Pre-School Chinese Classes

Journey into a brand new world of Chinese learning in a rich, fun and stimulating learning environment. Foster early foundational language skills through the ultimate combination of joyful learning and the rigour of academic excellence.

Begin your child’s Chinese learning journey through the exploration of the culture in interactive and multi-sensory formats. Our Preschool N2 Chinese curriculum aims to spark genuine interest in learning Chinese, kickstart cognitive development and nurture curiosity in a safe space. 

Weekly classes revolve around these 3 main activities:

Sing-A-Long Songs

  • Practice character intonations and pronunciation of words
  • Start building a foundation in Chinese vocabulary
  • Learn how to apply learnt words in simple conversations

Interactive and Animated Story-Telling

  • Distinguish the basics of Chinese sentence structuring
  • Boost Chinese character recognition
  • Explore Chinese culture through a curated selection of books
  • Develop a genuine interest towards reading

Beginner Penmanship

  • Introduction of the 7 basic rules of stroke order for Chinese character writing
  • Master proper writing proportions of each character
  • Build up momentum for Chinese writing and spelling

Your child will be more Primary-School ready than ever.

Our Kindergarten Chinese curriculum starts seeding students with what they can expect in Primary School to gain a head start from peers and approach the next year with confidence. 

The curated combination of Hanyu Pinyin Introduction, Tell-A-Story and Sing-A-Song Sessions and Advanced Penmanship Practices provides the perfect bridge for preschoolers into the start of their formal education. From proper sentence construction to key reading skills, students will be fully prepared to tackle formal learning in Primary 1.

Hanyu Pinyin

  • Master accurate pronunciation and tongue motions of basic Chinese characters 
  • Distinguish the basic pronunciations of Pinyin – a, i, o, u, Ü
  • Join the basic pronunciations to form words – ba, pa, ma, ta
  • Identify and practice the 4 intonations – bā, bá, bă, bà
  • Build confidence in speaking Chinese

Tell-A-Story and Sing-A-Song

  • Reinforcing the words and characters learnt in Preschool N2
  • Further broaden Chinese vocabulary and word recognition 
  • Practice articulation and creativity with storytelling sessions
  • Spelling tests with handpicked phrases from song lyrics

Advanced Penmanship

  • Introduction of stroke counting for Chinese character writing
  • Be exposed to writing difficult Chinese characters with higher stroke counts
  • Gain a deeper understanding between the character structure and its meaning
  • Practice short sentence writing

This course aims to cultivate the child’s interest in learning and speaking Chinese in a complete Chinese speaking environment. The child is led unknowingly into a comprehensive method of learning Chinese, from basic to intermediate levels, through fun games, singing, and arts and craft. The materials provided cover pronunciation, reciting, recognition of words, story-telling, phrases and short sentences.

Lesson time: 1 hour

Remark: A parent has to accompany the child throughout the lessons.

Suitable age group

3-6 years old (N1-K2)

Materials

14 books
1 CD
Flashcards

Content

72 commonly used word
144 common phrases
52 standard sentences
8 reading passages
36 colorable paintings

正文

句子

自编书

词语

贴纸本

贴贴乐

阅读

年龄段

3-6岁 (N1-K2)

内容

72个高频字
144个常用词语
52个标准句型
6篇阅读
36幅涂色画

4-6岁 (N2-K2)

165个常用字
64条成语
100个常用词语
25个标准句型
8篇阅读
6篇看图说话
16个书写字
32个反义词
8首古诗

6-8岁 (K1-P2)

250个常用字
100条成语
240个常用词语
60个标准句型
6篇看图说话
60个书写汉字
15篇短文阅读
成语手拉手
句型练习

9岁及以上 (P3-P6)

600个常用汉字
400条成语
1000个常用词语
50篇短文阅读
综合练习
成语对对碰

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