Abacus Mind Math Instruction Book Level 2: Step by Step Guide to Excel at Mind Math with Soroban, a Japanese Abacus (Abacus Mind Math - Level - 2 ... Book, Workbook 1 of 2, Workbook 2 of 2)

I purchased the entire curriculum: all Instructor’s guides and all workbooks. I began using the curriculum for my two children, who were 4 and 5. First, (as mentioned before) students do need to know how to read numbers from 1-99, know place values (ones, tens and hundreds) and be able to write numbers.I had no previous exposure to the Soroban; therefore the Instructor’s Book was essential. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly - with dedication and work - my children picked up the skills necessary to use the Soroban. Ten months after starting the curriculum, my children are halfway through book three of the six workbooks. We have taken two weeks, instead of one week to repeat about three lessons which they found to be difficult. Additionally, I am currently taking about three weeks to practice mental math with them, as this skill has provided the greatest challenge (although both children are doing better than I would have predicted).I would highly recommend this curriculum with some caveats:1. You must be committed to sticking to the 5-6 day per week schedule.2. This commitment includes practicing with your child daily; it is likely that they cannot do this without a parent unless they are older than 12. (For example, I spend an hour on Mondays introducing the new lesson and practicing. Tuesday-Friday, I spend from 30-45 minutes with my children as they practice/do Soroban homework).I have found the customer support to be extremely helpful. They have emailed me detailed responses and spent a good deal of time on a phone call to answer some of my questions and concerns.If you have the time and discipline, this program can work very well for your child/student. I would never have imagined that my 5 and 6 year old would be capable of doing three digit mental calculations before I started using this program; it really does work and I am hoping they have plans to release additional levels that introduce multiplication, division, percentages, decimals and negative numbers for children.

I just purchased the Level 1 & 2 Workbooks and Instruction Books and after spending several days reading them I must say I am very happy with my purchase.All of the books are well written, nicely illustrated, easy to read, understand and follow. They are all well worth the price paid. Just what I have been looking for to learn the abacus and mental math myself, so I can teach it to my grandson.Level 1 covers 20 weeks of instruction with daily exercises. Level 2 covers an additional 22 weeks of lessons with daily practice problems.The workbooks are just that - workbooks to be used for the daily exercises. The Instruction Books are very important because they cover the "how to do it" part of the course with easy to follow, step by step illustrated instructions.Before ordering I thought the price for the Instruction Books were a little high, but after reading them I saw what a bargain they really were.By comparison, here in the SF Bay Area there are private schools that teach the abacus and mind math. The going rates are $17 to $20 for each weekly 1 to 1 1/2 hour lesson plus additional charges for books and materials. Way too expensive for me.For just a fraction of that, I can purchase this set of Abacus Mind Math books and study whenever I want at home.Thank you Abacus Mind Math.

I've purchased the three levels of this series teaching the Japanese abacus (soroban).I grew up, having been taught the use of the soroban.This book series has been quite valuable in the review of the abacus for myself and teaching it to my family.The instruction books and the workbooks for each level are well written with much practice to accompany each lesson.The multi sensory way of learning mathematics by means of the soroban makes a great impact upon your learning. Visual, hearing the problems, motor memory by moving the beads and sensory by means of your hands.Even if you've never used an abacus, the instruction books will help you to understand the theory and use before you teach it to your own children.

part 2 of a birthday gift for hubby! he's excited to get started

Well laid out instructions for parents to help children with their abacus maths workbook

Nice, useful .... but pricey