Lesson 3 - Square and Small

How is it going?  After lesson 1 and 2, do you think your kid(s) started to pick up a little bit in writing Chinese?  I sure hope so. 

If not, please feel free to go back to the last 2 lessons and print out the activity sheets again and let him/her to practice more.

These 2 characters, "Square" and "Small", is an exercise to practice 2 special strokes in writing Chinese characters.  They are:

1) dot (pinyin: dian), and
2) vertical stroke with a hook (pinyin: shugou)

When I was in the craft fairs selling Chinese calligraphy in the early 2000s, some of my customers didn't understand these 2 strokes.  Once in a while, I had customers asking me to eliminate them. 

However, eliminate one of these strokes would make a big difference to the meaning of a Chinese character.  So, pay attention to where these 2 strokes go. 

Parents, you may need to roll up the sleeves writing Chinese with your kid(s) this time.  Once you get through this hump, the coming challenges will be more bearable.

Here is the link to this lesson activity sheet:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxJnXu3nperhallMQzRfRVFDb1k/edit?usp=sharing

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