Penmanship Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/category/language-arts/penmanship/ Cultivating creativity, wisdom, and virtue in education, entrepreneurship, and soul care. Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:53:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/doingwhatmatters.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/house-tree-512od.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Penmanship Archives • Doing What Matters with Janice Campbell https://doingwhatmatters.com/category/language-arts/penmanship/ 32 32 89931359 Learn Like Leonardo da Vinci with Study Notes and Learning Journals https://doingwhatmatters.com/study-notes-learning-journals/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/study-notes-learning-journals/#comments Fri, 30 Aug 2019 22:51:44 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=3750 How do you learn? If you wanted to learn about architecture, invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology, or cartography, how would you begin? Long before textbooks and workbooks were invented, people of...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/study-notes-learning-journals/feed/ 1 3750 Penmanship Matters: Here’s Why You Need to Teach It https://doingwhatmatters.com/penmanship-matters/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/penmanship-matters/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2016 21:41:44 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2448 Is there any reason for an ordinary person to learn decent penmanship? I believe there is, even if handwriting seems difficult or unnecessary. Clear italic or cursive penmanship is an art form that virtually anyone can master. Because handwriting is...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/penmanship-matters/feed/ 6 2448 Reasons to be Thankful (including the 2015 Thanksgiving Sale!) https://doingwhatmatters.com/reasons-to-be-thankful-including-the-2015-thanksgiving-sale/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/reasons-to-be-thankful-including-the-2015-thanksgiving-sale/#respond Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:03:42 +0000 https://www.doingwhatmatters.com/?p=2342 I’m at that giddy moment just after I’ve uploaded book and cover files to the printer, and am waiting for the proof copy. Let’s just say, cartwheels are happening somewhere, even as I sit here, soberly typing. This particular book has...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/reasons-to-be-thankful-including-the-2015-thanksgiving-sale/feed/ 0 2342 The Stages of Learning Language Arts https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-stages-of-learning-language-arts/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-stages-of-learning-language-arts/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:47:38 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=655 There are five stages in learning language arts, and each stage has a different focus. This graphic will help you remember what to do when.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-stages-of-learning-language-arts/feed/ 4 1855 How to Hold a Pen or Pencil https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:03:00 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=650 Writing fatigue and writers cramp are the inevitable result of holding the pen too tightly or in an awkward grip, and often students don't even realize why writing is so hard. The physical act of penmanship is such a necessary part of school, it just seems wise to make it as painless as possible. Here's help.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/how-to-hold-a-pen-or-pencil/feed/ 8 1854 Charlotte Mason on Copywork https://doingwhatmatters.com/charlotte-mason-on-copywork/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/charlotte-mason-on-copywork/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:08:38 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=640 Charlotte Mason recommended copywork, which she called "transcription," as an early step in teaching language arts. In Home Education, she wrote about the value of copywork, as well as what and how to copy. I have provided her instructions and added a few notes of my own.

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/charlotte-mason-on-copywork/feed/ 6 1853 The Power of Copying a Text https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-power-of-copying-a-text/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-power-of-copying-a-text/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 10:20:32 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=368 The power of a text is different when it is read from when it is copied out. Only the copied text thus commands the soul of him who is occupied with it, whereas the mere reader never discovers the new...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-power-of-copying-a-text/feed/ 6 1828 Election Day 2009- Our Constitution https://doingwhatmatters.com/election-day-2009-our-constitution/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/election-day-2009-our-constitution/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:31:09 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=102 I came across this friendly reminder from someone in Italy who admires the United States Constitution, and it seemed a suitable day to share it. Sometimes outsiders (think of Alexis de Tocqueville) see very clearly! I thought it would be...

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/election-day-2009-our-constitution/feed/ 2 1773 An Autumn Poem for Copywork https://doingwhatmatters.com/an-autumn-poem-for-copywork/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/an-autumn-poem-for-copywork/#respond Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:43:23 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/?p=100 I believe that Charlotte Mason‘s method for teaching language arts provides an excellent foundation for future language arts learning. Copywork is the step that begins the process of learning to write. First, read the entire poem aloud, using appropriate inflection....

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]]> https://doingwhatmatters.com/an-autumn-poem-for-copywork/feed/ 0 1771 The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy (and SAT Essay Prep) https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-darkling-thrush-by-thomas-hardy-and-sat-essay-prep/ https://doingwhatmatters.com/the-darkling-thrush-by-thomas-hardy-and-sat-essay-prep/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:09:30 +0000 http://www.janice-campbell.com/2008/02/19/the-darkling-thrush-by-thomas-hardy-and-sat-essay-prep/ I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter’s dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their...

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