How To Help Your Child With Math Does your child struggle to grasp basic math skills, relying on their fingers to add and subtract? Do your efforts to help them memorize addition and subtraction always seem to end in frustration? If this sounds like you, you’re not...
Fall Term 2021 Q: Is vaccination mandated for all teachers and staff?A: All JAMS teachers and staff are fully vaccinated. Q: Will you maintain social distance in class?A: We will keep a 3-foot social distance. Q: Are masks required?A: Yes. Everyone must wear a mask...
ABACUS VS. KUMON It seems that there are as many unique teaching and tutoring approaches out there as there are children! And while many of them are similar, it’s important to make distinctions between the various styles – especially when your child’s education is the...
It is with great delight that we write about our funtastic experience with JAMS, Portland. All three of our children have been learning Abacus math here for close to a decade. Sensei Miwako is simply an amazing teacher who inspires and motivates her students to...
We are fortunate to have discovered JAMS, and grateful to Miwako Sensei, who instills discipline and motivation in her pupils.” -Karen C., Parent You may think JAMS is just about learning the abacus, but we are about so much more! It is Sensei Miwako’s goal to help...
In an epic battle between the Japanese abacus and an electronic calculator, which do you think would win? On November 12, 1946 the abacus was put to the test! In the capable hands of Mr. Kiyoshi Matsuzaki, the abacus won in a decisive victory of 4 to 1! The Nippon...
