While I was at Kaka's place for the last time last week, I saw a whole bunch of interesting stuff that his mum was going to give away. Items that were either too much of a hassle to bring back to Hong Kong since they could easily get them there, and I saw this:
It's the most colourful abacus I've ever seen, and all that colours make me really happy! I asked Kaka if I could have that and he said okay, so here it is on my study table right now. I used to go for abacus classes at the community centre when I was much younger, probably Kaka's age, and I remember enjoying those classes a lot.
I can vaguely remember what I've learnt; but I guess I sort of stopped at subtraction back then. Looking at some online tutorials, I'm hoping to get back some of that memory, and also learn how to multiply and divide with the abacus.
Anyway, I think it's really a great way to get kids interested in mathematics; the interactiveness of it all. If only there's a way to get most of them kids in schools to learn how to use the abacus, I suppose it'll help sharpen their minds much more.
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