terrikuns Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Can anyone point me in the direction of ideas for using our abacus (5yo and 3yo, but I'm interested in applications for all ages)? Other than grouping, counting, making 10s/up to 100, I'm at a standstill, but I'm sure I'm missing a lot and Google is failing me here. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbcooker Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Rightstart curr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiara.I Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Yup, what PP said. Rightstart is amazing. So, don't do counting. Instead work on recognizing quantities as a whole. Anything above 5 should be seen as "5 and something." Start with this article (though it doesn't say much about the abacus): http://rightstartmath.com/resources/math-and-the-young-child If you want to keep going, you could get the Activities for the Abacus book they have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCEmom Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I second the Activities for the AL Abacus book suggestion. You can buy it directly from Rightstart or Rainbow Resources also carries it. Tons of activities there and it starts at the very beginning with counting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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