Mental Arithmetic



GMAS A Global Organisation:
GMAS, a pioneer organization in ABACUS Education in India, is an internationally well-known powerful Brain Development Program, which will effectively activate children's latent mental power and develop Mental & Creative Skills and Photographic Memory resulting in Self-reliance and Self-confidence.  Abacus is a lifetime skill, which will remain with the child forever. The program develops the child’s mathematical and logical powers to such an extent that the child after completion of this course will be able to do any Arithmetic calculations mentally without the help of a calculator.

GMAS uses Chinese ancient tool - ABACUS for the Right Brain Development, (the seat of intelligence) contributing in a large measure to increase your child’s Speed and Accuracy, Learning ability, Concentration, Perceptual capability, Memory & Listening skills; which automatically results in students better performance in all academic subjects.

Why GMAS?
As you will agree with me that Abacus Education is a need of every child but affordability in India is a main hindrance in reaching this program to the targeted children. We at GMAS feels that Education is not meant only for rich children but it has to reach masses. In order to make Abacus Education to reach every niche and corner of India we offer a quality Abacus Education at very reasonable price so that affordability should not come in picture. GMAS conduct National Level Competition every year, which facilitates the students to compete at respective levels. GMAS provides well researched, updated and excellent course material to their students. GMAS provides internationally accepted, self designed & certified training to their course instructors to make them competent for conducting classes.

Basic Idea About Abacus Education
A boon to parents and teachers, a simple technique taught in early childhood, the abacus method originated in China.
It is more than a 2000 years old art and skill. This ancient art has survived the onslaught of time, because it is a proven technique for the brain development. Abacus, the word is not an uncommon word now a day. It is now accepted and practiced in several countries China-principally, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, U.K., and other countries in the Middle East. This helps children far better in all areas where learning is required.

Targeted Segment of Students
• Children in the age group of 6-14 years
• Children who can count numbers from 0-9
• Children with plentiful imagination
• Children who fear mathematics
• Children who lack self-confidence
• Children who would like to improve academically

Benefit To Students
The whole brain development program (particularly right brain) of GMAS–India will result in boosting up memory levels of children, increased their speed and accuracy levels in arithmetical calculations, enhanced intelligence quotient (IQ) and has sharpened concentration and comprehension skills. Because of these skills, photographic memory – an important lifetime skill – is developed. Our step-by-step teaching methodology, guidance and focus on listening and observation skills of students, as well. This enables an average child to comprehend and absorb quickly. Our unique approach has also increased their learning abilities at school – writing skills, logical thinking, and plotting locations on a map – all of which significantly contributes towards and all-round academic proficiency. Our training approach has resulted in reducing carelessness too, which is quite common among many children. This gives them self-confidence to compete in major competitions, as they grow older.

Mental Arithmetic by image of Abacus
The practice proves that it is good to train children’s observation ability and attention ability. Working with abacus demands the coordinated work of hands, eyes and brain. Series of activities such as visualization, memory, concentration, analysis, judgment and control in the brain go hand in hand to do the mental calculation with speed and accuracy.
The teaching of mental arithmetic by image of Abacus breaks through single teaching method of maths, adopts flexible teaching methods to stimulate children’s interests, and strengthens their desire for seeking knowledge.
The practice of Abacus makes their eyes move frequently. So it is good for muscle of eyeball to regulate rhythmically. In this way, it can help to exercise the muscle of cilia eyeball and lens eyeball, and at the same time it can also quicken the blood cycle of eye, improve organism nourishment and strengthen adjusting function. It can improve stability of the eyesight as time passes.

5-14 Best Learning Age
5-14 years of age is the best age group for children’s learning. The development and growth of the nerve tissues begin in 4-6 years old at a rapid. The progress slows down when they reach 12 years of age and the growth reaches 75%.The greatest growth of human brain is during 4-14 years. Therefore it is the best to start at around 6 years of age to utilise the system in the best possible way. Scientific researches revels that a very small percentage of people use their right brain and those who use it, are bound to reach on top. In order to create the overall intelligence of the cerebrum, both the right & left brain must be trained at the same time. The creativity will be at its best only when both brains communicate & co-ordinate with each other. The creativity function from right brain needs to be boosted by the information stored in left brain. Whereas, the mathematical and physical abilities have to work together with the space perception from the right brain in order to become an excellent scientist, engineer, designer, literary expert & businessman as well like Einstein, Picasso, Shakespeare or other computer geniuses.

Developing Human Intelligence
For the brain to function optimally we should pay attention to cultivating and improving the growth of the brain; develop and make good use of its whole function, the function of brain must be cultivated in a planned way, beginning at the formative age of the child. This is found at GMAS.Not only does the function of the human brain need cultivating from childhood, but developing and making use of it constantly all through his life. There is no limit to the potentialities of the human brain. Professor Fay Neil man, the inventor of computer and Hungarian mathematician said that the human brain contains 15,000,000,000 cells, which can store the information of one quadrillion, equal to nearly 10000 times as many as 1,500,000 volumes in the national library of America.

A lot of physiological organs of human body are divided in to right and left parts, some of them appear symmetric on the surface, but the functions are not symmetric at all. For instance, the right and left hands are different in strength and skill, so is the visual sensitiveness of the right and left eyes. For the same reason, the function of the right and left hemispheres of the brain is not symmetric either.

The different cognitive forms of the two hemispheres are mutually complementary and co-operative and develop harmoniously, making up the whole function of the human brain.

To begin within GMAS, the action of driving beads with two hands simultaneously promotes the development of the whole function of the brain. Driving beads by two hands is the latest technology in mental arithmetic by image of Abacus. This is implemented only in GMAS program right from the first class. Driving beads mutually by right and left hands enables man’s vision, sense of hearing, sense of touch and all muscles to act in concert and harmony. Thus the right and left hemispheres of the brain are simultaneously used and control the action of the hands together. The action of the right hand has developed the calculating and logical thinking function of the left brain, and the action of left hand has developed the imaginary and creative function of the brain. Since the right and left hemispheres of the brain transmit messages to each other, the action of the two hands is well co-ordinated and the function of the brain is developed.

Awards
To motivate the children GMAS provides an official awards at each level, which shows the child’s strength & area of improvement.

Talent education begins in young Kids
Abacus based working of arithmetic functions enable development of lifetime skills, which form a solid academic foundation for children. Global Mental Arithmetic is an internationally well known, powerful Mental Development program. Our successful step by step guidance and motivational teaching method will effectively activate children’s latent mental power and develop them utmost in Analytical, skills, creativity Observation and Photographic Memory. Children become self reliant & self-confident.

More than arithmetic
Many people often assume that learning mental arithmetic is merely a method to improve the speed and accuracy of calculations, for example, adding 10-digit numbers within a few seconds. By itself, it is already an amazing accomplishment for most young children. However, there is more to this because when the children are learning Global Mental Arithmetic, they are actually also undergoing the process developing other aspects of the mind. When the children have acquired an astonishing calculation speed, it is actually only the end result of having developed the following mental abilities: concentration, observation, visualization & imagination, and memory.

GMAS Enhances

• Concentration
  Concentration is the directed attention towards a particular matter with clear reflection that creates a deep image and mental impression. An enhanced concentration leads to better absorption power. Studying will then be a joyful thing for these children. In the abacus and mental arithmetic education children will be trained to concentrate while listening to the teacher’s questions (that ranges from easy to difficult) and then focus on calculating the answers as accurately as possible.
   

• Observation
  Observation is the ability to compare and analyze and differentiate objects, motives and steps. It is also a state of alertness and swiftness of the mind and senses. This comes from the need to understand the theoretical requirements of each calculation and at the same time be aware of the time, and promptings from the teachers.
   

• Visualization and Imagination
  By using the imagination of the right brain to visualize the abacus in mind, inevitably the powers of visualization would become sharp and clear. Albert Einstein believes that the imagination is important than knowledge, because imagination is the main source of yet-to-be-discovered knowledge.
   

• Memory
  Memory is the ability to store and retrieve information and experiences. It has been found that memory in the left brain would not stay long, but an image that is recorded in the right brain would stay on in the mind forever. By stimulating the right brain with mental arithmetic, and in combination with the alertness of the eyes, ears and hands, the ability to store and recall is developed together.
  Therefore, the ability to solve 10-digits arithmetic problems in only a few seconds is only a small success in comparison to the actual mental training that has been done in order to achieve the skill to perform rapid calculations.
   

• Listen Skills
  Constant practice of calculating sums dictated by the course instructor to acquire speed and accuracy in calculation sharpens the listening skills in students.
   

• GMAS also enhances Comprehension, Creativity Self Reliance and Self Confidence in the students.

Course Structure, Grading, Examination
The lessons are structured level-wise i.e. each level consisting of a 3-month period. The child has to attend one class for duration of 2-hours every week. At the end of each level, a test will be administered and based on its success the child qualifies for the next level. In all, the course is spread in 8 level covering 24 months.

Annually grading examinations are conducted to assess speed and accuracy levels in Children. This helps them to compete internationally. Once a year, a National Competition is being organized for all GMAS –India children which brings the entire GMAS family under one roof.

Guidelines to Students

• It is very important not to miss any class and also do the home work properly either with Abacus or without abacus as mentioned in book.

• Daily oral & basic exercise practice at home for about 10 to 15 minutes.

• Always keep a track of time & note your speed while doing these sums.

• Do all the dictated sums carefully at home.

Guidelines to Parents

• Always help your ward to be punctual in attending class.

• Help and guide your ward not to miss regular class.

• Always encourage your ward to perform well as per his full capability.

• Help your ward to complete the daily practice & home work in 10 to 15 minutes willingly.

• Please promptly follow the instructions given by center owner or course instructor.

• Parents are strictly not permitted to sit inside the class room.

• Please try to communicate with the center owner or course instructor regularly about the progress of your ward.

• It is very important to ensure that your ward should complete all 8 levels of the course to achieve the maximum benefit of the concept in full.