Original Big Chief Writing Tablet, Primary Grades, Westab, 8 X 12 Inch, 48 Sheets

It’s that cheap, faintly lined newsprint — just like back in elementary school.

While growing up, my grandmother always had a Big Chief tablet and a box of crayons in the bottom drawer of the English desk in the living room for the grandkids. I inherited the desk and it was wonderful to put the Big Chief and crayons on the drawer once more!

i like the paper to write on and reminds me of childhood

This tablet has lines like wide rule notebook paper. It's made with the same glue at the top and type of paper as it was 30 years ago (yipes...) when I was in elementary school using these tablets because they were on the school supply list. Easy to tear out and the paper has a kind of newspaper feel. The landscape formatted paper has the dotted line between the top and bottom lines. If you're using it to train or teach good penmanship habits, this one would probably be good for 2nd or 3rd grade and up because it offers no visual assistance with upper vs. lower case placement. I would suggest using the larger version with the dotted line at the beginning.

Brings back memories of my child Hood

So the fact that the pages are extremely thin and will likely atrophy quickly didn't bother me. I bought it for the cover and for jotting down things like trivia and jokes. You don't want to use this to write a family history that you will pass on to the succeeding generations. You also want to use a pencil and maybe a ball point pen. Anything else will most likely bleed through the pages.

looked exactly like the original but smaller

Just like I used in 1958.