The Secret to Inspiring Brain Power in Children

312 Pages·2011·8.65 MB·English

The Secret to Inspiring
Brain Power in Children

The Secret to Inspiring
Brain Power in Children
The Secret to Inspiring
Brain Power in Children

Preface 1
Abacus calculation is more
than a “tool.” It is a “toy!”
With the popularization of calculators in recent
years, the “calculating” function of abacuses is no longer
of much importance. However, since the discovery of its
“educational” function, abacuses have become more than
traditional “calculating tools,” they have become “teaching
tools” and “toys” for children.
Thus, abacus calculation has now been given a new
mission—to make our next generation smarter and sharp-
er. In China, Japan and Korea, children have started learn-
ing abacus calculation at pre-school ages, and education
performance has steadily improved increasingly, expand-
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Brain Power in Children 6
ing to the Americas and South East Asia. According to the
latest records published by the Ministry of the Interior of
the Republic of China, the number of people who learn
abacus and mental calculation rank highest among various
talents and skills, evidence that children’s abacus and men-
tal arithmetic education is widely accepted in Taiwan.
To carry forward the quintessence of Chinese culture,
the Association of Children's Abacus Calculation has been
actively holding nationwide and local children’s abacus and
mental arithmetic teachers’ seminars over the past six years
and commissioning the National Changhua University of
Education to conduct academic research on abacus and
mental arithmetic education. The association hopes to play
its part by hosting meaningful events to contribute to pub-
lic welfare , as well as pass down the historic inheritance of
abacus calculation, which in turn will further increase its
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popularity so that learning abacus and mental arithmetic
become trends in inspirational education for children of
the future. Promoting abacus and mental arithmetic in
such ways will do more justice to the historic significance
of the abacus.
It is great news that the association’s committee mem-
ber Master Tai Chiang Ching is publishing a book ex-
plaining the function of abacus and mental arithmetic in
inspiring intelligence in children based on Su Wan Ting’s
story in learning abacus and mental calculation. This is the
first book on the market about a child’s learning process in
abacus and mental calculation. The contents are vivid and
easy to read, making the book worth reading for parents,
students and abacus and mental arithmetic teachers. I be-
lieve that the publishing of this book will once again push
the trend of learning abacus and mental calculation for
children.
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Brain Power in Children 8
First Director, Association of Children's
Abacus Calculation in Taiwan
Chen Wan Fa
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Preface 2
Abacus calculation inspires in-
telligence in children Mental
calculation stimulates poten-
tial in children
I’ve been teaching abacus and mental arithmetic for
nearly 20 years. Many friends, relatives and parents of
students have asked me, “What exactly are the benefits of
learning abacus and mental arithmetic?” And I have usu-
ally replied, “Abacus calculation inspires intelligence in
children. Mental calculation stimulates potential in chil-
dren. Through learning abacus and mental arithmetic your
child will be using their hands and brain at the same time
and naturally become smarter and more intelligent and a
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Brain Power in Children 10