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Grade-by-grade units with vocabulary, reading, writing, classical poems, culture notes, and printable tests. Three tracks: kids, self-study, and teachers.

By grade · Pre-K to Grade 6 · textbook-style units with poems & tests

Pre-K

Ages 3-5

Unit 1 - Hello!

First sounds & first words

  • 1
    Pinyin: a o e — The three open vowels - the mouth shapes of Chinese.
  • 2
    First 6 characters — One two three person big small - strokes you can draw.
  • 3
    Say hello — Hello, goodbye, thanks.

📜 Ode to the Goose — Luo Binwang (age 7)

Goose, goose, goose, Curved neck sings to the sky. White feathers float on green water, Red palms push through clear waves.

📝 Unit 1 Quiz — 3 questions

Grade 1

Ages 6-7

Unit 1 - My Family

Family words & simple sentences

  • 1
    Family words — Dad mum elder-brother elder-sister younger-brother younger-sister grandpa grandma
  • 2
    This is my... — This-is + person. The simplest sentence pattern.
  • 3
    How many people? — Read and answer: how many people in your family?

📜 Quiet Night Thought — Li Bai

Before my bed, bright moonlight, I wonder if it is frost on the ground. I raise my head to gaze at the moon, I lower my head and think of home.

📝 Unit 1 Quiz — 3 questions

Grade 2

Ages 7-8

Unit 1 - Nature

Weather, seasons, animals

  • 1
    Weather words — Sunny cloudy rain snow wind cloud
  • 2
    Four seasons — Spring summer autumn winter - read a short passage.

📜 Spring Dawn — Meng Haoran

In spring I sleep, unaware of dawn, Everywhere I hear birds singing. Last night came sounds of wind and rain, Who knows how many petals have fallen?

📝 Unit 1 Quiz — 2 questions

Grade 3

Ages 8-9

Unit 1 - Stories & Fables

Chinese fables and moral tales

  • 1
    The fox and the tiger — A fox borrows a tiger power.

📜 Climbing Stork Tower — Wang Zhihuan

The white sun sets behind mountains, The Yellow River flows into the sea. To see a thousand miles further, Climb one more floor.

📝 Unit 1 Quiz — 1 questions

Grade 4

Ages 9-10

Unit 1 - Writing Essays

From sentences to paragraphs

  • 1
    The 5-sentence paragraph — Topic, detail, detail, feeling, close.

Grade 5

Ages 10-11

Unit 1 - Classical Chinese Intro

First steps into classical Chinese

  • 1
    Classical vs modern — Same meaning, fewer words.

Grade 6

Ages 11-12

Unit 1 - Chinese History

Dynasties and inventions

  • 1
    Four great inventions — Paper, printing, compass, gunpowder.