Emmalee started attending Abacus almost a year now. She came from another tutoring center (well known and popular) but was not progressing. Abacus' impact on Emmalee is she has went up 2 grade levels in less than a year. She is in first grade learning 3rd grade math, multiplication. All the teachers work great with the kids. They are professional, kind, and caring. Emmalee loves learning math! If you want your child to advance in math, abacus is a solid foundation. read more

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Great place to learn. Help your child think, see and feel mathematics. Abacus has changed my daughter's life in the first three hours. Try it out read more

I called after googling "abacus classes" on Google. The owners arranged for us to come and evaluate my 4 year old daughter and I wanted to observe the learning environment. Super nice people! Family owned and operated. What I appreciated the most is their honesty. Instead of having me enroll my daughter, they told me (after evaluating her) she was not quite ready. Ms Joey even gifted my daughter a print out packet of coloring pages and basic abacus information. When she's a little bit older we will come again. Oh! They offer online class too! Very convenient! read more

Our daughter has been a student here for the past year or so. She enjoys the teacher and the class. Whether it's the lessons or her natural ability, we have noticed her problem solving and critical thinking skills have been improving. Highly recommend this to any parent looking for their child to develop or improve math skills. read more

All my three children went to AMA Learning Center. They have benefited from it. The teachers have been very knowledgeable and so patient. They explained everything really well. Highly recommend it! read more

Really good place to learn abacus and the staffs are kind. My kids are learning many math skills in this place for many years, and they loved it. Especially the teacher Ms. Jennifer, she is so nice and always patient with my kids. If you want your kids to learn abacus, here is the place. read more

My kids love the teachers at AMALC! Mr. Jeremy, Ms. Joey, Ms. Karen and Ms Priscilla are exceptional at what they do. Abacus has been an invaluable tool to help my kids in mental math. They are dedicated to teaching the kids and patient with the learning curve of all their students. It took 4 years to complete all 10 levels but it was worth it! Send your kids here! read more

If you want your kids to learn mental math, AMA is a great place to be. I tried two other schools before I enrolled my older son at AMA which was referred by a piano mom. My older son finished level 10 three years ago, then I had my younger son enrolled from level one. I think AMA programs trained their mental calculation capacity and speed, and also helped to build up their confidence on math. My son's teacher Ms. Karen always took time to give feedback to me. Ms. Joey , the school manager, is diligent, humble and always supportive. AMA also has convenience schedules for busy parents. If your kids are in elementary school, please take a try-out lesson with AMA and don't miss the window of opportunity on math education. read more

My son starts the Abacus course when he was 1st grade. I'm so excited and happy that he recently graduate all 10 levels. Thanks for all the staffs and teachers at AMALC. They are very professional and supportive. There were few times my son was struggled. They were willing to spend extra time to help him. I'm glad that they are able to provide online class during pandemic. Also, AMALC has an unique curriculum and their online practice platform is user friendly. Abacus is really the way to train your kids brain and mental development. I can tell my son gains more confidence and able to solve math questions quickly. It's a long journey to complete the 10 levels. However, I and my son feel a big accomplishment, and that's so worth it. I hope more kids can be benefited from it. read more

We've been coming to AMA for many years now and we love everyone there, especially, Ms Karen and Ms Joey! I must admit, it takes discipline to learn this skill, but my child now loves going there. Ms Karen is our main teacher now. She is thorough with her instructions, and patient when working with different learning styles. On top of that, she has the ability to connect with kids on a personal level, which makes going there to learn abacus a fun experience. read more

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My son just finished the 10-level curriculum last week and I couldn't be more proud! He started the program during the summer before first grade and now he is finishing up fourth grade (with breaks for holidays and vacations). It was a long journey but very worthwhile. The class meets weekly for 2 hours and the homework takes about 10-15 minutes every day. When he first started, he complained about having to go to class on Saturdays and have to do "extra-homework" daily. But the program is quite effective and he started doing multiplication problems after just a few months while kids were still counting Teddy bears and colored balloons in his regular school. This program helped him to build solid foundation on math facts and confidence in working on math problems early on. We had our ups and downs here. The abacus math problems get quite hard after the first few levels. For a time my son almost gave up but thanks to the center and the teachers, especially Miss Summer, who took the time to help my son to figure out his missed steps and to correct his mistakes, my son overcame his issues and continued with program with renewed interest. It does involve significant commitment and after the first four or five levels, the problems get quite complex, with very long computations sometimes more than 10 digits. At one point I thought this was more than what was practical and I was not sure about the utility for continuing to higher levels (maybe unless he gets stuck on a space station without a calculator and need to manually recalibrate some machine requiring precise mathematical computation....) But by then, my son asked to continue and wanted to complete the program. I think he recognized how the program had helped him to build his math skills, ability to focus and helped him to do well in school. While the higher level problems may be too complex to be practical, they are great brain workouts to keep his math skills sharp. Last week when I walked in to pick him up after class, the teachers all looked at me smiling and asking him to tell mom the good news. It was his last class (my bad; didn't even realize that) and he had passed the test for the final level but he did not want to tell me that he was done. It turns out as part of the program, students who have finished all levels are invited to return for review at any time. My son didn't want to tell me that he graduated so I would keep bringing him here for class! Wow! I told him I would be happy to take him here for as long as he wanted to come. He went back for the first time this week as a graduate. He worked on some problems and helped Miss Summer with some of the little kids. He was thrilled to be a little assistant teacher. Miss Summer also gave him a refresher on the earlier stuff that he had forgotten. I think there is no better way to find out if you truly understand something until you have to explain it to others. And did I mention that graduates get to go back for free?! My son said he was not the first graduate who went back regularly for review. Thanks AMA for challenging my kid and give him the opportunity to continue better himself! I considered the money and time very well spent! read more

My son finished 10 levels of abacus class and my daughter is finishing up level 9. My son is smart and math comes to him easily so he really really enjoyed the abacus classes. I often asked him if he felt going through 10 levels of abacus classes helped him in school to see if the money that I spent is justified. He attributes his doing well in math classes to having a strong foundation with numbers from taking abacus at a young age and completing all 10 levels. He has scored a perfect 600 in the Star math test since 4th grade. My daughter is not that quick with number as her brother is. Although we signed her up for the class, we did not expect that she would have the same level of success or get as much out of the classes as her brother did. We expected her to quit by Level 6 but she seems to thrive. I think Level 6 is the hump that all the kids have to get through to continue on. Anyways, she is doing well and math is one of her strongest subject in school, which we didn't expect. I have recommended the program to all the people that I know with young kids. It's a big commitment to have to drive them to Monterey Park every weekends not to mention paying the tuition, but they are only young once. there is a window of opportunity for them to learn and once that has passed, it is hard to go back. I'm glad I found this program and my children had the opportunity to attend. read more

Excellent interactive training for kids, both of my kids are very happy attending after hours school. They also do their daily homework online with joy. read more

Words can explain the gratitude we have for the AMA Learning Center. The AMA Learning Center has helped our child grow, excel, and become an excellent life learner. The program at AMALC is great, but the teachers and staff are beyond excellent. If you are looking for a place to help your child's math skills grow this is the place. If you are looking for a place to help increase your child's critical thinking and emotional growth this is definitely the place. This is not an easy program, and the success of it comes from both the child and the parents' dedication to the program. The tools they provide will help you achieve your goals, but your child and family will also need to be life learners. If you have the chance and are willing to invest in your child both educationally and emotionally, this program is above all others and will make an impact in your child's life. It is not easy and it will take years to complete, but the journey will be well worth it. read more

My sons math skills has greatly improved in little under a year. In kinder he can do a lot of higher level math

Very effective way for kids to solve math equation without the help of a calculator. It's all about mental math.

While it's great for kids to get an edge in math and going through this program, a HUGE commitment of practicing, memorization of formulas , plus time and money. As my little one is nearing to completion, I couldn't be more proud as one of the very few to survive & made it near to advance class, almost reach to the end goal. The only problem is , as it gets more advance, if your child is not disciplined, routine to do his/her homeworks on their own, really tough as parent can't help! now, my question is how much of this will my child retain for the rest of his/her life? I worry without the center, going weekly, will my child retain to use this in daily life. The plus is perhaps it did help the left brain to be more in tune to other subjects like science, chemistry etc. Having any enrichment class is great, but this is a commitment! I think with Kumon, you have the traditional learning, with this , it gets over their head with formulas, didn't get that "click" in their mind, then you feel you waste money. I think in the beginning I was thrilled, the kid doing great in math, but now & there are time, gets more confuse rather than help , switching between the traditional way of learning to this way. I am not sure that this will help further in mastering math. After all word problems are what you want them to master, not just crunching out quick numbers only. It's your call! I am proud that she's gone almost toward the end of the program and that she did retain quick math thinking , lightning speed but having said all that, this is NOT for all kids, you really have to evaluate your own child ability so you won't waste your money and time. As talking about the center itself, the teachers are so supportive, some teachers are better than others, but all are very nice and accommodating, trying hard to encouraging and explaining to the kids, reward system if the kids get their points. What I love about the place, I do feel safe to drop my kid here, the place is clean, clean restroom, lots of games to keep them entertain during breaks and you do have that "all in family" feeling. Good luck to your decision! read more

this place is wonderful. i was actually a student here and i was actually the first class to be enrolled. however i dropped out in level 2 or 3, due to a busy schedule. i really regret it now. when i took the classes, i always thought, 'this is pointless, when will i ever use these techniques?!' however, now i can truly say how it has greatly benefited me. i am now in a higher math level in school and i owe a great deal of that to AMA. the teachers and staffs are also great and very kind(: i remember i would have to come early sometimes and they would always talk to me, play with me, or help me with homework. i definitely recommend these classes! taking these classes also make me proud because i'll be doing math on my 'invisible' abacus and everyone thinks its the coolest thing ever and it's also nice to tell someone that you won first place in one of the competitions at this school. take these classes- you WON'T regret it. (: i still keep in contact with one of the teachers. :) read more