6 Fingers Concept

Its designed to use six fingers of a child to operate on the Abacus, and indirectly stimulate the remaining four fingers as well. They in turn stimulate six regions of the brain namely the Left and Right Pre-Frontal Cortex, Left and Right Post-Frontal Cortex and the Left and Right Parietal Lobes. These improves several cognitive skills of the child which in normal day-to-day life living, they usually miss out on. 

Key Advantages of Six-Finger Technique over others ways to use Abacus:

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1. Extremely efficient way to operate the Abacus as to perform the same calculations, six fingers are used instead of two or four fingers.

2. Simple to learn for students of all age groups between 4-13 years of age.

3. Increases accuracy in calculation of all types including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, squares, square roots, cubes, cube roots and fractions.

4. Increased speed compared to other ways of operating the Abacus.

5. The Six-Finger technique leads to activation of all the 10-fingers through indirect means, leading to higher cognitive development