Chinese Character Poetry Puzzle Board for Kids

Chinese Character Poetry Puzzle Board for Kids When my daughter was three years old, she asked me if I could make a puzzle tray for her to play with and assemble Chinese characters. I was stunned. Although Chinese characters are square-shaped, their strokes are incredibly diverse—dots, horizontal lines, downward strokes, and捺（nà）, varying in length and direction. How could these be transformed into a set of unified yet flexible geometric modules? While Song and Kai typefaces have rich stroke variations, they aren’t easily compatible for combination. So, I immersed myself in experimentation, trying repeatedly over several years, until I found inspiration in artistic sans-serif typefaces: refining the strokes into simple, standardized geometric units, then embedding these modules into small grid squares, much like a tangram. It’s more than just a character puzzle tray—it’s a tangible world of Chinese characters. Children can use these modules to form characters like “天” (sky), “地” (earth), and “人” (person), or they can think outside the box and assemble a flower, a bird, or a little house. As the strokes shift beneath their fingertips, their minds leap into action during play. Literacy is no longer about rote memorization—it becomes an exploratory journey filled with creativity and imagination. For a long time, the market has had tangrams and English letter puzzles, but there has always been a lack of hands-on toys truly designed for Chinese character启蒙 (qǐméng, enlightenment). This puzzle tray is not just a toy—it’s a key: unlocking the door to Chinese characters for children, while also nurturing hands-on skills, stimulating visual thinking, and inspiring creative potential through assembling and piecing things together. This year, I finally brought this gift to life and placed it in her hands.

汉字拼字盘（诗学启蒙儿童玩具） 当女儿三岁时，她问我能否帮她做一个可以拼汉字的拼字盘来玩，我一下子愣住了。汉字虽是方块字，可笔画却千变万化——点、横、撇、捺，长短不一、走势各异。如何把它们变成一套统一又灵活的几何模块？宋体、楷体笔画形态丰富，却难以相互适配组合。于是，我埋头摸索，反复尝试数年，终于从美术黑体字中捕捉到灵感：将笔画提炼为简洁而标准的几何单元，再把这些模块像七巧板一样，嵌入一方方小格之中。 它不仅仅是一个拼字盘，更是一个可触摸的汉字世界。孩子可以用这些模块拼出“天”“地”“人”，也可以跳出字的框架，拼出一朵花、一只鸟、一座小房子。笔画在指尖穿梭，思维在游戏中跃动——识字，不再是机械记忆，而是一场充满创造与想象的探索之旅。 一直以来，市场上有七巧板、英文字母拼图，却始终缺少一款真正为汉字启蒙而生的动手玩具。这款拼字盘不仅是一件玩具，更是一把钥匙：为孩子打开汉字的大门，也在拼拼搭搭之间，培养动手能力、激发图形思维、启迪创造潜能。今年，我终于将这个礼物做成，送到了她的手中。