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With everything from robins and cardinals to vireos and loons, this book graced with illustrations in color introduces your child to common North American birds through copy-work in manuscript printing with an average of about 50 words per page. This book makes great printing practice for late first through third grades. It is also great remedial handwriting practice for older kids (grades 4-6) who are computer spoiled and need to spruce up their printing ability. After all, adults fill out forms all the time in printing by hand. So if your older child is losing his printing skills, or could use work on neatness, this book is also great for your family. Buy this book once, and you can use it for any member of your immediate household indefinitely. That means you can use it for any of your children now or in the future. We give you a different bird for each letter of the alphabet with an illustration of each bird in color. Plus we give you a coloring page for your child to color for each and every bird in this book. These can be used as part of a notebook or simply as reward pages for a job well done. We also give your child fun puzzles pertaining to the birds found in this book. Your kids can even use this book as a beginning field guide to 26 North American birds. Please note: This book is also available in slantprint (transitional) writing: "Birds of North America" Slant Print Penmanship A-Z. The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser.

With everything from robins and cardinals to vireos and loons, this book graced with illustrations in color introduces your child to common North American birds through copy-work in slant print (a transitional writing form between manuscript and cursive, but beautiful in its own right) with an average of about 50 words per page. This book makes great transitional practice for late first through fourth grades in preparation for learning cursive. (These slant-print letters each have elements of manuscript and cursive writing.) It is also great for children of any age who want to learn or practice this style of writing for making fancy cards, notes or other handwritten documents. Buy this book once, and you can use it for any member of your immediate household indefinitely. That means you can use it for any of your children now or in the future. We give you a different bird for each letter of the alphabet with an illustration of each bird in color. Plus we give you a coloring page for your child to color for each and every bird in this book. These can be used as part of a notebook or simply as reward pages for a job well done. We also give your child fun puzzles pertaining to the birds found in this book. Your kids can even use this book as a beginning field guide to 26 North American birds. 59 usable pages. Copy guide line size: 32. (You can download and print our free LightHome Guide Line Size Sheet to see for yourself how big that is.) Please note: this book is also available in manuscript writing: "Birds of North America" Manuscript Penmanship A-Z. The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser.

Strengthen your children’s appreciation for family life, teach them why they should value it, and help them know how to make it richer with their own contributions. This book contains penmanship copywork about what it means to be a family, from A to Z, with one page for each letter of the alphabet. We share photos of our children growing up in our home and home school, to go with each family value, along with a few pages of photo collages of our family life. We also tell about our family life as an example, although not a perfect one, to make this book more personal. We hope that this will inspire your kids to give themselves wholeheartedly to your family life. We also share paintings by famous artists that illustrate family life. Below each painting we talk about the old-fashioned values that painting inspires, and we make observations about the paintings to help kids develop art sense. These are followed by outlines of the paintings for kids to paint or color, to help their art skills along and add to the enjoyment of this course. Coloring them is not mandatory, of course, but we include them for those artistic-minded kids who will really enjoy them. We try to make each of our books cover more than one school subject. This beautiful book provides inspiration to your children that just might change your family life. 57 usable pages The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser.

Experience what it was like to travel west in a wagon train. Practice all the cursive letters in the alphabet with this exciting unit study in a penmanship book. Copy-work pages tell about different aspects of life in a wagon train on the way to Oregon or California, exploring the hardships, meals, kids’ daily chores, challenges, recreation, and much more. We have pioneered a new concept in penmanship, our A-Z History Unit Study Penmanship Series, which includes well researched history content, along with ideas and activities to help make history come alive for your children. This book includes: 5 recipes for an authentic wagon train meal a map of the Oregon and California Trails a supplies word search puzzle 3 pioneer paper dolls and extra costumes pioneer crafts to make activity ideas for your family to enjoy, either as a family or with your homeschool support group (ideas for both contexts are provided) illustrations on every page that reflect the time period and show what life was like 8 paintings of life on the trail by artists of the period, one of which has an outline line drawing for your children to use in order to try their hand at copying the painting 8 additional coloring pages of scenes from the Trail, from beginning to end 54 usable pages of highly interesting penmanship and activities! Other titles in our A-Z History Unit Study Penmanship Series include: A-Z Family Life in Colonial Times Other titles coming soon! The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser.

Do you want to equip your children to be useful in God’s Kingdom? This book will help teach your children the importance of being useful to God (bearing fruit) as emphasized by Jesus Himself in His teachings. Our Artistic Bible Copywork series combines Bible verses, penmanship copywork, and art. Our goal with this series is to familiarize kids with the Scriptures in an enjoyable context. Through careful use of the books in this series, you can even help your children keep these Bible passages in their hearts, entrusted to their memory. “Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You.” (One way to do this is to have them do the same copy page several days in a row, while saying the verse together as a family to learn it by heart.) It is so vitally important for our children to know the Bible and its teachings. This book presents children with verses in the New American Standard Bible (NASB) version selected from all 4 Gospels that show how God requires those who repent and trust in Him to bear fruit in keeping with their repentance. Copying these verses, doing the activities and coloring the many pictures of fruit that adorn these pages makes Scripture copywork a beautiful experience. Some of the verses to copy come with a question or 2 to answer, helping your children focus on the meaning of what they have just copied. This book includes: 46 Gospel verses to copy on the topic of Bearing Fruit 12 mystery verses for kids to figure out by word clues and fill in (in cursive) 7 crossword puzzles for review 4 high-quality realistic coloring pages 3 decorated verse posters to color 2 word search puzzles including the Fruits of the Spirit and another mystery verse in word search form 14 extra lined pages in different line sizes (4 decorated with color pictures and 10 with pictures in grayscale) Make copying and learning Bible verses a delightful experience for your child! 63 usable pages The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser.

Inspire your kids during copywork time to enjoy a family walk. Through the years as we homeschooled, Joymarie took photos of our kids enjoying family walks and park time for PE. The color photos in this penmanship book span our kids’ ages from toddler to graduating teen, so kids get to see our homeschooled kids at different ages as they copy sentences about the many and varied fun things we did on family walks. This book is both an inspiration to kids to encourage them to enjoy family walks and also an inspiration and guide to parents on how to make family walks and exercise at the park (and in many other settings) enjoyable for the whole family, tots to teens. At the back of the copywork pages is a complete guide covering everything from how to avoid family quarrels and helping kids learn how to treat one another to how to photograph your own kids on family walks. Joymarie covers both the practical aspects, such as bringing along snacks, drinks and jackets, and the spiritual and inspirational side of being close to God, the Creator, on a walk. This beautiful book is an experience in joyfulness that just might change your family life. This is the third book in a series of outdoors penmanship books that also includes A Walk in the Woods, about the beauty of wildlife in a forest setting, and A Backpacker’s Alphabet, about the basics of backpacking for camping enthusiasts and anyone who loves the outdoors. The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser.

For camping enthusiasts, here’s handwriting practice that spells out the basics of backpacking from A to Z. Joymarie draws from her own backpacking experiences to create these anything-but-boring copywork pages that share her practical wisdom. Every page shows not only backpacking scenes but also wild creatures of all kinds to add to your children’s enjoyment. Discusses how to prepare your family for the experience of backpacking. This is the first book in a series of outdoors penmanship books that also includes A Walk in the Woods, about the beauty of wildlife in a forest setting, and A-Z Have a Wonderful Walk, telling how to make family walks exciting and varied. The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s owner.

A Treasury of Bible Verses for Little Ones is part of our Artistic Bible Copywork series, which combines Bible verses, penmanship copywork, and art. It is so vitally important for our children to know the Holy Scriptures. This book includes 39 Bible verses for small children (grades K-3) to trace and then copy in a manuscript (hand-printing) font, with delightful childhood illustrations, including 14 beautiful paintings in the Pre-Raphaelite style, depicting small children and their world. This makes Scripture copywork a beautiful experience. In addition, this book includes 4 notebooking pages for extra copywork and 4 coloring pages for your young child to color and put up on your bulletin board or your child’s bedroom wall. Make copying Bible verses a delightful experience for your child! 47 usable pages The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser.

Children learn to focus on loving and helping each other when they copy what the Bible says about love and answer questions about what the Bible verses mean. A Treasury of Bible Verses on Love is part of our Artistic Bible Copywork series, which combines Bible verses, penmanship copywork, and art. Our goal with this series is to familiarize kids with the Scriptures in an enjoyable context. Through careful use of the books in this series, you can even help your children keep these Bible passages in their hearts, entrusted to their memory, helping to fulfill Psalm 119:11: “Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You.” (One way to do this is to have them do the same copy page several days in a row, while saying the verse together as a family to learn it by heart.) It is so vitally important for our children to know the Bible and the love that it inspires in us. In this book we have chosen 78 verses from the King James Version (KJV) of the Holy Scriptures about what love is and the importance of Christian love, put them in a true cursive font, and added stained glass designs to color, so that each page feels like the making of a masterpiece your child (or teen) can feel proud of creating. This makes Scripture copywork a beautiful experience. Each Bible passage to copy comes with a question or two to help your children focus on the meaning of the verse(s) they have just copied. In addition, this book includes 12 beautiful Scripture posters to color and put up on your bulletin board or your child’s bedroom wall. Make copying Bible verses a delightful experience for your child! 65 usable pages The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser. Please note: The verses in this book are taken from the King James (Authorized) Version (KJV) of the Bible. This book is also available with the same verses taken from the New American Standard Bible (NASB).

Children learn to focus on loving and helping each other when they copy what the Bible says about love and answer questions about what the Bible verses mean. A Treasury of Bible Verses on Love is part of our Artistic Bible Copywork series, which combines Bible verses, penmanship copywork, and art. Our goal with this series is to familiarize kids with the Scriptures in an enjoyable context. Through careful use of the books in this series, you can even help your children keep these Bible passages in their hearts, entrusted to their memory, helping to fulfill Psalm 119:11: “Your word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against You.” (One way to do this is to have them do the same copy page several days in a row, while saying the verse together as a family to learn it by heart.) It is so vitally important for our children to know the Bible and the love that it inspires in us. In this book we have chosen 78 verses from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) version of the Holy Scriptures about what love is and the importance of Christian love, put them in a true cursive font, and added stained glass designs to color, so that each page feels like the making of a masterpiece your child (or teen) can feel proud of creating. This makes Scripture copywork a beautiful experience. Each Bible passage to copy comes with a question or two to help your children focus on the meaning of the verse(s) they have just copied. In addition, this book includes 12 beautiful Scripture posters to color and put up on your bulletin board or your child’s bedroom wall. Make copying Bible verses a delightful experience for your child! 68 usable pages The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser. Please note: The verses in this book are taken from the New American Standard Bible (NASB). This book is also available with the same verses taken from the King James (Authorized) Version (KJV).

This fascinating book has paragraphs about 26 very unusual, little-known mammals, A to Z, to copy in cursive, with all 26 animals pictured. Also includes pictures to color of more than half of the animals in their natural surroundings. No more boring penmanship! Have you ever heard of an addax? What about a capybara, fennec, ibex, kinkajou, or numbat? How about an okapi, pangolin, quokka, or saiga? Or what about an uakari or a zorille? If you haven’t heard of these strange and unusual animals, you will really enjoy our Animals You Never Heard Of penmanship series, which starts with this book. Kids will love getting to know these unusual animals. Each page includes text in cursive, copywork lines, plus word puzzles added as a bonus for when the copywork is done. We also give you 2 colorfully decorated extra copywork pages in 2 line sizes, plus a word search that includes all 26 unusual mammals. Your kids will also be inspired by the fact that some of the illustrations are by family artists educated at home. This book was inspired by the extensive research of our homeschooled middle son, Judah. This book is the first in a series of 12 books of unusual animals, A to Z, which will include little-known mammals, birds, sea creatures, and reptiles and amphibians. The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser.

Are you facing tough times in your family or your home school? Do you want to help equip your children to be able to face hardships in their future? This book will help teach your children to take refuge in God as their stronghold in times of trouble. Our Artistic Bible Copywork series combines Bible verses, penmanship copywork, and art. Our goal with this series is to familiarize kids with the Scriptures in an enjoyable context. Through careful use of the books in this series, you can even help your children keep these Bible passages in their hearts, entrusted to their memory. “Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee.” (One way to do this is to have them do the same copy page several days in a row, while saying the verse together as a family to learn it by heart.) It is so vitally important for our children to know the Bible and its teachings. This book presents children with verses selected from the Psalms (along with Proverbs and 2 of the Old Testament prophets) that show how God is a stronghold to those who trust in Him. Copying these verses and then coloring the pictures, including scenes of castles and stained-glass window patterns, makes Scripture copywork a beautiful experience. Some of the verses to copy come with a question or 2 to answer to help your children focus on the meaning of what they have just copied. Make copying and learning Bible verses a delightful experience for your child! 43 usable pages The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser. Please note: The verses in this book are taken from the New American Standard Bible (NASB). This book is also available with the same verses taken from the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible.

Are you facing tough times in your family or your home school? Do you want to help equip your children to be able to face hardships in their future? This book will help teach your children to take refuge in God as their stronghold in times of trouble. Our Artistic Bible Copywork series combines Bible verses, penmanship copywork, and art. Our goal with this series is to familiarize kids with the Scriptures in an enjoyable context. Through careful use of the books in this series, you can even help your children keep these Bible passages in their hearts, entrusted to their memory. “Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee.” (One way to do this is to have them do the same copy page several days in a row, while saying the verse together as a family to learn it by heart.) It is so vitally important for our children to know the Bible and its teachings. This book presents children with verses selected from the Psalms (along with Proverbs and 2 of the Old Testament prophets) that show how God is a stronghold to those who trust in Him. Copying these verses and then coloring the pictures, including scenes of castles and stained-glass window patterns, makes Scripture copywork a beautiful experience. Some of the verses to copy come with a question or 2 to answer to help your children focus on the meaning of what they have just copied. Make copying and learning Bible verses a delightful experience for your child! 43 usable pages The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser. Please note: The verses in this book are taken from the King James (Authorized) Version (KJV) of the Bible. This book is also available with the same verses taken from the New American Standard Bible (NASB).

Quotes from past inaugurations and other speeches by US presidents This penmanship book was created to affirm the importance of keeping God, prayer, and the Bible in government. It is a compilation of quotes from US presidential speeches that affirm both the necessity and the wisdom of seeking God’s guidance and providence in government and living by His Word. Students copy the quotes to practice their cursive handwriting. (We suggest copying one quote per week.) This book, which was compiled, created, and illustrated by a highly gifted homeschooled student (now graduated, with her writing published in all 3 of the What Really Happened series of books from Bramley Books) can be used for history, civics, government, handwriting, Bible, and character in your homeschool. The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s purchaser. Quotes About This Product The font chosen for this book is easy to copy, which I think sets the student up for a positive experience. Not only is my son seeing an immediate improvement in his writing skills, he is copying hand selected quotes from some of our nations greatest presidents - words chosen because they assert the importance of God’s word while imparting Godly wisdom. This is well done, and the fact that a 12-year-old homeschool student created it is absolutely amazing! Kathy Davis homeschoolbuzz.com

This large-print manuscript penmanship book with its richly colored, lavish illustrations focused on the story of Jesus’ birth is a delightful way for kids to practice their handwriting while focusing on Christmas. We created this book as a way to draw the family together during the Christmas season. Our kids loved to make Christmas last, from the first of December to the new year. Why not combine Christmas celebration and handwriting practice as your kids learn the words to multiple verses of favorite Christmas carols by tracing or copying them in manuscript printing? For each of 14 Christmas carols, we provide each verse of each carol in large-size (32-point) dotted manuscript printing cursive to trace, plus the same verse in solid print for kids to copy using the 11 decorated lined pages, in 5 line sizes, at the back of the book. Includes 2 bonus carols in solid print for copying (these do include 2 of the verses each to trace). We also include coloring pages depicting scenes from the story of the birth of Jesus, as well as pictures to color of families celebrating Christmas around the world. You are allowed to print out the pages for all family members in your same household year after year. We suggest putting the finished carol pages in a notebook and using it to sing the Christmas carols, either just as a family or with guests. Let this book be a jump off point to instill in your children a love for singing and a special place in your family schedule for singing Christmas carols every year at Christmas time. You can also purchase our Christmas music CD, Christmas Carols, Sweet and Clear (available on this site), which includes 10 of the carols that are in this book, for your children to listen to while they do the handwriting practice on these pages, or to provide the accompaniment as they sing along with it. The 16 songs included in this book are: O Little Town of Bethlehem What Child is This? Angels We Have Heard on High While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night The First Noel Silent Night Away in a Manger O Come All Ye Faithful Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Joy to the World It Came Upon a Midnight Clear O Holy Night In the Bleak Midwinter Of the Father’s Love Begotten Our coloring pages include many different views of the Nativity scene, manger animals, angels, Jesus blessing the children, Jesus triumphant entry, black folk leaving slavery behind, men and horses working in a barn, the Mexican tradition of Las Posadas, children caroling, children gazing at nativity scenes, magnificent Mount Shasta, and a waterfall scene near Mount Ranier. All coloring pictures are relevant to one or another verses in the Christmas carols. The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s owner.

This multilevel penmanship book with its richly colored, lavish illustrations focused on the story of Jesus’ birth is a delightful way for kids to practice their handwriting while focusing on Christmas. We created this book as a way to draw the family together during the Christmas season. Our kids loved to make Christmas last, from the first of December to the new year. Why not combine Christmas celebration and handwriting practice as your kids learn the words to multiple verses of favorite Christmas carols by tracing or copying them in printing and cursive? For each of 14 Christmas carols, we provide each verse of each carol in dotted manuscript printing and dotted cursive, plus the same verse in solid print and cursive for kids to copy using the 10 decorated lined pages, in 7line sizes, at the back of the book. Includes 2 bonus carols in solid print and cursive for copying only. We also include coloring pages depicting scenes from the story of the birth of Jesus, as well as pictures to color of families celebrating Christmas around the world. You are allowed to print out the pages for all family members in your same household year after year. We suggest putting the finished carol pages in a notebook and using it to sing the Christmas carols, either just as a family or with guests. Let this book be a jump off point to instill in your children a love for singing and a special place in your family schedule for singing Christmas carols every year at Christmas time. You can also purchase our Christmas music CD, Christmas Carols, Sweet and Clear, which includes 10 of the carols that are in this book, for your children to listen to while they do the handwriting practice on these pages, or to provide the accompaniment as they sing along with it. This book is for those of us who still love the old Christmas carols, with their focus on Jesus’ nativity story, and want to pass them on to our children and make them a part of our Christmas traditions. This book is a combination of beautifully illustrated Christmas carols, with all their rich verses, plus coloring pictures to go with each carol. Plus the card shaped color pictures can be decorated and embellished with shiny star stickers, shimmer paint, glitter glue, and other embellishments (as shown in our Christmas card-making book, only these are all on the subject of the nativity story. We also give you a set of 10 decorated copy-work pages in 7 different line sizes.

Come back in time with us to the Colonial days and see what life was like for non-wealthy Colonial families. Discover a world without TV, radio, electricity, flush toilets, or central heating. Copy cursive text and do our suggested activities to experience a world that revolves around nature, growing things, hard work, rural living, and simple pleasures. We have pioneered a new concept in penmanship, with our A-Z History Unit Study Penmanship Series, which includes well-researched history content along with ideas and activities to help make history come alive for your children. 41 usable pages of highly interesting penmanship and Colonial activities, including: 5 recipes for an authentic Colonial meal, a Colonial paper doll with costumes, Colonial crafts to make, plus activity ideas for your family to enjoy, either as a family or with your homeschool support group. (Ideas for both contexts are provided.) The professional handwriting font set used in our penmanship books is used by public schools across the U.S. This book is reproducible for all students living in the same home as the book’s owner.