Learn Characters Through Reciting Poetry: Set 1 (Book + Exercises + CD)

"Learning Characters Through Poetry" Series
 
These poems, rich in the qualities of children's literature, are easy to recite and memorize, helping children retain the correct pronunciation of characters. Through the scenarios depicted in the poems and the accompanying illustrations, children can gain a preliminary understanding of character meanings; thus, by reading, observing, and reflecting simultaneously, they connect a character's form, sound, and meaning.
 
Each poem introduces over ten key new characters. Across the four-volume series, children learn nearly 900 characters, enabling them to read independently; this fosters a sense of achievement and boosts their interest in reading.
 
The "Learning Characters Through Poetry: Exercises" book introduces the origins, evolution, and structural characteristics of Chinese characters—as well as 39 radicals—through engaging activities and games. By using known characters to introduce new ones, children further master character recognition techniques and enhance their self-learning abilities. After gaining a basic grasp of character formation principles (pictographs, simple ideographs, compound ideographs, phono-semantic compounds, derivative cognates, and phonetic loan characters) and structural layouts (top-bottom and left-right combinations), children benefit from repeated practice, which aids in recognizing and writing characters from memory while reducing the likelihood of making errors.