A Familiar Worry for Parents “Numbers just aren’t my thing.”Many adults remember saying (or hearing) that phrase in school, and plenty of parents quietly fear their child will echo it. The good news? Math confidence is not innate; it’s built.And one surprisingly powerful ally in that journey is an ancient tool with modern relevance—the abacus….
A Familiar Scene When Meera first signed up her 7-year-old for an abacus class in Hyderabad, a chorus of doubts quickly followed.“Why bother when every phone has a calculator?”“Isn’t that just a fancy way to count beads?”Three months later, Meera’s son could add three-digit numbers in his head faster than most adults could punch them…
Two Mornings, Two WorldsIt’s 7:30 a.m. in Osaka. Third-grader Yuto sits in a bright classroom, a soroban (Japanese abacus) already on his desk. The day begins with a 10-minute mental-math warm-up before regular lessons.Meanwhile in Hyderabad, eight-year-old Sahana rushes to an after-school abacus class once a week—if traffic and homework allow. Both children are curious…
