How to help children continue reading after learning Lele

If the child reads other books in the future, and the words in the books exceed the 1000 words in Lele's book,
But the child doesn’t know how to pronounce Chinese characters, so how should we help him?

We want to emphasizeThe importance of listening and reading experience.

Listening and reading experience means that children can hear the corresponding sounds while seeing the words, which can help them quickly establish a connection between the shape and pronunciation of the words.

When children have completed Lele's 300 storybooks and mastered about 1000 commonly used Chinese characters, they have already acquired a natural ability to "fit in". Even if they encounter unfamiliar characters, they can guess the meaning based on the context. This literacy process is like a snowball, the more you read, the faster you learn. We found that many children at this stage can automatically remember and use unfamiliar words flexibly after only 1-3 input opportunities. Especially for those children who have not learned Zhuyin, because they directly remember the shape, sound and meaning of the Chinese characters themselves, they can feel the inner meaning of the Chinese characters better and their reading comprehension ability is significantly improved.

They can quickly grasp the key points of the sentence and gradually master new words in reading, forming a virtuous circle. To further help your child, consider the following:

Provide more meaningful listening and reading opportunities: Let your children listen to audio books, watch simple Chinese cartoons, or read with them, and explain new words naturally in the process.
Encourage children to guess words based on context: Even if they encounter new words, they should not rush to look up the dictionary. This can cultivate their patience and confidence.
Expand your reading range step by step: Choosing bridge books with illustrations or puzzles to help children transition from familiar reading to text-only books is very effective.

In short, our goal is not to keep children at the stage of "recognizing words", but to help them become confident and fluent Chinese readers!

The answer lies in one powerful tool:
Listening-while-reading (also called read-along exposure).

🎧 What is listening-while-reading?

It means that as children see the character, they simultaneously hear the correct pronunciation.
This helps them quickly build a mental connection between how the character looks and how it sounds.

📚 After completing the Le Le 300-book series…

Your child will have mastered around 1,000 high-frequency Chinese characters.
At that point, many children develop a natural “fitting-in” ability—
even if they encounter new words, they can guess the meaning using context clues.

This literacy process is like a snowball:
the more they read, the faster they learn.

In fact, we've seen many kids (especially those who never learned Zhuyin) recognize and use new characters after just 1–3 exposures.

Because they directly connect form, sound, and meaning of full characters, their reading comprehension often becomes stronger than expected.

🧠 These children:

Quickly grasp the main idea of a sentence
Learn new vocabulary naturally as they read
Enter a positive learning cycle with growing fluency and confidence

✅ How to support your child beyond the Le Le books:

Offer more meaningful listening-while-reading experiences
– Audiobooks, simple Chinese animations, or read-aloud time with you
– Introduce new words naturally in context
Encourage them to guess unfamiliar characters from context
– Don’t rush to use a dictionary
– Let them build patience and confidence as problem-solvers
Gradually expand reading material
– Choose “bridge books” with illustrations or comics
– Help them transition from picture books to text-heavy ones at their own pace

🎯 Our ultimate goal is not just character recognition—

but to help your child become a confident and fluent Chinese reader.

With strong listening-reading habits,
they'll continue to grow beyond Le Le—
even without Zhuyin.

You've already laid a solid foundation.

Now let the reading journey keep rolling forward. 🚀