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kristacecilia
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Posted: Aug 08 2013 at 5:25am \| IP Logged

Hello, ladies! I'm looking for some input on beginning with written narrations. Mostly I want to know:

- When did you start with written narrations with your children?

- How did you go about it? Did you find you had to use a lot shorter selection of reading for a written narration versus what that child was capable for doing an oral narration?

- What were your child's first few written narrations like?

- Do you have any favorite resources for helping with written narrations?

Thanks!

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Posted: Aug 08 2013 at 8:10am \| IP Logged

Well this is what *I* do and I make no claims to how well it conforms to so called expert expectation, but it seems to work for us.

3rd to 5th grade

They need to be narrating in summary form before they start writing it.

Iow, if I ask them to tell me in a few sentences what the story was about, can they pick out the major points of the story?

I copy down what they narrated to me.

Then they copy it.

We progress from that to me dictating it to them.

ETA: I do copywork and verbal narrations up to that point. It seems especially true for boys that they need to develop the motor skills required of copywork before moving to written narrations. once that seems to be fairly easy for them, I move to written narrations.

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Posted: Aug 13 2013 at 12:12pm \| IP Logged

Oh, that is an interesting way to do it. I never thought writing it for them and then having them copy it. That would get past the hand to paper problem. My oldest is good at copywork and good enough at narrations but his hand is too slow for his brain, I think. He can't keep up with writing his own thoughts. Thanks, Martha!

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