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time4tea
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Posted: Aug 09 2006 at 3:17pm | IP Logged Quote time4tea
Help! I need some tips on beginning narration with actually my two oldest dc, ages 13 and 11. While they have done some informal narratins for me in the past, this coming year we are jumping full-swing into the CM method, so we will be dipensing with workbooks pretty much completely. At this point, how much narration should I expect from them, meaning, a narration each day from each subject, or just pick a couple of subjects on which to focus? How much material should they be reading/listening to as a read-aloud before narrating? Should all narrations at this point be written, or is it okay to have them also do some orally? Finally, if anyone has any tips on narration with older dc, I would love to hear them!

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Posted: Oct 20 2006 at 7:09am | IP Logged Quote Tina P.
I would say to start them out narrating orally just by asking them pointed questions to get them talking about what they're/you're reading. Try to keep it informal and relaxed so they don't smell school in the air. Also, take tips from Gwen to slide into narration in a creative and fun way.

Some kids blog their narrations. I don't even know how to *make* a blog site and here these kids are writing storiesand narrating on theirs. Here's another story. My kids just write on WORD.

I am no expert, but as far as expectation goes, I'd say focus on science, history, and literature. If you happen to have a living math book about which your children are wild, then by all means, let them narrate. I am very informal, perhaps *too* informal, about what writing I expect. When I was in 8th grade many, many years ago, I remember writing a play that happened around the timeframe of WWII. I also think I wrote an Egyptian newspaper. Other than that, it was dreary book reports until high school, when I had to learn how to write research, persuasive, and all the other genres of paper hoops we had to jump through. My best childhood experience in writing was that my parents left me alone with a notebook, a pen, and my thoughts.

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