notebooking instead of some narrations?

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  • August 12, 2017 at 12:09 pm
    caedmyn
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    Would notebooking be an okay (even if not ideal) substitute for some oral narrations?  Narrations just don’t happen as often as they’re supposed to around here.  Last year both my 2nd and 5th grader narrated one subject 2-3x/week and that was it, though my 5th grader did one written narration a week also.  Realistically I don’t see it happening any more than that this year either.  It seems like notebooking would be a way of making sure they do some processing/taking ownership of what they’re reading, without being yet another thing I have to do.

    August 16, 2017 at 2:58 pm
    Tricia
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    I have used notebooking for my boys (just finished 5th & 7th grade last school year).  I think it has worked really well for us, as I view it as just a variation on written narrations.  It also gives me something else to put in their binders for us to look back at the end of the year.

    Also, I am currently reading Karen Andreola’s Charlotte Mason Companion & in talking about narration she states in one section; “At the start, consider making room in the schedule for one child to narrate at least once or twice a week.” (pg 134) So, it seems to me like you’re off to a good start!  (Also, if you have or were able to read Karen Andreola’s book, there are several chapters about narration.  I highly recommend it!)

    August 16, 2017 at 4:23 pm
    Tristan
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    Yep, you can use it. Narration doesn’t have to be oral! As a matter of fact around 4th grade it’s time to introduce a written narration about once a week (that increases to more often as they get older).

    As usual, Simply Charlotte Mason has a wonderful free resource for us. Check out this page for more than 50 ideas of ways to ‘do narration’ including things like building a scene with blocks, doing a skit, or drawing and labeling a diagram.

    http://www.simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/narration/

     

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