Bible Copy work (Homeschooling with the Bible as our textbook)

A few years ago, I wrote about our homeschooling methods.  The posts were very long, and well, too long.  So, since I still get asked about our homeschooling methods often, I have decided to update those posts into smaller more reader friendly posts.  So, here is the first one.

The center of our schooling is BIBLE.  We use it for everything.  The most important part of our students daily schooling is copywork.  If they can’t get to anything else in a day, they must do their copywork.  Copying God’s WORD.

 IN our house every student copies God’s Word.  Our kindergartener all the way up to our post high school graduates.

Here is a  link to information on Copying the Bible.

Basically, we follow the method presented by this family.  A student sits and copies the Bible word for word, letter for letter.  It is to be exact and done diligently.   But, we do a variation of what the Klein family does.

 

Read complete chapter to self. Younger students read out loud to someone else.

(see below for more information for younger students)

Copy the chapter word for word, punctuation for punctuation.

Have it checked by sibling or parent.

Make any necessary corrections.

Write journal page on chapter in same book as drawing.

NOTE: I will give assignments for grammar and writing in relation to copy work.

For example: if they are copying Psalms we will do some poetry assignments or even music/lyric writing for the journal assignment.

All students are to copy from 9 am to 10 am daily. High school students are to complete two chapters of copy work a day. A typical chapter done right takes an hour. Therefore, a high school student must make another hour in the day to copy. Junior high students need to complete a minimum of one chapter a day. Elementary students that are reading and writing independently, usually around grade 4, are to copy a minimum of one chapter a week. Younger, beginning readers participate in group reading two to three times a week, and then draw a picture and copy one verse from the chapter read during group.

Leader (usually mom) reads chapter to group and discusses it.

 

Using divided copy books, students draw a picture as assigned for the chapter.

(the curriculum we use HomeschoolingTorah.com provides great tracing and copying sheets to help students develop their writing skills.)

Student copies assigned verse from Bible, if not yet able to copy on own then leader copies it into the book and they either copy or trace it depending on ability.

Student reads verse to leader.

The copying of God’s Word is not just an exercise of the body and mind, but it is a way for the student to really focus on God’s Word and put it on their heart.

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  Gerald Landis has written: July 26, 2017 at 4:04 pm Reply

  I was looking at search of copywork for adults.

  I guess I am adult as I am age 69.

  I do not remember in my public schooling or year of
  Bible School ever been taught about this method.

  May God bless you and your family.

  Hopefully when I grow up some more in my old age
  I will do more of copy work
  similar to your methods and some of my own??

  Do you ever use other Bibles in other languages
  as Spanish or Portuguese or whatever?

  Gerald Landis
  Forest City, Florida
  brogerald@gmail.com

  Copy work must take a long time!