For Students to Activate Active Picturing with Fine Motor Manipulatives  
Have student practice verbal recall of the dramatic sequence while solving numerical statement. It might be helpful to write out the dramatic sequence in verse.
Coordinate verbal recall of dramatic sequence with presentation of fine motor manipulations of Pythabacus that likewise solve numerical statements.
For Students to Integrate Active and Mental Picturing  
From fine motor manipulations of Pythabacus have student extract numerical statements for student to solve.
Have student verbally recall fine motor manipulations of Pythabacus while solving numerical statements.
 

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Steps to Demonstrate Simple Times on the Pythabacus
Step 0: Click To Activate
Step 1: Left Click Check Button
Step 2: Left Click a Gold Bottom Row Bead.
Step 3: Press Left Arrow Key.
Step 4: Left Click Another Gold Bead to the Right of the First and Press Left Arrow Key..
Step 5: Left Click Leftmost Gold Bead of Right Group and Press Right Arrow Key..
The solution to the Simple Times problem is equal the number of beads included in the quadrilateral of brown beads.
This quadrilateral is imagined as a cart in which a little gnome might take his harvest of stones home.