Early writing

              What the Chinese call Kindergarten lasts for three years.  The children begin to attend when they’re three years old and move on to grade one at age 6.  In China, three years of Kindergarten is common and desirable, but not universal.  The Chinese writing system is so complicated that it takes two additional years of study for literacy to develop.  The character in the center of this paper plate was made by a teacher.  The surrounding copy attempts were done by a very young child.