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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!
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 2
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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 …
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 4
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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?
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 9
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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
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 10
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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 …
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 11
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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?
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 13
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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:
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 14
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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?
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 15
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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?
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 16
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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?
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 17
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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 …
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 20
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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?
Quotes Nature Copywork CursiveCursive Date _______________ 21
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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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