Thank you Global and Mail
Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 16:00) Written by Administrator Saturday, 21 January 2012 19:06
Well, we did it! All of all your hard work lead to this amazing opportunity to have ourselves on a newspaper. This article appeared on Globe and Mail on the education section written by Kate Hammer. I thank you dearly Kate for discovering us and for witnessing the wonderful job these children do.
EDUCATION
Low-tech math tool gets a bead on learning
Thank you very much to all the people, students, parents, and friends, who all been part of helping Ikoma Abacus grow. Because all these great people this school has been more then a part of my life, it became a community but more importantly a family of it's own.
Moving again. Richmond.
Last Updated (Saturday, 21 January 2012 19:46) Written by Administrator Tuesday, 20 December 2011 21:42
We have moved into new location.
Brighouse United Church (Preschool's building)
8151 Bennett Road, Richmond, BC V6Y 1N4
(No3 and Just one block south of Granville)
Schedule are same as before.
IKOMA ABACUS LEARNING
Last Updated (Monday, 29 November 1999 16:00) Written by Administrator Tuesday, 14 June 2011 09:03
Ikoma Abacus Learning is located in Vancouver BC in Canada and offers classes and summer camps in using abacus to children to teach them mathematics, mental discipline and to help them develop their right and left brain capabilities. Across the world children enjoy and benefit from learning abacus. Ikoma Abacus Learning is conveniently located at Hemlock & W 12th Vancouver BC in Canada. We also offer after-school classes in Coquitlam, Richmond and Burnaby.
Ikoma Anzan School has started at Kesennuma Miyagi, Japan about 50 years ago. Since them, many students has learned at 6 locations. On Mar 11, 2011 Tsunami disaster gave us big impact to us. We lost 5 locations, really tough and sad situation of our long history. But Now we have restarted with 50 students who has big future. Please remember we are connecting through SOROBAN.
What is SOROBAN?
Last Updated (Tuesday, 14 June 2011 10:07) Written by Administrator Tuesday, 14 June 2011 09:37
In Japanese we call abacus “Soroban”. It is a handy calculator which has simple and logical system. The Soroban has been in use for over 500 years. Normally Soroban has 24 or 27 columns. Each column consists of 4 lower beads which are worth 1 and 1 upper bead worth 5. In Japan Soroban is taught to young children to teach them mathematics, mental discipline, and develop their right brain capabilities. In this computer age the Soroban is still considered a useful educational and calculating device that cultivates strong concentration and patience. Tests have shown that abacus users were much faster than calculator users.
SOROBAN education
Last Updated (Tuesday, 14 June 2011 09:41) Written by Administrator Tuesday, 14 June 2011 09:39
Soroban helps build self-confidence and strengthens children’s ability to think critically and creatively. Children start as early as Kindergarten. The Soroban method helps one easly understand number concepts and is a comprehensive system for embracing concepts and high achievement in mathematics.
The use of the Soroban abacus uses a left to right calculation method, which makes quick estimation and rounding off possible. It improves the understanding of compounded numbers (the Soroban uses supplementary numbers for 5 and 10). The Soroban visually shows the concepts of decimal places and the progression of units by tens. The Soroban develops not only greater mental capacity, but mental calculation, which is the ultimate resource.