The Sage Formula Basic Chinese 500 is a method specially developed and formulated for young children to learn Chinese. It is a scientific method which has been developed through in-depth research and analysis of the pragmatic use of modern Chinese. It takes into consideration a young child's physical and mental developments and his/her unique way of learning. It has selected 500 Chinese words which are most frequently used in children's literature and most relevant to a young child's day to day life. These words are grouped and arranged into 5 level (Beginning, Budding, Building, Confident and Fluent) according to the frequency of usage and a young child's mental development. It is designed to help the child to learn most of the words appearing in children's story books within a short period of time. This encourages independent reading at an early age. The child learns a new word from each lesson. This word will then be repeated in subsequent lessons. This works like practices and the child builds a solid foundation and sound understanding of the use of the word. Pinyin, Simplified Chinese Character & English.
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思展方程式的識字方法採選了500個兒童日常生活和兒童文學中最常出现的中文字，以字的常用频率和兒童的理解能力作为基準，分成五個水平階段，讓孩子循序漸進地學習認讀和理解汉字。孩子從每课中都会学到一個新的字，然後这個字在椄下来的每课都会再重覆出现，讓孩子反覆练習， 鞏固对每個生字的認識。拚音，簡體字，中英对照。
Book 1 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
校，同运，场，班，笔，名球，汗，蚂
蚁，累，服，少，午，音，期，游戏，奇
Book 2 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
怪，拾，热，短，作，假节，父，礼，祖
双扫，叔，抱，勤，感，已相，夏泳
Book 3 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
姨，表，功，灯，昨，关，难，结，甜，市
街，些，城，医，村，清，院，洁，闹，店
Book 4 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
低，滚，合，除，左，抹，椅，右，推，劳
晒，醒，危，险，纸，离，信，重，近，各
Book 5 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
平，饿，糖，粒，刷，痛，皮，血，踢，破
伸，忽，死，抓，极，味，藏，苦，握，岁
Audio is available as MP3 download.
思展方程式的識字方法採選了500個兒童日常生活和兒童文學中最常出现的中文字，以字的常用频率和兒童的理解能力作为基準，分成五個水平階段，讓孩子循序漸進地學習認讀和理解汉字。孩子從每课中都会学到一個新的字，然後这個字在椄下来的每课都会再重覆出现，讓孩子反覆练習， 鞏固对每個生字的認識。拚音，簡體字，中英对照。
Book 1 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
校，同运，场，班，笔，名球，汗，蚂
蚁，累，服，少，午，音，期，游戏，奇
Book 2 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
怪，拾，热，短，作，假节，父，礼，祖
双扫，叔，抱，勤，感，已相，夏泳
Book 3 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
姨，表，功，灯，昨，关，难，结，甜，市
街，些，城，医，村，清，院，洁，闹，店
Book 4 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
低，滚，合，除，左，抹，椅，右，推，劳
晒，醒，危，险，纸，离，信，重，近，各
Book 5 of the Fluent Reader teaches the following 20 characters:
平，饿，糖，粒，刷，痛，皮，血，踢，破
伸，忽，死，抓，极，味，藏，苦，握，岁