About Us
Roots Abacus & Mathematics (RAM) is a whole brain development program that lays a perfect and solid Mathematics foundation in young children.
RAM is a leading Abacus Brain Development program. Our program aims to support the intellectual development of children during their formative years between the ages of 4 to 14 years. During this age, child brain development is fastest and our abacus program supports sharpening Brain power, concentration, visualisation power, retention, grasping of concepts, focus, and creativity. Our program aims to enhance the learning ability of children to bring positive behavioral changes that are crucial in achieving overall excellence in their formative years.
Our Program
Abacus is an old Chinese instrument that uses beads to solve mathematical problems of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, square roots, percentages, BODMAS, and fractions - whatever can be solved with a calculator can be solved with an Abacus instead. As the child uses both hands to move Abacus beads, the brain is completely focused on one task to improve concentration.
The program can be learned at any age once the child understands addition and subtraction. The child is taken through the training using the Abacus instrument, using both hands to utilise full brain potential for holistic brain development using mathematics. This supports improvement in the child’s mental mathematics skills. We have interactive classes where children can enjoy and learn as well as demonstrate their capabilities to parents and friends. The program includes brain exercises (Brain Yoga), puzzle solving, speed writing and dictation to help children gain focus, energising their brains.
Our Approach
Small group classes ensure child receives step-by-step instruction from a qualified and trained teacher. Roots research-based methods are proven to enhance the child’s mathematical ability and encourage confidence. The program is scientifically constructed to bring out the child’s natural talent to learn and use these skills to excel in activities both inside and outside their school curriculum.
We teach with a personal touch, aiming to form a relationship with the student. Here at Roots, we are one big family of teachers and students, all sharing the common goal of bringing the gift of balanced brain development to as many people as possible.
Vision
To IGNITE our new generation mentally and functionally for meeting and overcoming the challenges of today’s competitive environment.
Our aim is to promote heart-based education for everyone all over Singapore.
Mission
Our Mission is to grow our students into future leaders of this world. We aspire to unleash the inherent power of the human mind and form a knowledge based society.
Our Objectives
To build the mental ability to calculate fast and accurately without using a physical external device, such as an abacus or a calculator;
To train and sharpen the child’s mental power;
To promote balanced brain development
To promote patience, efficiency and concentration;
To train the child to attain good habits and a positive attitudes;
To train and develop the child’s observation power;
To sharpen the child’s hearing power;
To increase the child’s creativity;
To help the child overcome a phobia of numbers;
To improve the child’s memory power;
To reduce the child’s carelessness;
To expand the child’s faculties;
To boost the child’s confidence in overcoming obstacles in their mental development.