I've just enrolled my 5 years old to UCMAS. It's a Soroban school closed to my house. He's gone to the class twice and I already see progress.
After 2 classes, my son can do simple math in his head (without using Big & Little Friend formula as the teacher hasn't teach him yet). He does not need an abacus as long as there are enough beads for him to move. He simply looks at the problems, moves his fingers, and gives me the answers right away.
BUT......he gets frustrated during finger movement training. He begged me to just let him write down the answer without moving the beads. I thought finger training was very important but he seems to find it too slow and takes too much time.
I am not sure what to do. Should I just let him write down the answers or just keep reminding him to use the abacus every time we do the worksheet?
Any advice?
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