tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400013362999368442.post8107307783279207951..comments2023-04-27T07:33:42.843-07:00Comments on The Unplugged Family: My Favorite Helpful Links for Getting Started with NotebookingCassandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06929231009510772743noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400013362999368442.post-48638998175561607562015-10-28T19:07:11.681-07:002015-10-28T19:07:11.681-07:00Hi! Hm... these are great questions, and I'm ...Hi! Hm... these are great questions, and I'm note sure I'm qualified to answer them! What I can do though, is share what has worked for us. Copywork should never make kids 'hate writing'. It is actually really gentle and is given at the appropriate age/amount ratio. Actually, our kids do very little copywork daily (a few sentences), but over time, done every day, it adds up! :) For us, we started simple copywork with numbers and letters (how to form them). We started when the kids showed they were ready/interested. About age 5 ish? It was different for each child... our youngest took longer to be 'ready' for printing but was putting together adult difficulty Lego sets at 5... so... they all have different giftings, eh? We actually do use the words from AAR Level 1 for a 'word book', which is a form or early dictation. The child looks at the word, studies it, you'd already learned to read it (we started at the beginning once we completed the course) and now he is slowly adding them into his 'word' book... I really love Draw Write Now for Copywork... there are also TONS of free copywork printables on Pinterest. Or, simply pick a few easy sentences from books you are reading or poems and voila - copywork. Start slow and easy and work your way up. :)Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929231009510772743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400013362999368442.post-57051220131427435852015-10-28T19:01:50.768-07:002015-10-28T19:01:50.768-07:00I've heard a lot about interactive Math Notebo...I've heard a lot about interactive Math Notebooks... they look like so much work!!! But they do look neat.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929231009510772743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400013362999368442.post-3119177539975512592015-10-28T17:13:09.798-07:002015-10-28T17:13:09.798-07:00Thanks so much and looking forward to your future ...Thanks so much and looking forward to your future posts concerning notebooking. About copywork- what age would you suggest children start? From your experience, will copywork make a young child hate writing? And what should children start with, the alphabet and numbers? And one last question, if you did copywork and AAR 1 at the same time, would it get in the way of the child's ability to read, or will it be 'too much' for the child?<br />Thanks in advance. serenityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06885954035247127224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400013362999368442.post-17187613385056768612015-10-28T03:02:13.475-07:002015-10-28T03:02:13.475-07:00Thank you for this! I just posted about our math j...Thank you for this! I just posted about our math journals, which closely resemble notebooking! Megan Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15559452070976940426noreply@blogger.com