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HOW TO PLAY -
ABACUS
- INSTRUCTION RULES
MATCH MY MOVE
GAME
Move any number of beads to one side of the frame. Ask the child to
match your "move" on the wire below yours. This can also be done with a
repetitive pattern arrange the 10 beads in different groupings (e.g. 3
beads, 1 bead, 3 beads, 1 bead, 2 beads) that the child has to mimic on
the wire below.
COUNTING GAMES
Move a certain number of beads to one side and ask the child to
count how many beads you moved and how many remain on the other side. Or
have the child count from one to ten as they move that number of beads
on each of the ten wires.
BEAT THE CLOCK
Quickly move a certain number of beads to one side and have the
child say how many and what color the beads are as fast as he/she can
(e.g. 7 yellow beads, 4 red beads, etc.). See if they can get all 10
wires correct, or how many in a row he/she can answer correctly.
MAKE A SHAPE
Have the child try to make simple shapes using the beads on multiple
wires a square, triangle, rectangle, diamond, or a perfect straight or
diagonal line.
SIMPLE ADDITION GAMES
Choose a number and determine how many different combinations you
can find to achieve that sum. (Combinations of ten would be 9 +1, 8 + 2,
6 + 4, 5+ 5, 4 + 6, 3 + 7, 2 + 8, 1 + 9)
COMPLEX ADDITION GAMES
Create larger numbers by assigning different numbers to the colors
blue = 1's, red = 10's, wood = 100's, green =1000's and yellow -
10,000's or to be simpler, the five colors could be the numbers 1, 2, 3,
4, and 5. Line up any amount of beads below each other (e.g. first wire
3 blue, 2nd wire 2 red and 3rd wire 1 wood) and have the child all the
totals together to determine the answer.
MULTI-FUNCTIONS PROBLEMS
Do addition, subtraction, and even simple multiplication and
division problems by using the first wire for the first number, the
second for the second, and have the child answer it on the third (e.g. 7
- 4 =3). After putting a certain number of beads on the first and second
wires, yell out the type of problem (addition) and have them race to get
the answer.
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