How many writing books did your kindergartner go through?

[Caterpiller]

You know those big chunky lined writing books? How many did your kindergartener go through in a year? I was thinking about getting 5 if they are thin, and maybe 3 if they are thick. What do you think?

[TXBeth]

Not even one whole one. She HATED writing. :)

[Caterpiller]

ok my kid is obsessed with writing. LOL She does copy work for fun now. xD :p We aren't using a work book.

[RahRah]

None. Plain 'ole white paper was all we used for the minimal amount of writing done in the K year.

[Caterpiller]

Thanks. :) Her love of writing has really given her a good start on reading. I predict she is going to blow through the phonics stuff I have planned. lol

 

She goes through sooooo much regular paper every day. I have piles and piles. so maybe I will stick with 5 skinny or 3 thick??

[Pretty in Pink]

I have no idea. I ordered a ream of paper from HWOT when I ordered their handwriting workbooks for the year two or three years ago. We are still working our way through that ream of paper. I think it was less than ten bucks.

[gardening momma]

zero

[sewingmama]

I was thinking about getting 5 if they are thin, and maybe 3 if they are thick. What do you think?

 

I think overkill LOL

 

Most kids in older grades wouldn't use that in a year.

 

I think 2 skinny or 1 thick would be more then enough.

 

I'm jealous - my K'er hates to write and I can barely get her to complete the HWT workbook or one page of ETC -I can't imagine even needing an actual writing book for her :001_huh:

[Sebastian (a lady)]

You know those big chunky lined writing books? How many did your kindergartener go through in a year? I was thinking about getting 5 if they are thin, and maybe 3 if they are thick. What do you think?

 

We used very few. Our handwriting curriculum had lines to fill out. Other than that, they mostly dictated narrations and stories.

 

I think that a couple books were all I needed for all three kids' early years.

[Caterpiller]

I think overkill LOL

 

Most kids in older grades wouldn't use that in a year.

 

I think 2 skinny or 1 thick would be more then enough.

 

I'm jealous - my K'er hates to write and I can barely get her to complete the HWT workbook or one page of ETC -I can't imagine even needing an actual writing book for her :001_huh:

 

 

lol It might be! xD I was thinking 1 for just letters, no sentences or phrases. 1 for "playing in/writing whatever" while she is going through her letters, because she really does love writing and I fear she will try to get into them other wise. xD And the rest for when she starts on sentences. Technically she is writing sentences now, but she doesn't write all of her letters right yet and should practice them individually. They are recognizeable, but occasionally backwards, or her Z for example is a little curvy and kind of looks like an S. :p

[Grover]

If you've got a writer then you're better to get extra now while they're cheap than wait and have to buy them at full price later. DS has gone through four books since January - three of them his own 'free' writing and one for copywork.

[Ecclecticmum]

All we have is one of those massive scrapbook size ones, unfortunately, in Aus Office store, thats all I could find. She's not a happy copywork person though. for my K'der the amount Sonlight gave her each day was too much, like writing out her address 3 times, just writing Road once was enough for her.

 

we just use the copywork in our curriculum as her handwriting practice. Like ETC, for crafts/making cards, pretty much all of her workbooks and crafts have some sort of handwriting/copywork in it.

 

I would suggest getting 2 thick ones, keep an eye on her progress with those, and order more if you need more. If they aren't used now, I am sure they eventually will be. Or perhaps 3 skinny ones (I prefer the skinny ones, as I can then label once they are done, and put in their year box, rather than having her only halfway through a thick one when years over.

[FairProspects]

We went through one that I used to write down the stories ds would make up and dictate. Otherwise all the writing occurred on construction paper, white paper and the handwriting workbook.

[Caterpiller]

Thanks everyone! :) Im pretty convienced we will need a few. Im thinking I like the idea of the skinny ones too, just because I remember the papers fall out easily of the larger ones and the whole point of a book is to keep it contained.

[Wabi Sabi]

I guess I'll be the lone person to say that ds went through several thin composition books in kindergarten. He was required to write in it everyday, even if it was no more than a word or two and a drawing. He didn't have a separate handwriting workbook, it was all done in the composition book.

[ChristusG]

None. We actually didn't begin a lot of writing until just this summer.

[Teachin'Mine]

Buy some now, and more if/when you need them. I'd also ask her if she'd prefer the big lines or if she likes writing small on regular paper. Some find the big lines typically used in schools very annoying. :)