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Mary Moore
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Posted: Aug 10 2009 at 4:25pm | IP Logged Quote Mary Moore
My ds (who is 6) is really struggling with narration. His older sister (almost 8) has always excelled in it. He is a visual learner, and i have tried a few things like having him read the story over my shoulder or look at a picture of the lit piece i am reading, but overall, he just does not tell it back to me. Just says, "I can't remember anything!" and really gets frustrated. Really don't want him to hate this part of our education (since it is a major part of our learning around here).

Anyone have suggestions? i really don't want to ditch the classics we are reading (Greek Myths, books from Eliz. Foss's booklist), and I don't believe the content is too difficult, but he just puts up a wall when it comes to narration.
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Posted: Aug 10 2009 at 6:27pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
I wanted to throw out this thread which includes a list of 49 ways to narrate. That is My almost 6yo is verbose and can tell me every detail, but not when I ask "What did you read?" Or "Tell me what the book was about?" 6 is young to expect too much in narration, in my opinion.

There are numerous ways of me to ask. It's the direct questions that make him freeze. So besides the other ways of narration, try to make a list of different ways to ask, leading questions that are somewhat indirect but helpful. I think boys communicate differently, and you just need to keep trying to find his "voice". When my son thinks he's on the spot, he doesn't do as well.

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Various Ideas

Would he like to draw a picture of the story and tell you about it?

Or just work on narration with very short pieces such as Aesop's fables. Just because he can understand the language of the more complex tales and enjoy them doesn't mean he's ready to retell them.

Or read just one brief episode in the story before asking him to narrate.

My dds of widely varying ages were working together to write up Saint Stories. I had the 1st grader give me three important facts and then my older daughter filled in information on those facts and added whatever she felt was missing. Something like that might work.

I saw a suggestion if your child is hesitant, that you say something like "I guess it was about <insert improbable suggestion here>then" and let your child correct you.

At six he's just starting out, boys tend to start a bit more slowly then girls in language skills, I wouldn't worry to much about it. Just keep it gentle and build up.
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Posted: Aug 10 2009 at 7:12pm | IP Logged Quote Mary Moore
O, Ladies, thanks oodles. And, JennM, that thread was HUGELY helpul.

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