What is mental arithmetic?
Mental arithmetic refers to the ability to perform mathematical calculations without the use of calculators, pen and paper, or other tools. This skill is invaluable in various everyday situations, such as budgeting, shopping, and estimating time. It helps individuals quickly assess numerical information and make informed decisions.
How mental arithmetic develops your child’s
In addition to providing the ability to improve the child’s mathematical skills, the mental arithmetic program has a positive impact on the development of thinking and encourages a number of skills and abilities that a child needs in life. It improves the way the child listens, processes and understands information, conceives and creates certain ideas, recognizes details, performs certain actions, and solves problems.
Mental arithmetic develops the following skills
Logical thinking
Logical thinking
Logical thinking
Solving mental arithmetic problems requires analysis, evaluation and choosing the fastest way to the correct result. It develops logical and strategic thinking.
Concentration
Logical thinking
Logical thinking
Mental arithmetic requires full concentration on numbers and operations. Regular practice significantly improves children's ability to focus, even in noisy or distracting environments.
Memory
Logical thinking
During the tasks, the children memorize numbers, sequences and abacus pictures. It trains short-term and long-term memory, which makes learning in school easier.
Increase of intelligence
Human intelligence is the intellectual capability of humans, which is marked by complex cognitive feats and high levels of motivation and self-awareness. Using their intelligence, humans are able to learn, form concepts, understand, and apply logic and reason.
Creativity
When children imagine the abacus in their head, the right hemisphere of the brain, which is responsible for imagination and visual thinking, is activated. Thus, mathematics becomes not only a logical but also a creative process.
Decision making
Time is limited in mental arithmetic, so children learn to think and act quickly. They acquire decision-making skills that are useful outside of mathematics.