{"product_id":"write-like-a-pioneer","title":"Write Like A Pioneer | Grades 1-3","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoost print handwriting fluency with this practice workbook that alternates between pencil-and-paper copy work and physical exercises that build the hand, finger, and core strength needed for confident writing. A Christian worldview and American history theme give students something meaningful to write, making\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrite Like a Pioneer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea workbook that addresses the whole child: mind, body, and spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor students who have completed a foundational handwriting course and are ready to build manuscript skills. Designed for grade 2, suitable for grades 1-3.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nlpg.com\/amfile\/file\/download\/file\/1491\/product\/4984\/\" class=\"am-filelink leading-8 hover:underline\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWrite Like A Pioneer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-content-type=\"html\" data-appearance=\"default\" data-element=\"main\" data-decoded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImprove print handwriting through pioneer passages and body strengthening exercises — for grades 1-3.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrite Like a Pioneer\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll connect handwriting practice to content that actually matters, so your child is absorbing something meaningful while they develop legible, consistent manuscript handwriting. Creative expression, fun facts, full-color illustrations, and a wide variety of hand, finger, and body strengthening experiences make this workbook fun for kids!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Whole-Child Approach with a Biblical Emphasis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrite Like a Pioneer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes a whole-child approach to print handwriting, engaging the mind, body, and heart to create a lasting learning experience. Yes, your child gets plenty of practice forming letters. But they also build fine motor strength and coordination, mature in focus and patience, and reflect on history, character, and spiritual themes through the carefully selected passages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Christian worldview permeates this practice workbook. Your child will copy scripture passages, read the examples of American pioneers who followed God's lead, and repeatedly see themes of prayer and Christian faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat Your Student Will Gain\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelop legible, consistent print handwriting with correct letter formation and spacing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild stamina and muscle memory, making manuscript writing automatic so children can eventually focus on meaning more than handwriting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImprove attention to detail through proper alignment, size, and spacing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnect handwriting practice with history by engaging with stories of American pioneers, famous trails, and early frontier life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStrengthen Christian faith through Bible passages and references to godly character.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild the physical foundation for writing through hand, finger, and core strengthening exercises.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMore Than a Handwriting Workbook\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach lesson pairs copy work with physical exercises that build the strength and coordination the body needs for confident, lasting penmanship. Your child will copy quotes from real American pioneers and explorers alongside fun exercises like stretching rubber bands, stringing pony beads, rolling playdough, practicing with hole punchers, and more. These aren't filler activities. They build the gross and fine motor skills that make fluent print handwriting possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow It Works: Simple, Flexible, Open-and-Go\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrite Like a Pioneer\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll spend just 30 minutes per day twice a week to give your child the necessary practice and skill development for clear, confident print handwriting. Follow the clearly laid out 36-week schedule or opt for the accelerated one-semester pace, also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck the supply list for any household objects you may need week by week: rubber bands, pony beads, playdough, a dry-erase board, and more. An Answer Key provides solutions to the mazes and matching activities along with grading suggestions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's fully open-and-go and all-in-one. Your child writes directly in the workbook where all directions for the parent are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadiness Benchmarks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned for grade 2, but suitable for grades 1-3.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrite Like a Pioneer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eassumes students can make large-motion movements with their arms, grasp and hold a writing tool, participate in guided reading, and engage with written content for ten minutes or more. For students who need a foundational handwriting course first, start with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHandwriting A to Zoo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebefore beginning\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrite Like a Pioneer\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pt-1\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"text-xl my-3\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"no-decoration\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCourse Description\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaster Supply List\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuggested Daily Schedule\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLessons\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 1\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlabama: Samuel Dale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlaska: Sheldon Jackson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 2\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArizona: James Ohio Pattie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArkansas: William H. Rector\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 3\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalifornia: John Sutter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColorado: Zebulon Pike\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 4\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnecticut: Thomas Hooker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDelaware: Peter Minuit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 5\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlorida: Henry Flagler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorgia: James Oglethorpe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 6\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHawaii: Henry Ōpūkahaia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdaho: Henry Spalding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 7\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllinois: George Rogers Clark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndiana: William Henry Harrison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 8\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIowa: William Salter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKansas: Charles Sheldon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 9\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKentucky: Lewis Craig\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLouisiana: Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 10\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaine: George Weymouth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaryland: Cecil Calvert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 11\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMassachusetts: Priscilla Mullins Alden\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichigan: Étienne Brûlé\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 12\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinnesota: Henry Schoolcraft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMississippi: Hernando de Soto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 13\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMissouri: Nathan Boone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMontana: Jim Bridger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 14\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNebraska: John C. Frémont\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNevada: John S. G. “Snowshoe” Thompson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 15\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Hampshire: Captain John Mason\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Jersey: John Fenwick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 16\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Mexico: Kit Carson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew York: Peter Stuyvesant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 17\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorth Carolina: Virginia Dare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNorth Dakota: Father Pierre-Jean De Smet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 18\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOhio: John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOklahoma: Will Rogers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 19\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOregon: Marcus Whitman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePennsylvania: William Penn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 20\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRhode Island: Roger Williams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Carolina: Eliza Lucas Pinckney\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 21\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouth Dakota: Jim Bridger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTennessee: Daniel Boone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 22\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTexas: Sam Houston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUtah: John Muir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 23\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVermont: John Greenleaf Whittier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirginia: John Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 24\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWashington: Ezra Meeker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWest Virginia: David Brainerd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 25\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWisconsin: Samuel Mazzuchelli\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWyoming: Jedediah Smith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 26\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Appalachian Trail: America’s Mountain Pathway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Oregon Trail: The Journey West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 27\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Santa Fe Trail: Trading on the Frontier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe California Trail: Gold Rush \u0026amp; Settlement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 28\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cumberland Gap: Gateway to the Frontier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wilderness Road: Daniel Boone’s Mountain Passage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 29\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Natchez Trace: From Footpath to Frontier Road\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Pony Express: Carrying the Mail Across the West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 30\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Lewis \u0026amp; Clark Trail: Exploring the Unknown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Chisholm Trail: Cowboy Pathways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 31\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe National Road: America’s First Federal Highway\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Gateway Arch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 32\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuilding a Home: Living Off the Land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePioneer Wagon Life: Traveling in a Covered Wagon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 33\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLog Cabins: Building Shelter on the Frontier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePioneer Food \u0026amp; Cooking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 34\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrontier Schools: One-Room Learning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePioneer Waterways: Travel by River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 35\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStagecoach Travel: The First Cross-Country Transportation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMountain Men: Exploration \u0026amp; Survival\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"heading\"\u003eLesson 36\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHunting, Trapping, \u0026amp; Trading Posts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrontier Missions: Sharing the Gospel in New Lands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeaching Resources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnswer Key\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Leaf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43098526515277,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/4390\/8941\/files\/write-like-a-pioneer-front-cover-1st.png?v=1780773703","url":"https:\/\/sunnysproutseducation.com\/products\/write-like-a-pioneer","provider":"Sunny Sprouts Education","version":"1.0","type":"link"}