Abacus West expands to Seattle

Published 2:07 pm Friday, September 7, 2012

After almost three years of steady growth on the Eastside, after-school math enrichment program Abacus West at has expanded to Seattle.

Beginning this month, the organization will offer classes in the Good Shepherd Center at 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle. Abacus West also offers classes at the Old Redmond School House at 16600 N.E. 80th St. in Redmond and the Plateau Club at 25625 E. Plateau Dr. in Sammamish.

Abacus West offers a math enrichment program for children aged 5-12. The program integrates dynamic and interactive techniques including the use of the Japanese abacus (soroban) as a tool to teach fundamental math skills. Students learn to manipulate the beads of an abacus and also how to visualize a mental abacus, enabling them to perform mental math. Along the way students also develop their focus, concentration, confidence and visualization skills.