narration details

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  • April 21, 2015 at 7:14 am
    HollyS
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    I would love to hear details on how you personally handle narrations in your homeschool.  The ages of your DC, how often they narrate, what subjects, etc.  Also what kind of narrations (written, oral, drawn, activities) and how you handle narrations when you have multiple children.

    I have to admit we’ve gotten out of the habit of regular narration and I need to change this!  I want to schedule it into our plans for the coming year (so I’m constantly reminded of it) and I’d love some ideas of what everyone else does.  I’ve gotten into the habit of having group narrations, so that they each provide a few details.  This has not encouraged them to always pay close attention or get their thoughts organized…they tend to shout out a small part of the reading and stop there.  Attention will definitely be our next habit to work on!

    April 21, 2015 at 8:20 am
    Melanie32
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    Hi Holly! I am down to homeschooling one 13 year old girl. She is just finishing 7th grade. I have her narrate from all her school books but not from her free reads. She writes one narration a week and makes one entry into her science notebook a week. Her written narrations are usually between 2/3’s of a page to 1 1/2 pages.  Her science notebook entries consist mainly of diagrams and labeling.

    She usually chooses to use her history spine for written narrations. I also have her complete a written narration on each artist and composer we study throughout the year. We do 1 each per term.

    I plan on increasing both of these for 8th grade. I will require 2 written narrations a week and 2 science notebook entries a week for the first term. If she seems ready, I plan on adding 1 of each every term so that she will be writing a total of 3 each per week by the end of the year.

    For highschool, I am thinking she will probably do a written narration every day and a science notebook entry every day-or we may choose to go with a textbook for science in which case she’ll simply complete the requirements of that course.

    April 21, 2015 at 1:44 pm
    HollyS
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    Thanks for sharing Melanie!  My oldest is finishing 7th right now as well, so that’s very helpful!  I like the idea of narrations for science.  I’m planning on sticking with living books for HS science and I think that would really help it be “credit-worthy”.   I’ve been reading in The Living Page how CM’s students added science reports and notes to their nature journals.

    We’ve only done narrations with history, literature, Bible, and science.  I like the idea of art and music too.

    April 22, 2015 at 6:07 am
    Melanie32
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    My daughter just started her science notebook a few months ago. I was inspired by Jeanne at A Peaceful Day to finally get one started. I showed her blog posts concerning her daughter’s science notebook to my dd and they inspired her as well. I love seeing my daughter’s notebook entries.

    I have let my daughter choose what book she wants to do her written narrations on so far. I will probably require she switch it up now that she’s going into 8th grade.

    We are planning on using living books for high school science as well. That is we are planning to if Ambleside comes out with their high school science courses in time. 🙂 If not, I may design my own or I may just go with Apologia, depending on my daughter’s feelings on the matter.

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