Cindie, at your dd age, I would certainly just go with her energy:) If she is ready to talk about what you just read, let her go for it. If she wants to or could be encouraged to draw a picture or build with clay or something like that, have her go for it. You really want to light a fire for learning but be careful not to drop too big a log on the spark or you will put it out;) Have fun with the readings and when she is interested or excited about a certain book, take it a step further and talk it out into a narration. Read Sonya’s list of narration ideas and you will see the diversity there. I wouldn’t require narration from every subject every day, its just too much. But once a day, for differing subjects, sure, just make it enjoyable and watch for the spark of interest to see where it can take you. My dd loved Charlottes web, and we wound up looking at all sorts of things when reading that book, plus she drew spiders webs and horse pictures, and told her sister all about the story- all of which to me are forms of narration, it means she ‘owns’ what she has heard because she can show it back in some way.
Enjoy above all, the learning process:)
Heidi
