Learning Resources 2-Color Desktop Abacus, Red Frame, Color Coded, Math Concepts

The Learning Resources 2-Color Desktop Abacus turned out to be an excellent purchase for us, especially for schoolwork and early math practice. I really like that this set comes with two abacuses, which makes it perfect for working with multiple children or for having one at home and one in a backpack for school. The size is also just right not too small or flimsy, but not overly large either. It sits nicely on a desk without taking up too much space, and it’s very sturdy. The color-coded rows make it easy for kids to understand basic math concepts like counting, addition, subtraction, and even early place value. The beads slide smoothly and don’t stick, which is something I appreciated compared to cheaper alternatives. It’s a great hands-on learning tool that keeps kids engaged and helps reinforce what they’re learning in class. Overall, it’s a simple but very effective educational tool, well-made, and perfectly sized. I’m very happy with this purchase and would highly recommend it to any parent or teacher looking for a reliable abacus set for early math skills.

This abacus is inexpensive and very functional. If a small child breaks it you can easily replace it. As a first grader my teacher taught me to use an abacus; this gives a child a significant advantage in grasping the concepts of basic math. You have columns for ones, tens, hundreds and thousands. My three year old daughter now understands that when she gets ten beads of ones that is the same as 1 bead in the hundreds columns and she can count one to a hundred and compare to her wall chart. This is a great learning tool; a child can use their minds and their hands at the same time. The abacus holds their interest. This is a great, inexpensive way to start a child learning math without boring them into inattentiveness. The image doesn't really show it but if you slide all the beads on one wire there is adequate space between the beads on the adjacent wires (which is necessary to really use it). Beads alternate colors at intervals of 5 which facilitates exercises such as counting by fives. We use this abacus to play an educational game with our daughter. We set up a little market in our home and she keeps up with what she has sold using the abacus. I fully expect that she will be able to calculate her gross sales in a few months. I first purchased her the Melissa and Doug abacus which is a cute toy with sliding beads but it isn't functional. As pointed out by a reviewer of that toy it lacks several integral design concepts, i.e. the beads from one wire to another will overlap the adjacent rows when you slide them all over and the beads on the wires are not different colors at 5 bead intervals. In short you can't really use that one. This abacus is actually functional and is a great way to introduce a child to basic math. Recommended.

This is a nice abacus for my daughter. It has the nice markings on each side, the 2 sets of color beads, and seems pretty sturdy. We've been using it almost every weekday for a few weeks now and it slides well and is an excellent math manipulative. I like using this abacus over other math manipulatives as the beads stay with the abacus (as compared to beads/blocks/bears that are separate and end up all over the table). I did need to watch a few online How-to videos, as an abacus was a new manipulative for us. Now it makes so much sense and really helps my child see math more clearly.

I purchased this for my kinder/1st grade daughter. It is quite thin plastic and seems flimsy on first inspection, but it has held up fine to daily use. It is perfect for teaching regrouping and my daughter can now do significantly more difficult problems with it. She absolutely loves it and chooses to do all her math work, no matter how simple, with it. I think it will last plenty long enough to serve its purpose.

As soon as I opened the package, there was already children waiting to get their hands on this abacus. We homeschool and this is our favorite abacus to work with because we can do so much with it. My daughter in 5th grade still uses it for multiplication and long additions and subtractions. The manual that comes with it shows you exactly how to use the abacus and the different equations you can solve with it. Using an abacus gives children and adults a great understanding of math.

In the middle of the school year, we moved to a more rigorous school system and I needed to help my first grader catch up to his classmates in math. As a kid I remember having a traditional Fisher Price abacus with rows of ten beads in alternating colors. I never really "got" that abacus. After reading the explanation that came with this one - the logic made perfect sense to me and seems brilliant in its simplicity. It even made me think about how I add in a different, more intuitive way. I believe this helped my son get a handle on beginning addition. He definitely liked moving the beads about and having a physical way of figuring out the problems. We already had Cuisenaire Rods (http://www.amazon.com/Learning-Resources-Connecting-Cuisenaire-Introductory/dp/B000F8T9HW) and a Plastic Base Ten Number Concepts Set (http://www.amazon.com/Plastic-Base-Ten-Number-Concepts/dp/1564514498) But, for the way his class was learning addition, the abacus was particularly helpful. After using it for a while you start to visualize the answer in your head, and if you don't have the abacus, you can use your 5 fingers on each hand using the same concepts. Sometimes we get out the Cuisenaire Rods or the Base Ten blocks instead - depends on what's getting covered. I'm actually glad I have all three ways of showing math concepts. I will note that my father-in-law, a former high school math teacher, briefly looked at the Abacus declared he didn't get it at all and said we should just get a "chinese" style abacus instead. My husband grew up with a Chinese style abacus (obviously his Dad taught him on that) and also claims he doesn't understand this one at all. (I think he's only put about 3 minutes into looking at it.) But, I'm the one who usually goes over the homework and I "get" it, as does my son, - so, I'm sticking with this one.

We homeschool and my kid hates using math manipulatives. Had to force her to do math. Someone suggested an abacus, so I got one to try. The next morning I woke up to my husband giving her math equations and her happily clacking away on it! It was a sanity saver for me and she loves math now.

This is a great abacus! I purchased this to help in our homeschooling math lessons and the kids love it! Here's what I liked: - The size - It fits perfectly on top of their school books and doesn't take up a ton of extra space. - The groups of 5 beads - This is a good visual reminder that numbers can easily be split by 5s. (8 is 5+3) - Sturdy frame - The red frame is not only easy to find but it is thick and very sturdy. - Metal slides - Metal surpasses wood on nearly every level. The beads slide easily and we don't have to worry about breaking or getting splinters. - Place value guides - These guides make it easy to visually show how place values work. I would recommend this abacus for any child who prefers hand's on learning (Kinesthetic Learners) or even Visual Learners.

This abacus is great for teaching math concepts. Being grouped into 5's allows you to quickly visually recognize any number up to 100 without actually counting the beads. Helps children learn to group numbers instead of just counting everything out. The quality of the abacus is good. It is very sturdy and has held up to a lot of use and travel.

Great tool to start counting with

Buen material y buen tamaño.

This order took a while to ship to Canada, but it was well worth the wait. My child (Gr. 2) has used it as a tool to support multiplication and addition, to help her visualize the numbers and amounts. (And, far better than a calculator which involves no thinking whatsoever.) This Abacus helps children understand that numbers have a value and helps them conceptually understand adding, subtracting, and multiplying. As a parent and educator, I highly recommend this product.

No es un mal producto, y tiene el tamaño adecuado para un niño de primara o preescolar. Sin embargo, por el precio pagado esperaba algo mejor, no le veo mucho diferencia a los ábacos que tienen en las papelerías escolares a una fracción del costo de este. No tiene soporte para usarlo parado, por lo que aunque anuncia que "Ofrece un marco más grueso que los granos, permitiendo que el ábaco se apoye horizontalmente sobre los escritorios de los estudiantes" lo cierto es que el marco no es tan ancho y al ser para uso de niños pequeños, fácilmente se les cae.