
Learning to write Chinese through non conventional methods
One of the hardest aspect of the Chinese language is undoubtedly the characters. It is not only difficult to recognize, but even harder to write. Learning to write and retaining that ability is a very dull process even for adults, which make this topic extra challenging for children.
Traditionally characters are taught using stroke sequence charts, live demonstration, and a lot of repetition. Tracing booklets is the usual go to when it comes to practice.
However none of that will appeal to a toddler, when I teach younger children, and when I think about my own daughter, I asked what can make this process fun and interesting?
I try to incorporate a lot of pictures into writing when I teach, but that’s not enough, kids tend to need a lot more help with characters when it come to stroke sequence, relative size of radicals, and the overall look. Just asking them to mimic what the instructor writes tend to yield a funky looking result, with tracing exercises killing off whatever interest they had to begin with…
As a result I’ve started teaching characters in completely different ways. Every time a character is introduced, I would pair it with a craft exercise, but most importantly, I introduce the character using a game also – the good old connect the dot to reveal the shape game!
One character we did recently was

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