Patent ID: 8142195
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method for teaching Chinese to a child in progressive stages, each successive stage building on a previous stage, the method comprising: presenting a first stage material by an electric device animating a multi-colored drawing object and morphing the object into a multi-colored Chinese character representing the object; the multi-colored Chinese character having one or more colored strokes, each of the colored strokes of the Chinese character corresponding to parts of the object; the animation displaying the multi-colored object providing both meaning and appearance of the Chinese character being displayed, the animation gradually converting the multi-colored drawing object into the Chinese character being displayed; a second stage material displaying on a single page the object adjacent to the Chinese character, and allowing the child to associate the object with the Chinese character; a third stage material displaying a single page several characters comprising a story for the child to encounter basic characters in a multi-colored formation and associate the characters with each other; and a fourth stage material displaying a single page several characters sharing a common group element for the child to classify and analyze characters.