Copywork first, letter for letter, then Transcription around age seven or eight; word for word, an introduction to spelling, seeing entire words in their minds as they copy and write whole words in place of individual letters at a time, then Dictation. At eight or nine years old, a child prepares a paragraph, older children […]
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Following is the general method of Charlotte Mason’s writing lessons as outlined in her 1st Volume: Home Education, pp. 233 – 243. BEGINNING WRITING LESSONSThe initial focus of writing lessons is careful work. Begin with short lessonsof five or ten minutes practicing capital letters in a font of your choice. Theexact letter he is copying
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I’ve had by boys doing copywork, or transcription, since the age of 6. Basically, I type a quote from their literature (I use the font QMF from the Queensland style found through EFI Fonts using three rules), print it out, and have them copy it into their composition notebook. Copywork is not just handwriting practice,