Year 7 Mandarin: Writing Chinese Characters | Hanzi Playdough Class Activity

Our Year 7 Mandarin students recently engaged in a hands-on classroom learning activity, where they could practise writing Chinese characters and their correct stroke order, using simple playdough.

This interactive approach helps students develop a strong foundation in writing Chinese characters, while making learning fun, engaging and much easier to remember, than just watching demonstrations.

Correct stroke order is important when writing Mandarin, because it not only ensures efficiency, but also good form and presentation of each character.

This calligraphy is deeply connected with the long history of Chinese language and fine art.

Chinese characters, also called Hanzi, are the oldest continuously used writing system in the world.

And unlike the Roman alphabets, Chinese characters are used to illustrate meaning rather than sound.

Mrs Jennifer Wu
Global Studies Teacher – Senior School