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Maggie
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Have any of you done narration with a 4-5 year old?
If you do, do you allow your child to flip through their picture book, using the pictures as cues?
She seems to thoroughly enjoy this... 
This is our first try. I am typing up her sentences and then we will cut them out, and I will let her "illustrate" her pages.
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Am I supposed to "correct" her word usage/sentence structure when I type it? Or do I leave it "as is"--no corrections?
What is most beneficial for her?
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I would correct grammar when I took dictation at that age, always checking if the child approved.
I did this for two reasons
1) I was truly uncomfortable with the idea of reading back an incorrect sentence.
2) I read a article once which discussed the normal parental habit of giving an slightly expanded version of what a young child has just stated and how this helps with grammar and vocabulary acquisition. It seemed to me that this would also make sense when taking dication.
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I think I would correct it, but I would also write down what she says for future reference. It will be so sweet to look back on it in a few years.
I blogged about this a few years ago with ideas I found here at 4Real Learning - maybe someone else has the original link. These ideas are a lot of fun to do with big and little kids!
Narration Ideas
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Maggie,
If your dd enjoys narrating informally, I would encourage it. I probably wouldn't require it. Charlotte Mason doesn't require narrating for a child under 6. She says, "children narrate by nature," and that is exactly what it sounds like your dd is doing!
CM, Volume 1, p. 231 wrote:
| Until he is six, let Bobbie narrate only when and what he has a mind to. |
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For a different perspective from those above, I don't correct word usage when I type up a narration. Now, for my older child who gives written narrations, we do go through those together and make edits and adjustments for sentence structure and grammar usage. Dictation is a different story - I'm a stickler there! But when they narrate, I keep their words and expressions completely intact. If I notice a particularly awkward expression that is a consistent problem, I work on that outside of narrations.
Not that this is the way this HAS to be done, ekbell makes good points above for correcting!! This is just a different perspective to consider. Again from Charlotte Mason...
Home Education, CM, Volume 1, p. 233 wrote:
| It is not wise to tease them with corrections; they may begin with an endless chain of 'ands,' but they soon leave this off, and their narrations become good enough in style and composition to be put in a 'print book'! |
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I've found this to be true with my kids. Their first narrations aren't polished, but I don't want to discourage that enthusiasm! I have seen how my kid's narrations have developed over the years. I just encourage the art of "telling back" - narration - by staying encouraging and developing in myself the habit of attentiveness when they're ready to narrate something.
It really sounds like your dd is off to a great start!
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