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How to Break Readings into Smaller Parts
You should only read as much as your child is able to narrate. But how do you know where to stop in a longer reading?
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Category Narration
Posts and articles about the Charlotte Mason method of narration.
Tips for Narration with Multiple Children
Here are some tips for using the wonderful Charlotte Mason method of narration when you have multiple children.
How to Start Written Narration
The transition from oral to written narration can be tricky to navigate. Here are some tips for how to start written narration, when to do it, and how to smooth the way.
How Charlotte Mason Narration Grows With Your Child
Narration is more than just telling back what you heard! Here are four types of narration and how this brilliant method grows with your child.
How Much To Read Before Asking for a Narration
One of the keys to success with Charlotte Mason narration is how much you're reading beforehand.
5 Steps to Successful Narration
Here's how to set your child up for success when you ask for a narration after a homeschool lesson.
3 Reasons You Should Use Charlotte Mason Narration
Why should we do narration instead of traditional assessment methods like fill-in-the-blank or multiple choice? Here are three reasons why narration is a better way.
Narration with Special Challenges
Sarah Mackenzie of Read-Aloud Revival joins Sonya to discuss tweaking narration when your child has special needs or special challenges.
Attention: Core Values of Charlotte Mason
Here's a simple way you can encourage the habit of attention in every lesson.
How to Do Narration
Here's how to do narration: a foundational Charlotte Mason method.
Your Questions Answered: Narration with Multiple Children
Today my friend and coworker, Laura Pitney, is with me to discuss a question that we received about narration: “With more than one child in the phase of doing oral narration, how do I have them each do a narration…
5 Ways NOT to Use a Living Book
Let’s talk about living books. Now, I can almost hear you saying, “Living books? Again? We talk about them all the time!” And that just proves my point. In a Charlotte Mason home school we spend a lot of time…
Narration and Composition in the High School Years
Of all of the questions we received on homeschooling through high school with the Charlotte Mason Method, the area that raised the most concerns, by far, was composition. I find that fact interesting . . . and a bit ironic.…
Announcing Narration Notecards
You want to give your student interesting and specific narration prompts for each chapter he reads, but sometimes you just don’t have time to pre-read all of the books on the schedule. Or maybe you have time but you’re not…
Narration Notecards: A Fabulous Written Narration Idea
If you have a student who is old enough to be doing written narrations, you may have run into this dilemma: “I want my student to spell names and places and events correctly in his narration, but I’m reluctant to…