When St. Patrick was in danger of being ambushed by enemies, he sang a hymn of protection.
This song, which he had composed himself, became known as “St. Patrick’s Breastplate.”
That complete hymn has been formatted into copywork in this free product.
This 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.
Commercial use is not allowed.
Format: Downloadable PDF
Number of Pages: 19
Grade Levels: 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade
Settings: Classroom, Home, Homeschool, Church
