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Live online · Ages 6 to 12 · Batches of ten

Online Abacus Maths Classes for Kids in Ireland🇮🇪

Three-digit sums in their head, with no calculator and no finger counting. The first live class is free, and you watch it.

Near you, wherever you live in Ireland: every class is live online, in your time zone, and your child joins from home.

How old is your child?

Show us on the beads.Top bead 5Bottom beads 1 eachLeft rod tens

We teach ages 6 to 12. Not sure if yours fits? Book anyway and ask the instructor on the call.

Move the beads to show your child’s age.

Not sure how the beads work?

Fill in the simple form insteadSee how a soroban works

Book a free demo class

A live 30-minute lesson with the instructor who would teach your child. You watch the whole class.

500+ students over 7+ years · certified instructor · live, never recorded

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Your child

How old is your child?

Turning 6 soon? Pick 5. Every child starts at Level 1.

Batch times are set for your time zone.

  • Free. No card, nothing to pay.
  • Nobody will ask you to pay or decide anything on the call.

Seats open in the current batch

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Trusted by families across the United States 🇺🇸, the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, and the Gulf 🇦🇪.

Built around the Irish primary curriculum

After-school slots in Irish time that sit alongside the school week, building the mental maths the primary curriculum asks for from Infants upward.

Infants to First
Ages 5 to 7
Second to Fourth
Ages 8 to 10
Fifth and Sixth
Ages 11 to 12

For Irish families

How abacus fits your child’s schooling, from Junior Infants to Sixth Class

The mental maths children build with the Japanese soroban method carries through every class of primary school, and into the first years of secondary.

  1. Infants to First

    Junior Infants to First Class

    Ages 5 to 7

    Number sense, visualisation, and finger-to-bead confidence. Children build a physical model of how numbers behave before they meet written column arithmetic.

    Counting on, counting back, and number bonds to 10 and 20 start to feel obvious rather than memorised.

  2. Second to Fourth

    Second Class to Fourth Class

    Ages 8 to 10

    Mental addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division at speed. After about a year of regular practice, most children begin the transition from physical beads to a mental abacus, doing the sums in their head.

    Tables, two-step problems, and the mental maths sections of weekly work start feeling routine.

  3. Fifth and Sixth

    Fifth and Sixth Class

    Ages 11 to 12

    Speed and accuracy under timed conditions. The mental abacus keeps arithmetic from becoming the bottleneck, so problem solving and the move to secondary maths get your child’s full attention.

    A steadier pace in timed work, and an easier first year of secondary school maths.

For children who have lost confidence with maths, or find mental arithmetic stressful in class, the structured 10-level path tends to rebuild that confidence one level at a time. Each level gives a small, clear win.

Most families start their child between Senior Infants and Fourth Class. A Fifth or Sixth Class starter still benefits, moving through the same 10 levels at a quicker pace in the early stages.

The parent portal

Quality over quantity is easy to say. We let you check it, class by class.

Every family gets a private parent portal. After most classes the instructor writes you a note about your child, and the attendance, the timed tests and the certificates sit beside it.

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Updates from class

  1. Thu 16 Oct New

    Set 47 + 25 with no wrong moves, and used the index finger for the top bead without a reminder. Two minutes a day on “take five, add one” before Monday.

  2. Mon 13 Oct

    A slow start, then the steadiest hand in the batch on the last round. Ask her to show you a sum on the beads tonight.

After most classes, the instructor writes what your child did and what to practise next.

Example screens with a sample child. The portal opens when your child joins a batch, and each family sees only their own child.

Parents answer the question you came here with: is abacus good for kids?

My son's math skills improved dramatically after just three months of classes. His concentration has improved in all subjects too.
Sarah Fernandes·Parent of 8-year-old

Excited about maths for the first time

Yes! He is enjoying the classes. I have never seen him so excited about math.
Pravin·Parent of 7-year-old

Now enjoys maths challenges

After six months of classes, my daughter's confidence in mathematics has soared. She now enjoys math challenges!
Lisa Rodriguez·Parent of 7-year-old

Significant improvement in just months

Thank you so much, teacher. It is due to your patience and dedication that my child has shown significant improvement. We truly appreciate your efforts.
Hanisha Ali·Parent of 8-year-old

Completed level with full marks

We are delighted to share that our daughter has completed her level today with full marks! This achievement wouldn't have been possible without your constant support.
Mahesh·Parent of 9-year-old

What happens after you book

Four steps, and only one of them is yours

  1. You book

    Two short steps: your child's age, then how to reach you.

  2. We confirm a time

    Within 24 hours, by email or phone, with the fee for your country in writing.

  3. Your child takes the class

    Live, on a real soroban, with the instructor who would teach them.

  4. A seat is offered

    After the class, by invitation. An invitation holds a seat for 14 days.

Nobody will ask you to pay or decide anything on the call.

Class facts

Everything a month includes

Live classes
2 a week, 1 hour each
Children in a batch
10 at most
Batch times
Set for your time zone
Levels
10, each ending in a graded test
First graded test
About month 3
Practice at home
About 15 minutes a day
Soroban and workbook
Sent to your door
Fee
One fee for your country, in writing

It suits children aged six to twelve, including those already good at maths, in a family that can protect two hours a week and fifteen minutes a day. If that is not possible today, come back when it is: we would rather lose the enrolment than lose your child in month two.

Cliffpoint Abacus Academy teaches live online abacus classes to children aged 6 to 12 from Goa, India, to families in India, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Gulf, Canada, Australia and Singapore.

The ten levelsThere are ten of them, and each one ends with a test. Read what the ten-level programme asks of your child at every stage.Open the prospectus

Ten seats per batch, and every child begins with one free class.

  • Every field on one page, for parents who would rather just type
  • The fee for your country comes in writing with your demo time

Book a free demo class

A live 30-minute lesson with the instructor who would teach your child. You watch the whole class.

500+ students over 7+ years · certified instructor · live, never recorded

WhatsApp works best. We use it only to agree a demo time.

By booking, you agree we can contact you about this demo. Your details stay with us: no spam, never shared.

Seats open in the current batch

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Online, so location is not a barrier

Abacus classes near you

Looking for “abacus classes near me”? Live online means we are closer than the closest commute. Same certified instructor, same small class, same Japanese soroban method, no drive across the county.

  • Dublin
  • Cork
  • Galway
  • Limerick
  • Waterford
  • Drogheda
  • Dundalk
  • Swords
  • Bray
  • Navan
  • Kilkenny
  • Sligo

Classes run live over video in Irish time. With a stable connection and a quiet corner, your child can join from any Eircode.

Ireland

Online abacus classes in Ireland

Our live online programme is open to families across Ireland, with batches scheduled in Irish time around the school day. Groups are capped at ten students and led by a certified instructor with 7+ years of teaching experience. Tuition is billed monthly in euro, and the fee is sent in writing with your demo time; the toolkit is delivered separately. The 10-level structure suits children from Junior Infants through Sixth Class, alongside the mental strategies the primary curriculum already asks for.

Common questions from families in Ireland

What time are classes for families in Ireland?

Live batches run in Irish time. Most families pick an after-school weekday slot or a Saturday morning batch, and once enrolled the timing stays the same week to week so it settles into the family routine.

What are the fees for abacus classes in Ireland?

One fixed monthly fee for Ireland, in euro, the same for every family there. It covers two live classes a week, eight a month, in a batch of at most ten. We send it in writing with your demo time, so you can read it before the class, and nobody asks you to pay or decide anything on the call. The abacus and workbooks are a one-off purchase, delivered to your address.

How does the abacus fit alongside the Irish primary curriculum?

The primary maths curriculum asks children to work with number sense and mental strategies rather than written procedures alone, and the abacus builds exactly that. It supports school maths rather than replacing it, and most families start their child between Senior Infants and Fourth Class while the foundations are still forming.

What does the free demo class look like for families in Ireland?

A real 30-minute live class with our certified instructor over video, not a recorded video. Your child tries the abacus, the instructor walks you through the programme, and you can ask about timings, fees in euro, and progression. No card required to book.

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For parents

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For Irish parents

The new maths curriculum, the summer tests and maths through Irish

Alongside the new maths curriculum
Since September 2024, every class from Junior Infants to Sixth Class has been moving onto the new Primary Mathematics Curriculum, which asks for problem solving and maths talk. A soroban gives your child something concrete to talk about: which beads moved, and why. It adds to the class teacher’s work and does not replace it.
The tests in Second, Fourth and Sixth Class
Second, Fourth and Sixth Class sit standardised reading and maths tests each May or early June, and the result usually comes home as a STen score. Abacus helps with the number questions on papers such as Drumcondra or Sigma-T. It does nothing for shape, measures or data, and it is not test coaching.
If your child is in a Gaelscoil
Maths in a Gaelscoil is usually taught through Irish, often to children whose first language is not Irish. Our classes are in English, but a soroban needs little language: the beads and numerals look the same either way. Adding on the beads with us is the same skill the teacher calls suimiú.
A week, in Irish time
Two live one-hour classes a week after school, in Irish time: GMT in winter, an hour ahead in summer. About fifteen minutes of practice on the other days, batches of ten at most, and a graded test to finish each of the ten levels. It starts with a free 30-minute demo. Nobody asks you to pay or decide on the call, and the fee comes in writing, in euro, with your demo time.

Read what an abacus is, follow the free step-by-step lessons, try the free virtual abacus, read how our mental maths classes work, or see the ten-level programme.