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Nature Quotes for

Charlotte Mason

Copywork

These copywork pages, including creative writing prompts are power-packed

if you progress their application using these three methods ~

1. Copywork 2. Transcription 3. Dictation

Gently moving from one stage to the next as the child is ready, you will very

naturally teach beautiful handwriting, develop grammar and spelling,

increase vocabulary, and seamlessly impart good writing style.

Copywork (Grades 1-2) is simply copying a passage with many excellent

benefits ~

Once a child has learnt to write each letter using my laminated

handwriting charts, beginners begin to copy each sentence, done

slowly and gently, with an emphasis on quality not quantity.

Careful copywork gives a child the opportunity to practice

beautiful handwriting in context.

Copywork reinforces the habits of observation, best effort, and

attention.

Lessons are kept short (5–10 minutes) and the goal is beautiful work.

Copywork leads to Transcription. (Grades 2-3) copying from memory ~

Once the student has mastered the mechanics of handwriting, he can

start concentrating on the spelling of the passages he is copying.

At this stage he looks at/ studies the word in the passage, then writes it

from memory, and double checking his spelling right away.

Rather than copying letter for letter, he begins to write whole words

from memory, working his way through the passage.

Dictation (Grades 4–12) is an advanced skill of writing out the prepared

passage as the parent or teacher dictates it to him. Focus is on spelling ~

The child studies the passage ahead of time making sure he knows

how to spell every word in it, taking note of the punctuation and

capitalization.

Parents dictate the passage phrase by phrase.

Dictation cultivates the habit of looking at how words are spelled,

reinforces correct punctuation and capitalization; sharpens listening

comprehension; increases vocabulary through context; reinforces

correct sentence structure; reinforces the habits of observation and

attention.

I love Charlotte Mason’s simple, yet highly effective approach!

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings:

Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine into

flowers, the winds will blow their freshness into you,

and the storms, their energy and cares will drop off like

autumn leaves.

- John Muir

Describe how nature refreshes and restores you …

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The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools,

but the gentle touches of air and water working at

their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.

- Henry David Thoreau

Describe how wind and water sculpt rock …


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The sun gives us light, but the moon provides

inspiration. If you look at the sun without shielding

your eyes, you'll go blind. If you look at the moon

without covering your eyes, you'll become a poet.

- Serge Bouchard

Write a poetic description of the moon …


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Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes

time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to

have a friend takes time.

- Georgia O'Keeffe

Please describe any flower you found in detail ~…


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Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they

neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in

all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

- Bible

How does this Bible verse encourage you?


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Next time a sunrise steals your breath or a meadow of

flowers leave you speechless, remain that way. Say

nothing, and listen as heaven whispers, "Do you like

it? I did it just for you."

- Max Lucado

What have you seen in nature that you saw as especially for you from God?


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Flowers always make people better, happier, and more

helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine to the

soul.

- Luther Burbank

What flowers would you give to your mom and why would she like those flowers?


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Describe anything in nature that you observed from

lying on your belly ...…

The next time it begins to rain ... lie down on your

belly, nestle your chin into the grass, and get a frog's-

eye view of how raindrops fall . . . The sight of

hundreds of blades of grass bowing down and popping

back up like piano keys strikes me as one of the merriest

sights in the world.

- Malcolm Margolin


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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up,

snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as

bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

- John Ruskin

Describe your favourite 3 types of weather and say why

you like each …


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Weather means more when you have a garden. There's

nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how

it is soaking in around your green beans.

- Marcelene Cox

Describe all the sounds of a rain shower …


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Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives,

everything is animated, everything seems to speak to

me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.

- Anne De Lenclos

What in nature makes you glad to be alive?


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Thank God ever morning when you get up that you

have something to do which must be done, whether

you like it or not.

- Charles Kingsley

Write a short prayer of thanks to God for what you

have today:


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Today is a new day. You will get out of it just

what you put into it. . . If you have made mistakes,

even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for

you. . . . for this thing that we call "failure" is not the

falling down, but the staying down.

- Mary Pickford

What mistakes will you put behind you in this

beautiful new day?


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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done

what you could; some blunders and absurdities have

crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is

a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too

high a spirit to be encumbered with your old

nonsense. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

What are you grateful for when the day has ended?


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Live your life each day as you would climb a

mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit

keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are

to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb

slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and

the view from the summit will serve as a fitting

climax for the journey. - Harold B. Melchart

What goal are you facing which requires a

mountaineer’s perspective?


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Nature, like a kind and smiling mother, lends herself

to our dreams and cherishes our fancies.

- Victor Hugo

How has your mother cherished your dreams?


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Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not

in books alone but in every leaf of springtime.

- Martin Luther

Describe redemption and how spring leaves can

represent redemption …


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My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the

sky.

- William Wordsworth

Describe what you feel when you see a rainbow …


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Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"

- Robin Williams

Which words would you use to describe what spring

says?


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God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it

is the purest of human pleasures.

- Francis Bacon

Describe the Garden of Eden as you imagine it …


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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet

been discovered.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Describe the beauty of any “weed” that grows in your

garden:


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This is the day the Lord had made. We will rejoice and

be glad in it.

- Bible

Write your own psalm of praise for this new day…


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