Learning Resources Ten-Row Abacus Review

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Plastic is cheap. Wish that I could have found the same abacus I had as a child, one made of real things like wood and steel only, with a bowed front as to easily access he beads. My child can't really play/learn with this item because it is so cheaply made. My child doesn't particularly enjoy working with it. I feel because of the lack of quality as well as the deficient design aspects, this important learning tool has been cheapened to trash. It's not that expensive but for what I received it should have only been a $3to $5 item.

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I bought this for my daughter because her preschool teacher said she was "not progressing" in math she just wasn't interested. We've had this abacus for just 4 weeks, and I've personally seen my daughter advance dramatically from counting 1-20 (she had a hard time with the teens at first), she went to 100, to simple addition, to counting by 2s and 10s, and now she's doing simple subtraction all in the space of a few weeks. But the great thing is she loves it to her, it's a toy, not work. She loves to show people the abacus and asks them to do math problems with her.

I suspect the key to the abacus may be that it uses the senses kids can touch it, and I think that really helps. Now she doesn't even need to count out, say, 5 beads she just clicks over 5 and off she goes. And the great thing is that she's started doing math on her own in her preschool class she loves it now.

I can't say that this product is better than other abacuses, although it is well built and quite durable, but it certainly fit our needs.

The funny thing is that my wife wants me to buy another one for our 2 year old son, who is also fascinated by it.

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Admittedly, I did not buy this product for the use they advertise I pretty much have counting down, and this *does not* function as a real abacus in terms of learning to do more complex math functions (as it is easy to see it does not have the split and the 5/2 bead arrangement).

However, I've found two very handy uses for it and am quite happy with the product.

1) I originally bought this to keep track of the laps I swim in the pool. I like to relax and let my mind wander as I swim, and would inevitably lose track of the lap I was on an issue in that I'm really trying to keep to a regime and increase the number of laps. Being mostly plastic, this can sit on the edge of the pool and get wet, and it takes only a second to flick a bead over as I turn (true, I don't flip-turn under water, that would make it impossible). The metal rods that hold the beads have not shown any signs of taking issue with the water, and I'm optimistic it will hold up well.

2) As mentioned in another review, this works great for knitting and crocheting, and keeping track of rows. I have a crafting pegboard made specifically for that, but it take a lot more time and effort to move the little pegs you don't even have to put down your work to shove the bead over, and not more pesky trying to count the rows to remember where you are.

This may be a useless review for those wishing to purchase an educational toy, but maybe if it gives someone an idea of another way to tackle a different problem, it's worth it.

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I bought this because I do a lot of crocheting and decided this was an easier way to count rows while crocheting than to use pen and paper and I was right ...I really like it, even if it is listed as a Toy !!!

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This is a great toy that really helps to teach math skills. My 5 year old grandson uses it as he is learning to add and substract.