I have been constantly looking for better ways for children to learn Chinese characters. As I started to teach Mandarin Chinese at The Montessori Place in Hove, Brighton. I have had some meetings with the head teacher Rob recently. Inspired by the Montessori 3-part cards, I have created Little Dragon Mandarin Chinese 4-part cards. I…

From this term, our Lewes level 1 student are ready to learn Chinese character structures. We use ancient Chinese pictogram(Jiaguwen/甲骨文）& visual method to introduce reading and writing to the kids. To meet the teaching method I need to use, I have designed my own materials and booklet for our students to use. It is like…

Kids start to learn the structures of Chinese characters at our Level 1 classes. They can be 5 or 6 years old. We introduce the Chinese basic words via visual ancient Chinese words as building blocks. After they learn some of the basic characters, kids are quickly able to grab the idea  then build new…