According to the requirements of the Ministry of Education documents, for children to practice calligraphy, the earlier the better. In the early childhood stage, the finger development is not yet mature. Holding the pen and writing too early can easily cause finger deformation and affect development. It also affects vision development. In the first semester of first grade, the focus is on letting students know the names of strokes and master the correct posture of holding a pen and writing posture (in fact, this should also be emphasized in kindergarten). Practicing hard-pen calligraphy should be done in the second semester of first grade. Only after a certain amount of literacy has been achieved can you start explaining stroke writing and practicing simple Chinese characters. The learning of brushes should start in the third grade. If students are exposed to brushes too early, on the one hand, it is easy for students to confuse holding brushes with hard pens. On the other hand, students have low ability to care for pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and it is difficult to maintain a clean writing environment.
For lower grade students, they should start practicing calligraphy from regular script.
For lower grade students, they should start practicing calligraphy from regular script. The font or copybook should be selected appropriately, and standard writing copybooks should be used. Some copybooks, such as the ancient stele calligraphy with more prominent styles, such as Chu Suiliang's "Holy Religion Preface", have a very stylized font that is impossible for primary school students to write, even for adults.
When practicing calligraphy, students should first learn strokes, then learn the structure of single characters, then learn radicals, and finally learn the structure of combined characters. In the process of practicing calligraphy, you can learn the strokes while talking about the structure of single characters. Then when you encounter characters with radicals, you can first understand how to write the radicals, and then learn the structure of combined characters. Parents and teachers are teaching students to practice calligraphy. You should be careful not to pursue perfection too much in calligraphy teaching for lower grade students. As the saying goes, "Words cannot be written in a hundred days." If you work hard for a period of time, you will definitely make great progress. However, for primary school students who have just started to learn to write, as long as they are horizontal and vertical, well-proportioned in size, and neat in volume, Focus on cultivating interest and teaching with images; it is not too late to write more like it when you are a little older.
When junior students practice calligraphy, they should not put too much emphasis on highlighting the strokes and inclinations of the strokes. They should proceed from simple to difficult and proceed step by step. It is most important for lower grade students to develop good calligraphy habits when practicing calligraphy, such as correct sitting posture and pen-holding posture. Correct sitting posture is beneficial to physical health, and correct pen-holding is conducive to smooth writing and protecting eyesight.
"Copying copybooks" is the most effective way to practice calligraphy
As for the method of practicing calligraphy, calligraphers throughout the ages have concluded that the most scientific and effective way to practice calligraphy is copying. There are four characters in a copybook. For primary and secondary school students, if they want to improve their writing skills, copying from the copybook must be done under the guidance of a professional teacher.
Copying from copybooks requires five steps. The first step is to select the copybooks. Choosing a post means choosing a teacher. The selection of posts follows two principles: one is the posters of famous artists, and the other is what you like.
The second step is to read the copybook. Reading the copybook is to observe, think, and figure out the copybook. During practice, students should see clearly the teacher's model writing, the order of the teacher's strokes, and the order of the words in the grid. at the mercy of.
The third step is copying. There are two types of copying. One is called mahong, which is to describe directly on the character; the other is shadow copying, which is to have a piece of thin paper above the character to see through. Use thin paper to trace, and each new character in the text must be traced first and then imitated according to the stroke order to write beautiful characters. The process of "tracing and imitating" on the copybook is an important part of teaching writing. While tracing and imitating, whisper the names of the strokes.
The fourth step is to place the copybook on the left or above. Instructing primary and secondary school students to practice calligraphy generally requires students to fold the practice paper so that the distance between the calligraphy grid and the model word is less than one centimeter. This way, it is easy to post a post like this. This step is a natural improvement of the students' learning process in the previous steps. Immediate writing requires not only the correct order of strokes and the perfect strokes, but also the beauty of the structure. In the process of practicing, you should also pay attention to comparison. Compare the characters you write with the model characters to see where there are similarities that are not written. Then do a second draft, especially on the similar places that you didn’t write the first time. When I feel that the writing is relatively similar, I repeat it and consolidate it a few times.
The fifth step is to memorize the text. Through the three steps of reading, copying and copying, students will be able to understand the stroke characteristics, glyph structure, and charm style of Fan characters. These five steps are called the five steps of Lin Tie. Copy, Lin, and Memorize Tie emphasize one word in particular: image.
Three misunderstandings should be avoided when practicing calligraphy
In terms of calligraphy skills, it is necessary to grasp the three main aspects of stroke technique, structural technique and composition.
Stroke technique is: when learning strokes, you need to grasp the three elements of strokes, that is, how to start, how to line and how to close each stroke must be handled well. At the same time, the length, angle, strength, radian, and The rhythm must be grasped.
For structural techniques: When studying, students should understand that the structure of Chinese characters is roughly divided into single characters and combined characters. Combined characters are divided into left (middle) right structure, upper (middle) lower structure, (half) ) encompasses several categories of structures. For single character structures, focus on grasping the font shape and main stroke. For combined characters, it is necessary to properly handle the relationship between the extension, priority, size, proportion, etc. of each character-building component in the character. Regardless of whether it is a single character or a combined character, the overall character should be compact and well-proportioned, stable and straight, and retractable and natural.
For composition and techniques: Students should have a layout outline during the writing process. The entire writing should be neatly arranged, clean, even in size, and leave space.
In the process of calligraphy practice, both teachers and students use copybooks. Why is the effect not good? This is a misunderstanding in calligraphy practice.
Avoid the following misunderstandings: First, do not focus on quantity but focus on imitation posts. Whether it is copying posts or copying posts, some parents or teachers only focus on the quantity and think that writing more will make progress. , In fact, it is not the case, and the level of quality is ignored; second, there is a disconnect between calligraphy practice and application. Students write well when practicing calligraphy, but their homework is scrawled. We must emphasize the application of what they have learned. The third is the eagerness for quick success and instant benefit. Parents hate that iron cannot be made into steel. Practicing calligraphy is too utilitarian. Practicing calligraphy is a long-term thing and cannot be practiced in a year and a half. Cultivate interest in writing and let students feel and appreciate the beauty of calligraphy lines. Structural beauty cultivates sentiments and improves aesthetics, so that you can create beauty and write more and more beautiful words.
It is generally believed that students should practice hard pen writing before the third grade of elementary school, and then practice writing brush after the third grade. Brush calligraphy is used as a specialty to cultivate and cultivate the mind and character. The method of practicing calligraphy with calligraphy is the same as practicing writing with hard pen. The selection of calligraphy inscriptions is also very important. Classic inscriptions should be used as models, and you can start with official script and regular script.