This paper focuses on the methods and precautions for primary school students to practice calligraphy:
1. Choose a suitable writing tool.
Generally speaking, calligraphy includes "soft pen" and "hard pen". The main tool of soft pen calligraphy is "writing brush", and the main tools of hard pen calligraphy are pen, signature pen, ballpoint pen, pencil, chalk and so on.
As a pupil, I mainly practice "hard pen calligraphy". Primary school grade 1-3, it is best to practice writing with a pencil; Grade 4-9, you can write with a pen.
It should be noted that in the initial stage of writing practice, it is best not to practice with "ballpoint pen" or "signature pen", because the pen tips of "ballpoint pen" or "signature pen" are round, so it is difficult to grasp the changes or setbacks of their strokes.
2. Choose the right copybook.
Whether adults, senior students or primary school students, they need to use "copybooks" to practice calligraphy. A yogi can't practice at will, because if he practices, he may scribble at will.
For primary school students, what should parents pay attention to when choosing copybooks:
① In terms of fonts, regular script is preferred. Don't choose the rest running script, running script, Wei Bei and official script, because their strokes change too much, and students can't understand them correctly at all;
② In terms of content, choose the copybook of poetry content. On the one hand, poetry copybooks can help students practice the words they often use, on the other hand, they can also help students recite and understand poems;
(3) In terms of font size, it is best to choose a copybook with a large font and Mi Zige. For primary school students, don't choose "blindfolded writing" copybooks, but choose copybooks with large fonts and Mi Zige. The large font size is to facilitate students to observe the strokes and structural characteristics of Chinese characters; Mi Zige's strokes are for the convenience of students.
④ According to age characteristics, pupils are suitable for groove copybooks and mold copybooks; For junior and senior high school students, Mongolian copybooks and red Mi Zige copybooks are more suitable. This is helpful for students to understand and think about the stroke and structural characteristics of Chinese characters themselves.
3. Sit up straight and learn to hold the pen correctly.
The first task of practicing calligraphy is to sit up straight. This seemingly simple task has not been seriously carried out by many students, so that in the middle and late high school, there will be physical health problems such as myopia, strabismus and hunchback.
The correct sitting posture is: legs flat, head held high, eyes drooping naturally, hands on the desk, exercise paper pressed by the left hand, and writing with a pen in the right hand. The eyes are about 30 cm away from the paper and the chest is about a fist away from the desk.
The correct way to hold the pen: the distance between the index finger and thumb is about 1 inch, and the middle finger, ring finger and little finger naturally lean against the lower end of the pen. Hold the pen in three directions with your index finger, thumb and middle finger, and don't use too much force, so that you can turn the pen at any time.
4. Primary school students mainly practice "glyph" in writing.
There is a lot of emphasis on calligraphy, but for primary school students, it is only necessary to practice the "font". However, even if there is only one "glyph" requirement, it is difficult for many students to achieve the ideal state.
To practice "font", we must first practice "basic strokes", which mainly include eight basic strokes, such as point, horizontal, vertical, left, press, lift, fold and hook. Write these basic strokes well, then practice writing "radicals", write "radicals" well, and then practice writing the combined fonts of radicals.
Practicing "glyph" is essentially the "structure" of words, which mainly includes the length, inclination and symmetry of strokes. The structure of Chinese characters mainly includes logo structure, left-right structure, up-and-down structure and enclosing structure, as well as left-middle-right structure, up-and-down structure and semi-enclosing structure.
For different structures, students should observe the stroke length and skew of each part. When writing, the frame should be straight and the strokes should be symmetrical. The words written in this way are "standard".