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Pre-school age narration
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Sonya, on one of your DVDs you make a point of saying no narration before age six. I understand not pressuring narration early but is there a reason to avoid it if the kids seem interested? Just curious because you seemed to make a point of mentioning this more then once…..if this is addressed somewhere else on the website could you direct me there…couldn’t find it on my own….
Thanks so much!
I’m not Sonya, but I have a thought on this because I have a preschooler. My dd was almost 4 when we began homeschooling. I wanted to jump right in with both kids, so I tended to jump on them about their lack of attention/narration when it came time to read and for my ds to narrate to me. I expected her to narrate too. I don’t think Sonya or CM has/had a problem with a child narrating before the age of six. If they are that interested and focused, by all means, let them tell what they learned! It’s requiring a child to narrate before age six that is discouraged.
So, if one of your preschool-aged children is loving what you’re reading and wanting to narrate at the end of a selected passage, I’d say let them go for it. If, however, you are requiring that child to narrate and they’re drawing a blank every time, I’d say ease up a bit and let them listen to the older children narrate for a couple of years so they can see/hear how it’s done.
I’m sure Sonya’s answer will be much better, but I thought I’d give it a try since I’ve had to learn a few things with my preschooler the hard way…
Good points, Lindsey.
Sally, if the child is volunteering a narration, by all means, let her narrate. Just don’t require a narration before the age of six.
Most children will narrate voluntarily when they’re interested in something. That’s the beauty of this method; Charlotte used a natural skill that children have and use anyway. So if your child is interested and narrating spontaneously or voluntarily, allow that narration and encourage it.
The place where we can get into trouble is if we start pushing or requiring narrations of our little ones. They learn one of two things: to dread narration or to view narration as a little trick to be performed for others’ approval.
If the parent keeps requiring narrations at that young age, the child can begin to dread learning in this manner. It’s easy to narrate at whim, but it takes a little getting used to to make yourself pay attention and narrate “on command” as a learning tool. Such a discipline can wait until formal lessons begin at age six.
On the other hand, if the child is good at narrating and her parent likes to “show off” this skill by having her narrate things to her father at the dinner table or to grandparents when they visit and such, the child will learn the false assumption that narration is a trick to be performed, rather than an educational tool to be used for one’s own profit.
Those are just a couple of the reasons I think Charlotte urged us not to require narrations before age six.
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