Words and Phrases

-- [this is where we teach them simple words. simple, interesting words that are not necessarily useful :) words: (meaning - pronunciation) man/person - ren woman/girl - nu child - zi earth/soil - tu heaven/day - tian have/posses/exist/there is - you (more like yo) day/sun - ri moon - yue large - da small - xiao water - shui fire - huo wood - mu mountain - shan goat/sheep - yang cow - niu above/up - shang below/down - xia the numbers 1-10 plus: hundred - bai (also means white i think) many/much/more - duo also say how 'easy it is to count' in chinese, teaching how to form numbers above 10 and 100 ALSO: show how combinations of characters yield different characters: nu + zi = hao (good) ri + yue = ming (bright) show how combinations yield pharases: tian(heaven) + ren(person) = tianren (angel) ming + tian = mingtian (tomorrow) huo(fire) + shan(mountain) = huo shan (volcano) more and more.... we might also include other important characters and phrases, like "love", "hello", "goodbye", "today", "tomorrow", "my name is..." blah blah well, there it is! ] ---