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Gabijus memory counting began around five o’clock, when his parents, seeing the boy’s exceptional interest in puzzles, took him to the Menar Academy (now the EIQ Academy – ed.), Where he is taught to count the mind.

Children are taught according to the eastern intelligence training methodology, which is applied in various parts of the world. It was launched in Lithuania in 2013.

He studied counting for three years

“I wanted to learn math better. There are all sorts of interesting puzzles and thinking tasks, ”said the boy himself.

Gabijus said his knowledge of numbers and mathematical operations started little by little, from smaller numbers to simpler operations. Gabijus studied at the Mint Computing Academy for three years, both in time and in the curriculum.

But when he finishes, the boy says annoyed because he enjoyed learning. Therefore, Gabius’ parents offered their son to study at this academy for another two years, choosing another program instead of calculated calculation.

Which mathematical operation is the most difficult for Gabius? “Play,” he says. And the easiest? “Share.”

Asked how we can learn seemingly impossible things in general, Gabius explains: He has been taught to count on his fingers, to imagine numbers, and to transfer them into thoughts. The child multiplies the two- or three-digit number and divides the four-digit number by a few seconds.

“Looking at the size of the number,” explains the nine-year-old, who would like to be a programmer or engineer in the future.

Counting juggling with fingers

In three years, Gabius did 1,800 assignments at the Menar Academy.

“The number of tasks is high and it really beat the group average. However, even in this case, it was not the maximum number of tasks in the group, there were more that did it, ”said Gabijus’s mother, Irmantė.

Irmantė said that when Gabijus learned to count, he also used a special reader: the abacus (abacus). For a person who is not faced with counting by heart, such a skill of Gabius is unusual and difficult to understand.

“Abakus is similar to the counters that used to be in stores. Only smaller. And train with him. You move those balls then the numbers moves to the head counting fingers juggling. It looks a bit strange from the side, people are surprised, “said Irmantė.

Speaking of this ability of the son, Irmantė considers that the child must be receptive: “If a person is caring, they will not deal with numbers like that. But it is not the case that a child counts from memory and puts the number in this way without effort. “

I wanted the skills to improve

Gabius’ parents suggested learning mythical calculus by noticing his receptivity to numbers and logical tasks.

“We saw early on that he was more receptive to numbers and puzzles. He was very interested in the puzzle. At the age of two, he made them 100-150 pieces, although 30-20 piece puzzles are actually suitable for those children, ”Irmantė said.

When I was a 3-4 year old boy, I read and counted, I tried to write. “We thought: we have to get involved and take the child somewhere to improve his skills. Because, say, in a preschool class, what does he do?” You can count, you can write, “Gabijus’s mother said.

At the Olympics – third place

Parents learned to count by heart and that it is taught randomly. They took Gabija to a demo lesson and she liked it. And so it was.

In his second and third year of study, Gabijus participated in the International Mind Computing Olympics. Both times, the boy won third place. “It just came to our notice then. We didn’t expect it. The first year it took place in Lithuania and the following year in St. Petersburg; there was a lot more competition there,” Gabijus’s mother said.

The Olympics were attended by more than 300 children from various states who competed in their age groups.

The mother said she saw her son’s training before the Olympics, when sequences of numbers “fell” one after another on the computer screen. One digit, two digits, three digits. And the sequence of those numbers themselves was quickly lost.

Gabius mentally adds and subtracts two-, three-, and four-digit numbers, divides four two-digit digits, and the most complex thing is multiplication. So most two-digit, sometimes three-digit numbers are multiplied: “When you trained for the first Olympics, in order for different numbers to appear on the screen, you need to set your speed. It was milliseconds, and for multiplication and division, seconds, “said Irmantė.

Lessons are easy to remember

According to Irmantė, they are not one of those parents who would force the child to do something or, if the child is not interested, they say: finish if you started. However, Gabius really wanted to learn computers.

“I believe that this program, although it is intended for children of all ages, should be attended earlier, if the parents notice that the child has such abilities. The most important thing is to warn them in time and, if possible, to help educate. Yes To achieve more, it really takes work.

Gabius learned to count and made it easier for him in school. It is easy for children in grades 2-3 to learn to multiply or divide. But at the same time, he learned to concentrate, to concentrate more, to develop memory, and it was easy for him to memorize in the lessons. And how will it be? It will be obvious, “said Irmantė.

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