Best Age to Start Abacus Training and Why It Matters

Abacus Training among one of the most (if not the most) Beneficial Learning Program for the kids of all age groups from 5 - 15 years. Being a parent of two kids and having enrolled them in Abacus online classes many years back, I can share firsthand experience on this topic.

What is Abacus and how does it help the child?

We will not spend a lot of time on the topic since I have talked about it in many other posts already. But just to give a short answer, Abacus is the oldest calculator known to mankind in the ancient times when the digital calculators were not invented. It is usually made of a wooden or a plastic frame and consists of beads, and looks something like this:

What are the Benefits of Abacus for the child?

1. Abacus is a magic trick to Remove Fear of Maths from the minds of children

Abacus makes the arithmetic calculations so easy that kids simply do all the complex calculations in their mind mentally (without using paper or pen at all). I know this sounds unbelievable to anyone who has not yet seen the demo of Abacus trained kids, but yes, it is actually true. And when numbers become a kid’s best friend, he will never be afraid of Mathematics since Maths is all about how to handle numbers.

2. Brain development

Many parents may not be aware that Abacus is a wonderful program for brain development. The concept of Abacus is based on beads movement and hand-eye-ear coordination. During the Abacus training, kids are taught to develop this hand-eye-ear coordination so effectively that they are able to use both their hands at the same time for beads movement, and with amazing speed. Every bead movement involves brain stimulation and brain stimulation leads to active brain development, which is why Abacus is a proven great course for brain development.

3. Other than the above benefits, the basic benefits of Abacus are Superfast Calculation Speed and 100% Accuracy. This gives a clear edge to Abacus trained kids over their peers in many ways, including saving precious time during the exams.

What is the Best Age to Start Abacus Training and why does age matter?

• The best age to start learning Abacus is an early age of 5 years since the younger the child, the higher the ability to grasp new things. As we grow old, there is a natural human tendency to resist learning anything new.

• A child at 5-6 years is generally free from any kind of academic pressure in school and hence can easily spend time in learning Abacus
• Another great benefit of enrolling a child into Abacus classes at an early age is that it gives him immense advantage in school over his peers, since he will develop a strong hold over arithmetic calculations and will not have to depend on a calculator, or even a paper or pen.

• On the higher side, Abacus is usually recommended for children up to the age of 15 years. The reason being that Abacus is like a new language of Maths, and all kids (irrespective of age) will need to learn Abacus from the very beginning that includes learning single digit addition and subtraction. And the kids older than 15 years do not take interest in basic arithmetic questions since they are already going through advanced Math topics in the school curriculum.

Remember that age plays a very important role in choosing the right course for your child. If a child is older than 15 years, experts advise to go for other interesting courses like Vedic Maths online classes, since a child will be able to use the Vedic Maths learnings in his regular school or college curriculum which will create interest in the course.

Are you looking for Best Abacus classes in Delhi?

Well, it’s a difficult choice to make. There are so many Abacus schools opening these days since everyone wants to encash on the hype around it. However, there are some golden rules to choose the best Abacus classes:

• Prefer the teacher more, over the brand name. Remember that a brand will not teach your child, but a teacher will.

• Always ensure to interact with the teacher before enrollment. You must ask for his experiences like how he manages difficult situations when kids do not follow the concepts, or how he motivates the kids when they get bored (which will surely happen at some point in time). During this interaction you can easily judge if the teacher is sharing authentic experiences, and you will have higher confidence to proceed.

 Lastly, I am myself being a Delhite, and I will confess that today it doesn't really matter where you are living. Online classes are always a better choice since it gives your child the comfort of home and saves on both travel time and exhaustion. If you enroll online, it does not matter whether you are going for Abacus classes in Delhi or Abacus classes in Pune.

I enrolled my kids with Mathcruise, which is a Delhi based Maths training organization. But even they have migrated to fully 100% online classes for all their courses since 2021, and the best part is that they offer Money Back Guarantee if you are not happy with the results. Their only pre-condition for money back is that the child should have been regularly attending the classes and doing 10 minutes of daily homework. Their chief trainer mentioned to me that if these basic rules are followed, Mathcruise trained kids give amazing results and this can also be seen on their video gallery on the website mathcruise.com.

Today I can give the testimony that this statement is 100% true since I am seeing the same results for my son. So, unless you have a strong reference from someone close for an Abacus school, I would strongly recommend going with Mathcruise. They are highly professional and will work closely both with parents and kids for most effective results.