Little Earth Education introduces students to using a a mind map to learn Chinese (such as a circle map and colour code. Mind maps are great for learning Chinese especially for Vocabulary, Reading and Writing, The individual but relevant characters are linked together in a visual way, which helps the brain to see the connection and therefore remember better and more quickly.

For example, the mind map above shows the central idea “秋天 “(Autumn) in the middle with the branches containing relevant vocabulary to Autumn such as 树 叶，南瓜，万圣节，玉米，葡萄， 野餐，板栗. As you can see, you can use images to represent each word, which makes memorizing them even easier.