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You know your child, so pick what fits them this year and leave the rest for next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonthly cover pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each month opens with the main feast days for that month, and under each one, the activities available for it, marked so you can see at a glance what this workbook has for that day. There are also tradition suggestions to write into the tradition section of your Cornerstone book and carry forward every year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrayer copywork.\u003c\/strong\u003e The prayer your family is memorizing that month, written out for your child to copy. Copywork does more than fill a page. It sharpens handwriting, spelling and grammar, and it puts well-made sentences in front of a child as a model for their own writing. For younger children, highlight a short section and have them copy only that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScripture copywork.\u003c\/strong\u003e The month's memorization passage, laid out the same way. Copying the book, chapter and verse along with the passage teaches them how a citation is written, which is a skill most children pick up late or not at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eActivity pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e Most feast days on the monthly cover page have something to go with them. Color by number, a maze, a craft, cutting and pasting work. They are meant to be fun first, and they teach the faith while they are at it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatechism practice.\u003c\/strong\u003e Word scrambles, crossword puzzles, matching pages and more, built from the catechism questions in TheCornerstone. Most pages carry questions from both the 1st and 2nd grade set and the 3rd through 5th grade set. With younger children, do the part they already know, then work the older questions together using the main book. They get early exposure to material they will meet properly in a year or two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtwork coloring pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every piece of sacred art in TheCornerstone, redrawn as a coloring page. Do the art appreciation page in the main book, then hand your child their own version to color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eA small thing that matters\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery page meant to be cut out has a blank page behind it. Cut out the craft and nothing on the reverse is lost. It sounds minor until it has happened to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScripture quotations are from the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (Ignatius Edition).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrinted to order.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every copy is printed by Lulu after you order it rather than pulled off a shelf, so allow printing time before it ships. 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That matters more than it sounds like it should.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome pages need an adult to read the directions aloud or lend a hand. Most do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMonthly cover pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each month opens with the main feast days for that month, and under each one, the activities this workbook has for it, so you can see at a glance what is available before the month starts. There are also tradition suggestions to write into the tradition section of your Cornerstone book and do again every year. The traditions you repeat year after year are the parts of childhood your children will actually remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eActivity pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e Most feast days on the cover page have something to go with them. Color by number, a maze, a craft, cutting and pasting work. They are fun first, and they teach the faith while they are at it. 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