BEGINNING READER starts with the most frequently used Chinese words and characters, and get the child reading sentences from the very start. The stories are centred around a child’s everyday life. Among this first set of 100 characters, 22 of them are common radicals, laying down a solid foundation for the child’s understanding of the Chinese writing system. The child learns to read in a natural and fun way.

Through BEGINNING READER, the child learns:

1. Basic writing strokes.
2. 100 most frequently used characters, 22 of which are also common bushou (radicals).
3. To read short sentences of 3-7 characters each.
4. Basic nouns, pronouns, directions, numbers, verbs, adjectives, adverbs.
5. To read and understand TREASURE BOX (Beginning Reader) picture books.

*BEGINNING READER is for 3½-years and up.