Character Building Copywork by Cindy Prechtel
I am so excited to share this new project with you! Copywork has many benefits, it provides students with excellent writing models, gives opportunity to gain accuracy, work on spelling, learn proper sentence structure and more.  While my children have benefited from all of the above, perhaps the biggest benefit I have found is the opportunity to discuss the material being copied, often times we even end up digging for more information about the person or topic.  Why not use copywork to build character?  Oh, yes, as children build the habit of neat handwriting and accurate copying, they are certainly building character, but what if we went deeper?  I began looking for words of wisdom, poems, stories, etc. that would build the habit of considering the words of others and measuring them against the ultimate book of wisdom, the Bible.
 
While others might be concerned with using lengthier passages for older children to copy.  I decided long ago that short, consistent copywork that inspired my child to think and even dig deeper, instilled the same habit I was trying to create, gave us the same academic benefits as above and more.  I love challenging our children to build godly character while introducing them to great men and women of history!

This book features 180 copywork passages, printed in both cursive and manuscript so they can be used with ALL of your children.  The passages are based on 18 different character qualities, such as honesty, diligence, patience and more. In addition to passages from Scripture, children will copy quotes from famous people and be challenged to consider how the words from that person measure up to what Scripture says about the topic.  I also recommend using these passages as opportunities to look up unfamiliar words, thus easily and naturally expanding our children's vocabulary.

This book is NOT designed to teach handwriting, but rather to provide practice once the student is comfortable forming/connecting letters in manuscript or traditional cursive. Ages 7 & up

Character Building Copywork is available three-hole punched ready to be put in a binder or you can have instant access by purchasing the book online in as an ebook for easy downloading, saving and printing!
INCLUDED FREE WITH EACH ORDER:  A link to download a short collection of character-based stories, carefully selected from a variety of now out-of-print books.  You will receive an email with the link to the stories with your order receipt.