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Xue Qian Kuai Du teaches children to recognize characters by reading a set of leveled literary readers. It's similar to Odonata in that they introduce several new characters at once. Compared to other leveled readers that I've seen, XQKD is superior in that it's more literary (the text often feels rhythmic and lyrical). XQKD also includes poems, nursery rhymes and riddles.
Xue Qian Kuai Du: Revised Edition* comes with:
There's a QR code that you can scan for audio of the 45 stories. The speakers have a Beijing accent; the background music is soothing.
( The textbooks include some 'How this character came to be' pages )
If you cannot read Chinese, I wouldn't recommend this as your first/only curriculum because it has no pinyin.
For those doing Sagebooks, this set would make a beautiful addition/supplement to the Sagebooks curriculum. I bought my set for $35 from JD.com (including shipping to the US; you probably can get a better deal during the November 11th sale).
If your child has learned 100 Sagebooks characters, they should be able to pretty easily read Stories 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3.
How we have been doing XQKD so far: ( Read more... )
Here is the progression of new characters in Book One: ( 122 characters in 9 stories )
For Sagebooks parents, here are the new characters in XQKD Book One: ( New characters beyond Sage Level 1 )
In total, there are 14 characters in XQKD Book One that are not covered by Sagebooks 500.
* The old edition of 学前快读600字 does not include many of these extras. Many of the stories in the textbooks are also different. Here's a comparison of the revised and old editions (The review is readable using Google translate).
List of the story titles in the four books: ( 学前快读600字（修订版） )
You can look at some of the inside pages here:
Summary of important purchasing information:
Xue Qian Kuai Du: Revised Edition* comes with:
- four textbooks (totaling 45 stories)
- one I-can-read-by-myself reader (12 short stories)
- four exercise books
- 600 character flashcards (thin and one-sided)
- two wheels of character radical games
- a game instruction booklet
- two list booklets (radicals, antonyms, idioms etc.), and
- some stickers.
There's a QR code that you can scan for audio of the 45 stories. The speakers have a Beijing accent; the background music is soothing.
( The textbooks include some 'How this character came to be' pages )
If you cannot read Chinese, I wouldn't recommend this as your first/only curriculum because it has no pinyin.
For those doing Sagebooks, this set would make a beautiful addition/supplement to the Sagebooks curriculum. I bought my set for $35 from JD.com (including shipping to the US; you probably can get a better deal during the November 11th sale).
If your child has learned 100 Sagebooks characters, they should be able to pretty easily read Stories 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3.
How we have been doing XQKD so far: ( Read more... )
Here is the progression of new characters in Book One: ( 122 characters in 9 stories )
For Sagebooks parents, here are the new characters in XQKD Book One: ( New characters beyond Sage Level 1 )
In total, there are 14 characters in XQKD Book One that are not covered by Sagebooks 500.
* The old edition of 学前快读600字 does not include many of these extras. Many of the stories in the textbooks are also different. Here's a comparison of the revised and old editions (The review is readable using Google translate).
List of the story titles in the four books: ( 学前快读600字（修订版） )
You can look at some of the inside pages here:
- My Instagram post
- A Sohu.com review comparing the revised and old editions. The revised edition is the book/page on the left, the old edition is on the right.
- A Zhuanlan Zhihu review comparing Xie Qian Kuai Du: Revised edition with Si Wu Kuai Du. The reviewer prefers XQKD, but SWKD has an easier/lower starting point.
Summary of important purchasing information:
- Product name in Chinese: 《学前快读600字（修订版）》(XQKD 600: revised edition) or 礼盒版：学前快读600字 (Gift box edition: XQKD 600)
- Where to buy: Product listing at JD.com. You will know right away what your shipping fee will be. The product weighs 2.68 kg, according to JD.com.
- How to Buy Simplified Chinese Books from JD
- You can also buy XQKD at taobao, but you will need to do your own research on which store/seller is reliable etc. and pay for expensive shipping.
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