![]() ![]() She is, however, not a fan of the game - she can barely name two characters. To cater to their interest, she also made two shorter abacuses with Pikachus and Pokeballs figurines, which she will be using to teach her class of five- to six-year-olds how to count to 10,000. Then I told them it’s on the abacus,” said Mr Wong Teo Kwang, 78, a participant in the class. “I told my grandchildren that I also play Pokemon, and they think I am funny and ask me how I do it. One positive outcome was that her students have told her they now have a common topic to chat with the younger folks at home. “You can also play Pokemon,” said Ms Wong to her class of 17 senior citizens at Geylang Serai Community Centre on Monday (Oct 3). Noting that some of the senior citizens in her abacus class had referred to the popular Pokemon Go game as “scary” or “dangerous”, the mentor with eldercare initiative Friends of the Third Age created the abacus to introduce her students to the characters. She bought the 100 plastic Pokemon figurines online for S$20. Ms Phyilly Wong, 50, made a metre-long abacus with 20 rows of Pokemon figurines two weeks ago. SINGAPORE - Jumping onto the Pokemon Go bandwagon, an abacus teacher started using Pokemon to teach seniors how to use the ancient calculating tool to count. ![]() She aligns her creations with current trends and amusing themes – of note are a faeces abacus, a cockroach abacus, and an abacus themed around colourful personalities of General Election 2011. Photo: Wong Pei TingĪbacus teacher Phyilly Wong, 50, showing us her abacus collection. Mentor with the Friends of the Third Age, Ms Phyilly Wong, 50, an abacus teacher, created a Pokemon Abacus – made using 100 plastic figurines – to increase the seniors' learning interest. ![]()
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