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Do you keep books from your children?
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About a week ago I purchased several (8) books for our homeschool but they would be mainly for my oldest, who is almost 13, and is the only one of my 3 girls who can read fluently at this time. She LOVES to read, and will fly through a book, sometimes in one day, but I’ve also noticed that she is a “lazy reader”, skipping over parts that appear to be boring, but at the same time skipping good parts because she really doesn’t know where the boring parts end and where to pick up again, kwim?
I told her when we bought the books that she would not be flying through them. Four of the books are more “easy reads” while the other four are harder books like Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Because she hadn’t had any new stories to read in a while I didn’t mind her reading up the easier books, but I had planned to have her read small portions of the more advanced books and then narrate to me for school. This morning I found the copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin with a bookmark about 1/4th into the book.
So my question is, for books that you want your children to read and narrate for school, do you restrict access to them so that they are read slowly and absorbed only during school time, or do you just let your children have free reign with them, but they must re-read the assigned portion?
Yes, I keep books from my children. That sounds so strange, doesn’t it?! Non-CMers would think I’ve lost my mind, I’m sure, to keep good books from the kids. 🙂
For our school books, they are to be read slowly and with narration after the first reading of a section. I set them aside until the time comes to read them for schoolwork.
For the kids’ free reading, I don’t care if they speed through the books and read them over and over again.
Yes; I do the same as Esby said above. I refer to it as being accountable to me in these particular readings.
If I let them read these particular books that I want narrated whenever they wanted and then they would have to reread them during ‘school time’, that would completely undo the purpose of narration.
Rachel
I do, too! However, I’ve wondered about some of the books like The True Story of Noah’s Ark. I’ve shelved it with Module 1 History, but I know my kids enjoy it and would look at it over and over, esp. since it will be 3 years before we get back to that module. My 6 & 3 yo are missing out sometimes.
Christie
I do and I don’t. 😛 I do shelve/box the school books that wouldn’t be considered “fun” (commentaries, history books, math, etc). My kids love science and Bible books, so those all stay out, unless I am going to use some specifically for school. Those I do shelve. However, for something like True Story of Noah’s Ark, and all the ones on the 3-5yo lists, those I would keep out always.
I am curious, though, being a new CM’er, how re-reading would during schooltime would undo the purpose of narration?
I am curious, though, being a new CM’er, how re-reading would during schooltime would undo the purpose of narration?
Narration can be used to form the habit of attention (listening the first time). If the child has read the book on their own then they dont really need to be paying attention to be able to narrate back.
Ive been getting my books together, and I have to constantly be taking them out of my 4th grader’s hands. This is the first year she and her sister are being homeschooled (Ive homeschooled my son for 2 years). I dont think she gets why she can’t just read through everything we’ve got 😛
I guess I’m wondering if we’re talking about the same types of books then. Are we talking literature books, the ones that we don’t necessarily narrate all the time, maybe just sometimes? Or history books, or what kinds of books?
Hmmm… Maybe I don’t understand narration at all (when to do it, how, why)? I’m sure it’s in another thread. I will go searching later on when I have time, otherwise I will post in a new thread. 🙂
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