| Author | |
kristinannie
Forum All-Star
Joined: Jan 27 2011
Location: West Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1363
|
| Posted: May 02 2012 at 10:43am | IP Logged
|
 |
|
My son is able to make all of his letters pretty well now so I had decided to start doing copywork. The problem is that he LOVES his handwriting workbook (Zaner-Bloser). He has done about .25 of the 1st grade book, but they are no long working on letter formation. They are basically doing really banal copywork (for today, he was supposed to write brother, uncle, sister, and aunt). I would rather him be writing something lovely if it is just copywork anyway.
Should I let him finish up this book or just insist on copywork? After a few weeks of copywork, would the complaining stop? I hate to mess with a good thing because he loves handwriting, but I am not really fond of this workbook. Is there a better workbook I could buy? I would just rather pull copywork out of the books we are reading and do Bible verses.
__________________
John Paul 8.5
Meredith Rose 7
Dominic Michael 4.5
Katherine Elizabeth 8 months
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
jawgee
Forum All-Star
Joined: May 02 2011
Location: New Hampshire
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1415
|
| Posted: May 02 2012 at 11:12am | IP Logged
|
|
|
About a month ago, I switched my 6YO from the CHC handwriting book to handwriting pages that I make on this website. I use our Bible memory verse for the week as his copywork.
As for the complaining....well, I don't have that one figured out yet. 
__________________
Monica
C (12/2001), N (11/2005), M (5/2008), J (8/2009) and three angels
The Catholic Cup on Facebook
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
lapazfarm
Forum All-Star
Joined: July 21 2005
Location: Alaska
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 6082
|
| Posted: May 02 2012 at 12:46pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
kristinannie wrote:
| I hate to mess with a good thing because he loves handwriting |
|
|
To me, this is your answer right here. He loves it. You will have plenty of time (years and years!) to do copywork your way once he finishes up the workbook. I'd relax and let him do what he loves.
__________________
Theresa
us-schooling in beautiful Fairbanks, Alaska.
LaPaz Home Learning
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
Mackfam
Board Moderator
Non Nobis
Joined: April 24 2006
Location: Alabama
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 14656
|
| Posted: May 02 2012 at 12:48pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
lapazfarm wrote:
kristinannie wrote:
| I hate to mess with a good thing because he loves handwriting |
|
|
To me, this is your answer right here. He loves it. You will have plenty of time (years and years!) to do copywork your way once he finishes up the workbook. I'd relax and let him do what he loves. |
|
|
I agree, and I'd go with the bird in hand for this one! 
__________________
Jen Mackintosh
Wife to Rob, mom to dd 19 , ds 16, ds 11, dd 8, and dd 3
Wildflowers and Marbles
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
SallyT
Forum All-Star
Joined: Aug 08 2007
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 2489
|
| Posted: May 02 2012 at 2:04pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Same here. And typically copywork starts with single words, anyway, before you progress to sentences and passages, so why not write basic words, even if by themselves they're a little banal?
My kids have also loved those CHC handwriting books. The lessons are typically so short, though, especially in the early grades, that you can easily do both a short CHC lesson and a short copywork passage on the same day, if you desire. After struggling with this a good bit myself, because *I* adore copywork, but my kids like those workbooks, I've finally decided that it doesn't have to be an either-or thing.
Sally
__________________
Castle in the Sea
Abandon Hopefully
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
kristinannie
Forum All-Star
Joined: Jan 27 2011
Location: West Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1363
|
| Posted: May 02 2012 at 2:23pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Thank you guys for telling me what I already knew in my heart, but didn't want to hear.
__________________
John Paul 8.5
Meredith Rose 7
Dominic Michael 4.5
Katherine Elizabeth 8 months
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
AmandaV
Forum All-Star
Joined: Aug 27 2009
Location: Texas
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 707
|
| Posted: Aug 27 2012 at 3:40pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
Not sure what you decided KristinAnnie, but I just came across this in a search and my suggestion would be to alternate days. Maybe 2-3 days in the workbook for formation reinforcement and then the other 2-3 days copying a short sentence or passage with more meaning to you (and him :) ).
__________________
Amanda
wife since 6/03, Mom to son 7/04, daughter 2/06, twin sons 6/08 and son 7/11, son 1/2014
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
3ringcircus
Forum Pro
Joined: Dec 15 2011
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 420
|
| Posted: Aug 28 2012 at 3:35pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
You could always do some supplementary work and keep up w/ what he likes. G dictates cards and letters to me and I use a penmanship worksheet generator to make the tracing pages. When he gets better, I can make them copywork, as PP mentioned. He absolutely loves using his own writing. It hardly seems like an assignment!
__________________
Christine
Mom to my circus of boys: G-1/06, D-1/04, S-4/10
Started HS in Fall'12
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
kristinannie
Forum All-Star
Joined: Jan 27 2011
Location: West Virginia
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 1363
|
| Posted: Aug 28 2012 at 3:55pm | IP Logged
|
|
|
I "lost " the book over our break and now he does only copywork and is happy about it.
__________________
John Paul 8.5
Meredith Rose 7
Dominic Michael 4.5
Katherine Elizabeth 8 months
|
| Back to Top |
|
| |
4Real Forums : Language Arts Come Alive
Topic: Copywork
