This year along with our calendar notebook we are going to have a copywork notebook in which the girls will copy a few letters or a few sentences every day to review memory work we have already accomplished as well as improve penmanship, and reinforce science, history, Bible, phonics, and other lessons we are learning along the way. To help with this process, I created some copywork pages, and just in case you might want to use them too, I’m sharing them today for free!
Why do Copywork?
As Lindafay says, “[Copywork’s] purpose is to improve the child’s handwriting, expose them to noble thoughts, good sentence structure, rich vocabulary and introduce basic punctuation and capitalization rules.” Copywork increases spelling accuracy, memory retention, and beautiful penmanship.
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Who is Copywork for?
Jessie Wise of the Well-Trained Mind recommends copywork for students through about 1st or 2nd grade as then they are usually ready for dictation. Thus, today’s printables are for Kindergarten, and K-2 prospectively.
180 Days of Copywork Printables for Kindergarten
The first notebook I am sharing is for my Teacup who will be doing Pre-K/Kindergarten work this next year. The printables are set-up to coincide perfectly with Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons (although you don’t have to be using this book in order to benefit from the printables), teach basic shapes, review numbers, and more. Take a look at the examples below, and you will get a good idea of what is in store in this notebook.
Have a Pre-K or Kindergartner in your midst ready to work on his/her penmanship?
Click to Download the Kindergarten Copywork Notebook Now
180 Days of Copywork Printables for Early Elementary
The second notebook I am sharing is for my Peanut who will be doing 1st/2nd grade work this next year. The printables are set-up to include history, science, phonics, math, Bible verses, and more. Take a look at the examples below, and you will get a good idea of what is in store in this notebook.
Have a kindergarten, first, or second grade student ready to take their penmanship even farther?
Click to Download the 1st and 2nd Grade Copywork Notebook Now
By the way, don’t forget to download our calendar notebook printables while you are at it. They match perfectly with these copywork pages. AND, don’t forget to share this freebie with your friends! Have fun printing and learning together!
Thanks for sharing these. We are certainly working on nicer looking penmanship over here, without stifling artistic talent…. these kind of activities help quite a bit.
Marissa
These look lovely. I’ll have to share this with my friends who have younger children.
Thanks for sharing. 🙂
LOL. I totally hear you! 😉
Thank you!
What great resources, just what I need for my Kindergartner and 1st/2nd grader. Thank you!
These are great! I’ve been on the lookout for some copywork worksheets. Thank you.
Yeah! Glad you can use it.
Yeah! Hope they work for you.
Thank you for this copywork freebie! My Mini is older but I’ve pinned it for my readers. They love having great copywork choices.
Yeah! Thanks Stephanie.
Thanks for sharing these with us. We could totally use these at my house. Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday:-)
Yeah! Good deal.
Thank you for the copywork printables, this will be a great resource for me this year! As I was looking through it, I noticed that you forgot Australia on Day 40 for the 1st and 2nd graders. Just in case you wanted to fix it.
This is perfect for my son who is in JK right now. I’m especially looking for something for him in the summer so his mind doesn’t completely go to mush without school. Thanks for sharing. #ConfessionsLinkUp
Oh dear! Definitely. What is REALLY sad is that I went back to the original poem and it doesn’t have Australia either! What were they thinking?! All that to say, it’s updated if you want to grab the new copy. Thanks for the heads up!
You are welcome!
thank you Kathy!!! I don’t know what you did … but you did it !!!! Can’t wait to get my son started on his “school work” next week !!
Wow – what a great freebie for so many homeschoolers!
Thanks for linking up to TGIF. I have featuring this today,
Beth
Yeah! Thanks Beth!
LOL. Good deal! 😉
Love the copywork printable for 1st & 2nd grade and would like to use the Kindergarten one as well but the link doesn’t seem to work for me 🙁 Thanks for sharing!
Ok, sorry for that post…I was using the picture at the beginning of your post rather than the words “Click to Download..” that contain the download link! Thanks again 🙂
Hmm…I just tested it and it works for me. Email me Nicole and we’ll get it to you via Plan B. 😉
Aha! Good deal! Enjoy!
Thank you for these Copywork pages. I can use them for older children as well. They all need to work on penmanship.
You bet! Good thinking. I like it!