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Narration is very simply, the child telling back in his own words, what he just read. It packs a powerful language arts punch, laying the foundation for writing skills and organization of thought. In addition, it's a fantastic way for a child to "tell back" through a variety of different mediums what they just learned. I often/frequently/nearly always fall back on oral narrations, but there are MANY ways for a child to narrate, or communicate in his/her own way, what he just read or learned.
Do you take advantage of narrations in your day? Inspire us! What are the different ways your children narrate?
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Oops! Forgot to mention that you can vote multiple times in this poll. Just place one vote, and then vote again...and again! 
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We really enjoy narrations in our home!
I voted multiple times.
Oral narrations definitely form the majority of our narrations.
I also have one child who does written narrations, and another child that will be easing into these this year.
In addition, my son loves building based on his reading. He's very mechanical, and a mechanical project that "tells back" what he just learned is one of his favorite ways to narrate! No dry reading comprehension questions needed - just bring on the K'nex, Legos, and Erector set!!!
I checked one other category - other. I'm pretty sure I read about this on MaryM's blog...yep, here it is...narrating with puppets! After seeing this idea, I pulled out our puppets and we even began slowly collecting more and more. My kids love Folkmanis fingerpuppets, and they really enjoy narrating with puppets!
I really need to work on incorporating some of these other ways of narrating into our days!
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We use alot of narration here. My kids will actually narrate whatever they are reading whether I ask them to or not. I have to make a conscious effort to stop what I am doing and really listen, so that their enthusiasm for telling back what they've read doesn't wane. So far, all my readers have excellent comprehension. I'm wondering if that is because they know they will be talking about what they've read.
My oldest ds and my dh loved to have long discussions about history at the dinner table. I don't think he even realized that he was narrating at the time. He also enjoyed narrating while I typed at the computer. He still has many of the typed narrations that he and I did together and they are special to him.
My 9yo's favorite way to narrate is by keeping a sketch journal. When I read to him, or he reads on his own, he tries to remember at least one scene from each chapter and draw it. Later, he can retell the story from these sketches.
Narration is just one of the aspects of the Charlotte Mason method that we really enjoy around here.
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Yes, to all of the above. I let my kids pick how they will narrate, although this year my dd11 will do more written narrations.
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We use narration in mostly speaking still around here. We are transitioning to written narration this year with our 10yo.
WE also use A LOT of drawing and drama. It just depends on what the kids want and how many of them are listening to the story 
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We have used all of the above at one time or another. Hoping to make narration a much more consistent practice this coming year.
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lapazfarm wrote:
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Since my son was only 6, we've been doing speaking and drawing. But I echo Theresa as planning on making this a more consistent practice.
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Well we narrate via speaking and writing, and writing consists of me as a scribe for those under 11. However I'm re-thinking my approach and considering a stronger emphasis on other forms of narration for my under 11s.
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My son tells me all the details of the various stories he reads and explains all of his science concepts to me based on the books he's read.
On his own accord, he will act out, draw, or build suitably. Not only acting out, but almost living out sometimes some of the things he has read (he might become St. George for a couple of days, but it's not like other kids who "are" someone for a while - I can't explain it - perhaps it's the same concept displayed differently because we've been SO Montessori about things...).
In any case, his physical writing is minimal, but the output in every other way has been astounding! He reads at a 5th grade reading level right now, so the stories he's reading have become quite elaborate!
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We do mostly oral narrations.
Occasionally I "scribe" something to put in a notebook or to record their work.
Just beginning very short written narrations in the past few months with my older two.
Sometimes there are drawings. An, occasional play. But, nope! No building over here! 
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Oral narrations, formal and informal, are among our top home educating tools!
Reading this list makes me wonder if we're becoming complacent? In addition to oral and written, I need to consider the rest of the list, especially drama, which we haven't done in a long time.
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I was just coming here to ask a question about oral narrations and saw this thread...
I will be starting K with my five yr old this fall and the idea of narrations appeals to me. Does any one have a link to something that gives a basic description of how to begin? Does the child dictate after hearing a new story for the first time, or after a few readings? Do they retell it immediately after hearing it, or a bit later?
Thanks! I am also going to read thru some past threads here and am sure I can find a lot of tips!
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Hi, Erin. Thanks for asking. I'm closing this poll for the week but want you to get your questions answered about narration. I'll repeated your post here.
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