“Praise be to you, O Lord,
For all your creatures
And especially for our brother the sun
Who gives us the day
And who shows forth your light.
Fair is he and radiant with great splendor.
To us he is the symbol of you, O Lord.”
That is just a sampling of the divine words of praise that St. Francis of Assisi wrote in the hymn, “Canticle of the Sun.”
Now you can share his glorifying words with your learners in this digital download available for school or homeschool use.
Canticle of the Sun Copywork contains the complete text of this beautiful piece. It also includes full-color illustrations of sacred artwork portraying St. Francis.
Homeschooling with a Touch of Class copywork is designed to provide you with copy material for children at various stages of handwriting development as well as bonus features for making handwriting practice fun.
The copywork text is printed in 8 different handwriting formats. They are:
- dotted traditional manuscript without rule lines,
- dotted traditional manuscript with primary lines,
- solid traditional manuscript with blank primary lines for copying,
- solid traditional manuscript with blank standard lines for copying,
- dotted traditional cursive without rule lines,
- dotted traditional cursive with primary lines,
- solid traditional cursive with blank primary lines for copying,
- solid traditional cursive with blank standard lines for copying.
To make copywork a more enjoyable experience, these extra features have been included:
- Black and white illustrations for children to color.
- Suggestions for fun copywork projects.
- A list of classical music selections for children to listen to while copying the text.
These have been developed to not only take the stress out of handwriting practice, but to also address the needs of children with different learning styles.
101 pages
For grades 1 – 3
