Abacus Programme

The abacus (plural abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool that was in use in Europe, China and Russia, centuries before the adoption of the written Hindu–Arabic numeral system.

The exact origin of the abacus is still unknown. Today, abaci are often constructed as a bamboo frame with beads sliding on wires, but originally they were beans or stones moved in grooves in sand or on tablets of wood, stone, or metal.

For any particular abacus design, there usually are numerous different methods to perform a certain type of calculation, which may include basic operations like addition and multiplication, or even more complex ones, such as calculating square roots. Some of these methods may work with non-natural numbers (numbers such as 1.5 and  3⁄4).

Merchants, traders and clerks in some parts of Eastern Europe, Russia, China and Africa use abaci, and they are still used to teach arithmetic to children. Some people who are unable to use a calculator because of visual impairment may use an abacus.

Offered only in schools, this programme provides certain additional numerical skils, including "Visualised Abacus" to school children of age 5 to 14 yrs.

Junior Batch (5-7 yrs.)

National Event '14

Weekly Training

We Don’t Tutor, We Inspire with our Innovative Approach !

GNELS is not just a tutoring center, our whole-brain development program builds foundational capabilities through a series of in-class training activities conducted by our trained class instructors. Our rigorous training techniques are based on pedagogical design by child development experts to ensure our students can benefit from and be successful in our program.

Understanding math through the Abacus inspires new perspectives: children learn to subtract by adding; to multiply without multiplying; and to perform long division problems in their head faster than most people can add two numbers together.

Our students learn techniques that will stay with them long after they’ve completed the program. Our program also supports and augments what students learn in school.

• Thinking in Pictures

  
  Students boost memory power through visualization by holding numbers in their mind while handling the visual Abacus.

• A Flash of Brilliance

  
  Students create an image of the beads on their visual Abacus with the help of flash cards. Each student who completes the GNELS Abacus program will have memorized 450,000 images.

• The Speed Training

  
  Speed training encourages children to listen attentively and respond to questions quickly, sharpening their focus and concentration.

• Building Mathematical Concepts

  
  Manipulating the physical or virtual beads of the Abacus provides students with another frame of reference to learn mathematical concepts.