Shenmo Rwanda

Established in 1998, Shenmo Education takes mental education as its core, follows the educational concept of “equality, respect, trust, admiration, attention, and motivation”, and focuses on the cultivation of morality and learning ability. After more than 20 years of exploration, Shenmo has formed a quality education system centered on Abacus Mental Arithmetic. With a mission to inherit and promote Chinese culture, Shenmo aims to enlighten children’s “nature” in the way of “happy education” and helps people progress in order to promote social development. Abacus Mental Math is a time-honoured traditional method of performing mathematical calculations with an abacus. Practitioners can perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, exponential multiplication, root and more complicated equations by moving beads along the abacus rods according to defined formulas. Abacus Mental Math has played a vital role in giving an impetus to mathematical studies, promoting algorithmic practices and fostering intelligence. Abacus Mental Math oral formulas have easy-to-learn rhymes that represent specific calculation rules and summarize the arithmetic operations. Beginners can make quick calculations after some fairly basic training, while proficient practitioners develop an agile mind. Abacus Mental Math is widely used in Chinese life and is an important symbol of traditional Chinese culture, providing a strong sense of cultural identity. It has been handed down through generations by traditional methods of oral teaching and self-learning. Training in abacus-based mental arithmetic is thought to improve a child’s attention span, memory and mental capability. Today, it contributes to the advancement of calculating techniques, cognitive schemes, educational psychology and intellectual development. It also has a far-reaching influence in various fields of cultural creativity, including folk customs, language, literature, sculpture and architecture.