I've been researching ancient artifacts lately, and I was amazed to come across a tablet

that recorded the instructions for the amount of oil and grain to be given to King

Jeholycun of Judah when he was a prisoner in Babylon.

Now, can you imagine?

It would be like your instructions to your babysitter being found by someone, oh,

around the year 4,025. Isn't that astounding? It's fascinating that we can get a peek into everyday

life in a culture and a time period so far removed from our own.

All made possible because a scribe wrote it down.

Handwriting is an important way of using language, so it just makes sense to help our children

grow in this area of language arts, too.

Let's talk about a natural way to teach our children to write.

Welcome to the Simply Charlotte Mason podcast. I'm Sonia Schaefer. I love the natural progression

that the Charlotte Mason approach uses in handwriting.

If you would like to learn more about that progression across all areas of language arts,

check the description for a link to a video about the natural progression of language arts

when done the Charlotte Mason way.

In handwriting, this progression allows each child to go at his own pace.

There's no hurry and no busy work.

And it follows the natural development of a child.

Handwriting actually starts when your child discovers drawing.

Young children are fascinated when they see that if they hold a crayon or a marker and

they push it against some surface and move their hand, it makes a mark.

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