practice books

Skill-building exercise collections

Practice books are workbooks designed for repetitive exercises to build skills, especially in handwriting, mathematics, or music.

A child might fill a penmanship practice book with rows of cursive letters, or a piano student might work through scales in a practice book.

The term sometimes extends to any book of drills or exercises meant for self-improvement through repetition.

Related

penmanship · tracing · repetition · rote learning · homework · test prep · notebook · cursive · lined paper · sheets · lessons · mastery · skills · rehearsal · piano · scales · etudes · music theory

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purpose/function

practice booksreference books

Texts consulted for information

encyclopedias · dictionaries · handbooks · textbooks · atlases

reader engagement

practice booksleisure reading

Unpressured engagement with texts

novels · fiction · storybooks · literature · coffee table books

content type

practice booksnovels

Extended prose fiction

storybooks · narratives · answer keys · lecture notes · treatises

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G