To understand how ancient Chinese used pictographs to document their daily life and how pictographs evolved to modern Chinese characters.

Week 1: Brief Introduction of Chinese Calligraphy, Four Treasures of Study, Basic Strokes – Dot, Horizontal and Vertical Strokes.

Practice Characters – Numbers (一 二 三 四 五)

Week 2: Basic Strokes – Left Falling, Press Down Strokes, and Common Complex Strokes.

Practice Characters – Numbers (六 七 八 九 十 百 千)

Week 3: Basic Strokes – Hooks and Turning Strokes and Introduce Pictograph.

Practice Characters – Nature (日 月 雨 天 山 水 木)

Week 4: Practice Characters - Human and Body Parts (人 口 目 耳 手 足)

Week 5: Practice Characters – Animals (牛 羊 馬 鳥 魚) and Review.

Age: 6-12