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When your children do narrations, do you require that they tell the actual story back to you, or do you let them tell whatever they want even if that means completely changing what happened? For instance, in the book we read, Davy Crockett wrestled with a panther, it was a draw, they became friends and Davy took the panther home and taught it to be civilized. In my son's version, the panther and davy wrestled, DAvy won and put the panther in a yard with a big fence and fed it one chicken every day. Should I encourage the real story or just let it be? Also, if you do let them change the story, do you let them change the Bible stories, too? Thanks,
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Well, I would say that it depends on what your goal for that particular narration is.
If by doing narration you are trying to cultivate the habit of attention, then I would say dc needs to stick to the story and tell back as much detail as possible about what he had indeed heard. This is the more typical narration.
If, however, your goal is creative writing, and you asked him to "tell a story based on" what he had read, then elaboration would be OK.
Am I explaining myself clearly?
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As Theresa said, if the point is to re-tell the story, then he should retell the actual story. I would not correct him as he narrates (whether it's written or oral), though. I would have him read the narration (if written) and maybe question him on specific points. If it's an oral narration, then question him when he's done.
Wow! Did Davy really feed the panther chicken every day? Did you read that in the story? (Maybe he's embellishing. Maybe he read it elsewhere. Maybe he misremembers.) Depending on his answer you can decide what to do. It may be that you're covering too much material at once and his memory can't keep up. My 2nd son had trouble remembering things and would embellish. Shorter passages helps. How old is your son?
This thread addresses some of your same concerns.
BTW, I'm moving this to the Narration forum. 
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Sorry it took me so long to get back to this...! Thank you for your replies. They are already helpful. My son is 6. I have been thinking maybe there was too much information. In that case, would you recommend reading just a couple paragraphs and then ask for a narration? And then would you continue and finish the story that way all at once? Or would you do a few paragraphs a day? Most of the narrations I have seen were done after a child had finished a whole book, such as The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe or something. None of them seems to be broken down by chapters or paragraphs. Would you have him orally narrate it every few paragraphs while we are reading and then do a full written narration to illustrate after that? Having the narration written down for him to see and illustrate seems to be a motivator for him.
Thanks for your help!
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We've did lots of chapter narrations when my boys were younger (Charlotte's Web, Narnia, Saint stories), and yours is still very young.
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You could read a couple of paragraphs a day and then ask for an oral narration, or read, narrate, read, narrate... Personally, I would probably take a different approach, because I think it might chop the story up too much to stop so often (or maybe not). From what you've said, it sounds like your son is listening and paying attention, but just can't recall all the details in a longer selection. So for chapter books, I might just stop periodically and ask if he understands what's going on. Maybe have him give you a general run-down of what's currently happening. For "narration" practice, I'd choose shorter books or shorter chapters -- maybe something like Once Upon a Time Saints or Sixty Saints for Boys or Tomie dePaola, Beatrix Potter. You could type up these narrations and he could illustrate. If he does well with these, then progress to something longer but still fairly simple for a young one (like Rabbit Hill or Charlotte's Web). If he's still struggling, then maybe try something like Frog and Toad or Little Bear.
These are just some ideas. Hope they help!
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