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Handwriting

We started the year by practicing individual letters, which we had left off with at the end of last year. But I quickly realized that Anya's capacity for handwriting had changed a lot! Her focus, stamina, and interest have definitely grown. 

Every day she copies one sentence. We started off with some really basic sentences about bugs. I think her favorite part was the cartoon to color when she finished! 


When she finished those, we moved to some Bible verses. Last year, when our curriculum was Charlotte Mason inspired, I appreciated that one of the principles was offering a "feast" of Scripture and literature for the child to listen to and experience and ruminate on, and I want to generally follow this idea for copywork. 

"To introduce children to literature is to install them in a very rich and glorious kingdom, to bring a continual holiday to their doors, to lay before them a feast exquisitely served." - Charlotte Mason 

Copywork takes barely ten minutes, but it seems to me like a great opportunity for both of us to reflect on rich and glorious words. "The cow drinks a milkshake" doesn't do much for me, but what about a quick reminder that the Lord is good?


Next we're going to try something different--copying a longer passage of Scripture, but in pieces over a week or so. I just found a website where you can type in your copywork and generate a worksheet with any size words and lines. Send me some copywork ideas if you have any! 

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