When you start studying, you must first learn to write. Take the brush as an example. The ancients wrote in many ways. Children are advised to use five-finger writing when learning calligraphy. Wrist straight, palm empty, fingers firm.
Learn from the basic strokes, step by step, and stick to it for a long time, and you will certainly gain something. As to whether to study hard or brush calligraphy first, you can do both.
Calligraphy can also be regarded as "childlike innocence", but the earlier you learn, the better. China's parents often think that their children can't lose at the starting line, but life is a long-distance race. Running too early and too fast is a lack of stamina.
The ancients didn't always learn calligraphy at a young age. Children's initial enlightenment is reciting and reading. Just writing and reading. Learn calligraphy when you are older, usually around ten years old. Children learn books, and their bones are soft and easy to get hurt. Learning calligraphy is not only mental work, but also manual work. The child is too young to develop intellectually and physically. Instead, it encourages them.
A few-year-old children may not have enough patience, physical strength (such as standing on their elbows for a long time) and savvy to ponder calligraphy, and wait until the right time to learn it, otherwise it will be counterproductive and will have a fear of calligraphy. Children who are not absolute, have excellent understanding and quiet personality can study earlier.
Nowadays, with the gradual introduction of calligraphy into campus, even in primary school classrooms or test papers, relevant calligraphy knowledge will appear. Letting children learn calligraphy is not only helpful for learning, but also can add points to practicing good handwriting! At the same time, as a traditional culture, calligraphy has a history of thousands of years. Let children learn calligraphy, which can also be well edified and improve their cultural literacy.