In today's highly developed computer world, the purpose of learning abacus mental arithmetic is not only to improve computational speed, but also to develop potential, cultivate children's attention, coordination skills of hands, brain, mouth, eyes, and ears, as well as memory, spatial imagination, and reaction abilities. The above abilities can be trained in early childhood, which is very beneficial for children's right brain development. Therefore, seizing the critical period of a child's brain development and conducting mental abacus training is equivalent to giving the child wings of wisdom.

Is there a conflict between learning abacus and elementary school mathematics methods?

No conflict. There are many methods of mental calculation, such as abacus mental calculation, mental calculation, pen calculation, one word quick calculation, finger fast calculation, etc. Abacus mental arithmetic is one of them. Practice has shown that there is a significant difference in the sensitivity of the brain between students who learn abacus mental arithmetic and those who do not participate. According to our tracking, children who have learned abacus mental arithmetic have faster calculation speed, instantaneous observation, firm memory, and richer imagination than other students.

Teachers and parents generally report that learning abacus mental arithmetic makes children smarter, not only achieving excellent grades in math classes, but also experiencing a chain effect of "one subject being excellent, benefiting multiple subjects". Analyzing this phenomenon, if the excellent performance in mathematics courses is attributed to learning abacus and mastering proficient calculation skills, then the answer to achieving excellence in all courses can only be found through the development and improvement of human brain potential through learning abacus. That's why many elementary school teachers recommend students to learn abacus calculation.

Having learned abacus mental arithmetic will gradually forget, but it's useless to learn it?

Forgetting is a normal phenomenon, but if you pay attention to regular training, the speed of forgetting will be much slower. The development of brain function includes six important brain functions, sequential information processing, simultaneous information processing, cool brain synergistic function, visual motor response, auditory motor response, and imagery operation. Learning through abacus mental arithmetic has important value in developing the ability of the human brain to process temporal and simultaneous information. Abacus mental arithmetic is a complex intellectual action process. By training children in abacus mental arithmetic, not only can they improve their series of information processing abilities, but it also plays a balanced role in the development of both their left and right brains. After children enter primary school, they gradually forget about numbers and their computing speed may be slower, but their left and right brains have already been developed during the critical period, which is very beneficial for their entire life.

In addition, children gradually forget because the images formed in their brains when they first started learning abacus are virtual images. If they persist in learning for 2-3 years, the virtual images will gradually become real images, and it is not easy to forget at this time. Just like people learning to swim and ride bicycles, once learned, it will be unforgettable for life.