[blindkid] paper compatible abacus

Joy Orton ortonsmom at gmail.com
Tue Jul 10 02:08:22 UTC 2012


Dear friends,

My daughter and I are working on learning to use the abacus for math.
It seems to be much faster than the Perkins brailler, especially for
multiplying and dividing with multiple digits.

I just found out that there is a "paper compatible" abacus method,
described by Doris Willoughby in "Handbook for Itinerant and Resource
Teachers of Blind and VI Students." Wow! I think this method needs
more publicity. So, I'd like to know, how many of you have heard of
this method, and how many are using it?

Thanks!
Joy




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