If you are a Chinese-speaking parent who is in the process of teaching your children Mandarin Chinese, you might find that your children are far more advanced in understanding daily conversations than they are in recognizing Chinese characters. This is a common occurrence in Chinese-American households, since it is far more natural to create a learning environment for your children to develop listening and speaking skills through daily conversation. On the other hand, reading and writing skills take more thoughtful effort to develop. In this article, we cover a few tried-and-true learning tips you can use to teach Chinese Characters to your kids. TEACHING CHINESE CHARACTERS TO KIDS: READING SKILLS No matter the age at which your children have started to learn Chinese, a solid grasp on Mandarin Chinese characters is crucial for developing reading skills. Children especially, are easily turned off by the steep learning curve of going from a phonogram-based language (English), ...