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Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record

wsj.com Teachers and other public education employees—such as community-college faculty, school psychologists and janitors—are quitting their jobs at the fastest rate on record, government data show.

Small-Group Instruction May Be Key to Mastering Early Math, New Study Finds

blogs.edweek.org New research out of the University of Michigan finds that small-group instruction provided outside of school helps kindergarten students to make learning gains in math.

Japanese Firm Tomoe Soroban Hails the Brain-Training Power of the Abacus

nippon.com The abacus, for centuries an essential computation tool, has today largely been replaced by electronics. In Japan, though, it remains in use as a way to teach children basic arithmetic and to keep older minds feeling young. In this article we visit Japanese firm Tomoe Soroban to learn about the chan...

Positive attitude toward math predicts math achievement in kids

buff.ly For the first time, scientists have identified the brain pathway that links a positive attitude toward math to achievement in the subject. In a study of elementary school students, researchers found that having a positive attitude about math was connected to better function of the hippocampus, an im...

Are these the schools of the future?

cnn.com A new type of school is gaining popularity, and it's ripping up the traditional school model in hopes of boosting creativity and critical thinking.

A Stanford professor says we should teach more math in preschool

qz.com Research has shown that math skills for kids entering kindergarten were a strong predictor of both math and reading skills in the third and fifth grades.

Stanford researcher explores whether language is the only way to represent numbers

Parents often ask, "How does the mental abacus work"? Researchers at Stanford explored the question. Check it out!

news.stanford.edu Psychologist Michael Frank enters the world of high-speed mental math and finds that "Mental Abacus" users can calculate without using verbal working memory.

Can the Abacus Improve Students' Math Skills? (Video)

blogs.edweek.org The 4,000 year old abacus might be ancient technology, but it can serve as a teaching tool for modern students.

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[03/12/17]   See this Absolutely amazing Mathematics !

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

And look at this symmetry :
1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321

Brilliant isn't it?

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Abacus use can boost math skills (and other lessons on learning)

kottke.org The abacus counting device dates back thousands of years but has, in the past century, been replaced by calculators and computer

Sometimes we need to be reminded how lucky we are. Here is a list of things "worse than math class". The list was created by Grade Level Math students after realizing that coming to Math class really wasn't that bad

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Challenge your brain with these puzzles for Groundhog's day! LIKE if you hope they add up to an early spring :)

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Abacus Training Affects Math and Task Switching Abilities and Modulates Their Relationships in Chinese Children

journals.plos.org Our previous work demonstrated that abacus-based mental calculation (AMC), a traditional Chinese calculation method, could help children improve their math abilities (e.g. basic arithmetical ability)…

Learning In The Age Of Digital Distraction

npr.org The new book The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains In A High-Tech World makes the case for managing the tsunami of digital distractions to aid how we learn, absorb information and live.

Early Math Project helps nix “naked numbers”

"Naked" or unitless numbers can make it difficult for students to associate numbers with meaning or value, causing difficulties in math. Check out how one teacher dispelled the confusion with a very simple activity.
Abacus is another tactile way to help students overcome meaningless, naked numbers

erikson.edu When children are asked to rattle off the numbers from 1 to 10 without actually counting something, these “naked numbers” can create all kinds of confusion.

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Summer Camp - Week of Aug 15th in our Kentlands location

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Math, Abacus, Reading/Writing Camps

Use Your Fingers: The Abacus Just Might Improve Your Arithmetic Abilities

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinknudson/2016/04/28/use-your-fingers-the-abacus-just-might-improve-your-arithmetic-abilities/#310ae125590d

forbes.com Teaching children to use an abacus might improve their arithmetic skills.

[03/19/16]   Your Child Can Get Ahead This Summer!

We are announcing our full day and half day summer camps for the upcoming 2016 summer. Plan ahead to get a spot in our advanced math program, abacus program, creative writing program as well as fun arts & crafts! Call 855-956-6636 for more information.

[01/25/16]   Komodo classes cancelled on Monday, January 25th in Ashburn, Chantilly, Germantown, Kentlands/Gaithersburg centers.

Due to the heavy snowfall there is an uncertainty about the time it takes to clean the parking lots and the neighborhood streets.

We are canceling todays classes at these locations.

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Komodo certified teachers offer a variety of teacher-led enrichment programs to children 5-12 years old in math, language arts, and creative writing!

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Offering a variety of teacher-led enrichment programs to children 5-12 years old, Komodo is passionate about helping the littlest of learners gain focus, speed, and accuracy in their work!

What’s the secret to being good at math?

https://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/whats-the-secret-to-being-good-at-math/

rawstory.com Asian countries like Singapore and Japan lead the ranks in first and second position on maths performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tables – an international survey that ranks education systems worldwide – while Australia sits around 12th.

What’s the secret to being good at math?

https://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/whats-the-secret-to-being-good-at-math/

rawstory.com Asian countries like Singapore and Japan lead the ranks in first and second position on maths performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) tables – an international survey that ranks education systems worldwide – while Australia sits around 12th.

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[08/03/15]   Komodo Language Arts/Creative Writing enrichment classes
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Beginning August 1st, writing, reading, comprehension, sentence structure classes will resume. Our focus is to help students write complete sentences, using them in different types of paragraph writing (narrative, descriptive, definition, similarities and differences), reading out loud in front of the class, working on comprehension skills, communication and much more.
Schedule of classes
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Saturday 11:00a.m-12:15p.m Chantilly
Saturday 9:00a.m-10:30a.m Germantown
Saturday 12:00p.m-2:00p.m Germantown
Monday 6:30p.m.-7:45p.m Ashburn
Wednesday 6:30p.m.-7:45p.m Chantilly
Thursday 6:30p.m-7:45p.m Ashburn
Thursday 5:00p.m-6:30p.m Germantown