Lesson #1

Not sure if a blog works as good as a wiki, but let's give it a try.

In this first lesson, I want to cover all the basics

1. Pinyin basics:
a brief pinyin history
review all pinyin initials and finals, the 5 tones
why do we need to learn pinyin?

2. Character basics:
numbers 1-10 review, will work to 100
the basic strokes in writing the numbers
watch the video on the correct stroke order in writing from 1 to 10

Number Writing from victoria bury on Vimeo.

3. Introduce ri 日， yue 月
combine with the numbers, will be able to read, write and say the date up to the month
maybe add the year nian 年

4. Days of the week 星期
Monday 星期一
Tuesday 星期二
Wednesday 星期三
Thursday 星期四
Friday 星期五
Saturday 星期六
Sunday 星期天 or 星期日

5. Today Tomorrow Yesterday
Today jin tian 今天
Tomorrow ming tian 明天
Yesterday zuo tian 昨天

6。shi 是 is (learn and try to recognize the character and be able to write it)
simple sentences using shi
wo shi laoshi
wo shi victoria bury
jin tian shi xing qi tian
ming tian shi xing qi yi
zuo tian shi xing qi liu