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Where to Learn Professional Chinese Calligraphy Course for Kids in Singapore?

Where to Learn Professional Chinese Calligraphy Course for Kids in Singapore?

Professional Chinese Calligraphy and Ink Painting Course for kid专业水墨画和书法课程 Visual Arts Centre

Kids studying in Singapore find it difficult to learn Chinese. It is very difficult to write Chinese characters, and it is even more difficult to write beautiful Chinese characters. Many kids have poor writing skills. Their handwriting is irregular and skewed, and their fonts are not beautiful. Kids like this should learn Chinese calligraphy! Learning Chinese calligraphy can help kids improve their writing skills, as well as their Chinese language proficiency, concentration, and personal cultural accomplishment.

Chinese calligraphy has strict writing rules. Kids in primary school mainly focus on literacy. They will learn Chinese culture while learning Chinese calligraphy. This can not only consolidate the knowledge learned, but also promote the improvement of writing skills and make the writing neater, more beautiful, and in the correct form.

For those who are interested in picking up Chinese Calligraphy, please click here to register!.

1. Improve the cultural quality of kids

If a child learns Chinese calligraphy from an early age, it will not only improve their calligraphy literacy and artistic accomplishment, but also cultivate a rigorous and down-to-earth learning attitude and a conscious and hard-working spirit.

Kids with Chinese calligraphy training can improve their aesthetic ability and comprehensive cultural and artistic literacy, and develop Chinese calligraphy skills and interest. Writing is a basic skill for primary school kids. If a child’s handwriting is beautiful and regular, they will receive a lot of praise, which will increase their self-confidence.

2. Promote the improvement of thinking ability

Learning Chinese calligraphy can stimulate kids’ curiosity for knowledge. Observation and analysis of Chinese characters, learning more about the formation of Chinese characters and the origin of strokes, and becoming familiar with radicals can help improve kids’ Chinese proficiency and expand their thinking ability.

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3. Develop intelligence and cultivate coordination

The practice of Chinese calligraphy is a vivid and dynamic process that requires concentration and careful writing of each character. It requires the brain to direct the hands and eyes to complete the task, allowing the left and right hemispheres of the brain to develop simultaneously and enhance coordination. Countless examples have confirmed this. Kids who have learned Chinese calligraphy are significantly higher than other children in terms of understanding, acceptance, imagination, and creative thinking abilities.

4. Cultivate kids endurance and concentration

Many parents feel that their kids are very active and unable to calm down and concentrate easily, which is not conducive to learning new knowledge. But when kids go through Chinese calligraphy training, their concentration will be improved. This is because learning Chinese calligraphy requires full concentration and the cooperation of the brain, eyes, hands, and body, and the writing process can help kids become calmer.

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5. Promote healthy physical and psychological development

Chinese calligraphy teaching activities can stimulate kids’ curiosity for knowledge. Observation and analysis of copybooks, thinking and understanding of the writing process, and evaluation and reflection on Chinese calligraphy exercises will help to comprehensively improve kids’ thinking ability. Writing Chinese calligraphy with a brush can promote the healthy physical and psychological development of children. It can be regarded as an operational process in which the nerves are continuously engaged, and the feeling of the hand is transmitted to the brain in time. The brain’s thinking activity continuously issues instructions to correct and improve the writing process.

For kids, what they gain from practicing Chinese calligraphy is not only beautiful handwriting, but more importantly, during the practice process, they develop the habit of careful observation, build good moral and cultural qualities, and improve their memory. In conclusion, learning Chinese calligraphy is beneficial to kids’ growth.

Our affordable Kids Chinese Calligraphy course provides instruction and guidance from a foundational level. This is to bridge any previous knowledge and to better guide complete beginners through a step-by-step approach.

Our Kids Professional Chinese Calligraphy Course is priced at 12 sessions – $798nett (inclusive of all materials).

Learning objectives within this Kids’ Professional Chinese Calligraphy Course:

1. Materials knowledge, brief history of Chinese calligraphy

2. Compositional skills, brushwork, techniques – through learning:
• Chinese Calligraphy
• Foundational and Traditional Calligraphy
• Contemporary Calligraphy Styles
• Practice of structured and expressive writing styles

We also offer private one-to-one Kids Professional Chinese Calligraphy course coaching!

Learn and master Chinese calligraphy skills with our professional and experienced teachers. Tailor the sessions and learn Chinese calligraphy according to your schedule and skill level. All materials are provided!

Our Schedule

VISUAL ARTS CENTRE DHOBY GHAUT STUDIO

CREATIVE KIDS (5 - 8 YO)

CLASS SCHEDULE

MON

11am - 12:30pm

TUE

3:30pm - 5pm

4:30pm - 6pm

WED

11am - 12:30pm

1:30pm - 3pm

THU

1pm - 2:30pm

FRI

11am - 12:30pm

SAT

10:30am - 12pm

SUN

11:15am - 12:45pm

1pm - 2:30pm

MON

11am - 12:30pm

TUE

3:30pm - 5pm

4:30pm - 6pm

WED

11am - 12:30pm

1:30pm - 3pm

THU

1pm - 2:30pm

FRI

11am - 12:30pm

SAT

10:30am - 12pm

SUN

11:15am - 12:45pm

1pm - 2:30pm

*TO BE ENQUIRED

Call/WhatsApp: +65-6255-0711
E: [email protected]

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ART COURSE SCHEDULE

@ 20b mosque street, s059500

Art Course:

Kids (5-8YO)

SAT

10:30am
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12pm

* 1pm
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2:30pm

3:30pm
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5pm

SUN

* 10:30am
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12pm

* 1pm
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2:30pm

* 3:30pm
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5pm

*to be enquired

Contact Us:

Our Location

Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio

Address:

10 Penang Road, #01-02 Dhoby Ghaut Green,
Singapore (238469)

Exit from Dhoby Ghaut MRT Station Exit B and turn left, we are there in 30m!

VAC Chinatown Art Gallery & Studio

Address:

20B Mosque Street, Singapore (059500)
*2 minutes walk from Chinatown MRT Station Exit A

Take a left turn upon exiting the Chinatown MRT Station Exit A (Pagoda Street). Turn right to go to Mosque Street. Finally, walk towards 20B, we’re on the 3rd floor of the shophouse.

Registration & Fees

The art courses are available only at our Chinatown Art Studio.

Certificate of completion will be provided for 96 sessions Art Course or 48 sessions & 10 sessions one-to-one Private Lesson.

One-to-one Private Art Course – Chinese Calligraphy [10sessions]
$2500
Location Visual Arts Centre Dhoby Ghaut Studio
Validity
Only valid on workshop date and schedule stated.
Kids Chinese Ink Calligraphy (6-11yo) 48 sessions
$2788
Location Visual Arts Centre
Validity
Kids Chinese Ink Calligraphy (6-11yo) 24 sessions
$1488
Location Visual Arts Centre
Validity
Kids Chinese Ink Calligraphy (6-11yo) 12 sessions
$798
Location Visual Arts Centre
Validity
Kids Art Class | Art Course (7-9YO): Chinese Ink Painting & Calligraphy 12sessions (Dhoby Ghaut)
$768
Location Dhoby Ghaut Art Studio
Validity
14 Weeks
Kids Art Class | Art Course (7-9YO): Chinese Ink Painting & Calligraphy 12sessions (Chinatown)
$768
Location VAC Chinatown Art Gallery & Studio
Validity
14 Weeks
  • No refunds are provided for any course/workshop/lesson purchased.
  • The classes/sessions for the stated course is/are valid only within the stated validity period of the course, which begins from the commencement of the first class and no further extension is provided. The attendee should plan his/her schedule to attend the classes/sessions regularly (once per week).
  • Extension for course validity may be provided for medical/travel reasons with provided MC/travel itinerary for up to one month only.
  • Each session under the adult course package is 2 hours and 15 minutes and VAC reserves the right to reject/reschedule your lesson if you are late.
  • Visual Arts Centre reserves the right to cancel/reschedule/postpone any course/session with or without prior notice.
  • In the event that the course is unable to proceed due to unforeseen circumstances, a full refund of the fees will be provided.
  • The registrant/guardian of the registrant indemnities and hold Visual Arts Centre and/or its staff or third-party staff/service providers harmless from any losses sustained from any activity within the premises of Visual Arts Centre, including personal injury/loss or damages to property.

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