VBS News Net: 'Why can't the kids write the characters well? what is the right way to hold the pen and how to correct their mistakes?' a special lecture 'a good handwriting starts from young kids' on handwriting was held in school theatre at 6.30pm, 31st October for teachers, students and parents. VBS invited national handwriting teaching expert Mr Hu Yifan as the guest lecturer. 

Mr Hu Yifan has been the chief editor of handwriting textbook in Shenzhen 'Chinese handwriting for primary school students' and in Hong Kong 'excel in Chinese handwriting', the speaker for the 'handwriting class for secondary and primary school students' teaching software published by National Centre for Educational Technology and the founder of Joyful Handwriting Practice. Over the two decades, Mr Hu's work had benefited millions of students and teachers in terms of positions, stroke orders, stroke, structures of characters and obtained multiple patents. He also conducted several research projects. 

This lecture was Mr Hu's 1862nd lecture on lecture series 'Good handwriting leads to good lives'. 

Used his experience in teaching over two decades, Mr Hu guided everyone to master the correct posture and the right way to hold pens and handwriting skills by personally demonstrating his handwriting onsite. Mr Hu went through the start and finish of each stroke by explaining in details on the basic strokes, and analysed the characteristics of different pencils, hard pen and brush pen.

Mr Hu emphasised the fact that primary 1 students could form . Good handwriting came from the correct methods and practice which students, parents and teachers had to work together. Students had to memorise the strokes diagram, focused on basics practice, posture and the way to hold pens. As the basics of Chinese Language, handwriting was means to recognise more characters and improve students' overall linguistic ability. 

Despite benefiting from this lecture, parents, students and teachers still asked Mr Hu for guidance at the end of this lecture. 

This lecture had passed on excellent Chinese handwriting heritage to the next generations, developed students good handwriting skills and clarified parents' doubt on guiding their children for excellent handwriting. Provided a feasible and sustainable solution for the handwriting trouble among students and it was the important measure on establishing the community of shared future for families and school as well as a common ground for parents and teachers grow with students endorsed by VBS Parents Academy. 

Author／Photographer : Linda

Formatting：Judy 

Translated by DC Lai