Soroban Tutorials (YouTube videos)


Three tutorials for parents teaching children to count, using marbles to practice simple arithmetic. This extends the well-established arithmetic skills of babies
[see, eg, What Counts: How Every Brain is Hardwired for Math
by Brian Butterworth (1999); Chapter 3, Born to Count]
and is preliminary to learning arithmetic with the soroban (Japanese abacus).
The series moves onto the soroban beginning with the fourth episode.
  • Soroban Tutorial 1
    Play with Marbles (#1 of 3)
    Introducing the Five Bead, 19 MB, 3 minutes
  • Soroban Tutorial 2
    Play with Marbles (#2 of 3)
    Using the Five Bead, 23 MB, 4 minutes
  • Soroban Tutorial 3
    Play with Marbles (#3 of 3)
    Using the Five Stone, 16 MB, 3 1/4 minutes
  • Soroban Tutorial 4
    Introducing the Soroban (#1 of several)
    Unit beads 1 to 4, 40 MB, 3 minutes (revised 12 March 2010)
  • More to come ...
    • Revised 12 March, 2010 by Ralph Abraham