Reading Aloud

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  • November 14, 2008 at 3:42 am
    7blessings
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    Ladies, How much reading aloud do you do for your older (10 year old) kiddos? I have three younger kids so I’ve been reading aloud the history stories but I feel that my older child should be reading more independently. Your thoughts?

    Brooke

    November 14, 2008 at 10:05 am
    CindyS
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    Brooke,

    We do both. I read a selection in most subjects (and we do that around meals or at family devotions), but the older ones also have their own books that they read alone. I do not read aloud all subjects every day, though, they are spread over the week. If you live in our house, you are going to get read to a some time or other during the day-even adults!

    Blessings,

    Cindy

    November 14, 2008 at 4:31 pm
    7blessings
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    Yesterday I had our 10 year old read a bit from a biography on Columbus. I asked him to narrate the chapter to me when he finished reading independently. Because I hadn’t read the book myself I was clueless to know what he actually did read and whether he was narrating correctly. When I did skim the chapter after his narration he had not picked up on a few key things from the chapter. With 7 kids and many books how do you know what your child is reading and whether they’ve gleaned correctly from the text if you’re not reading the same title?

    November 14, 2008 at 7:52 pm
    hsingwithCM
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    My 10 year old son has his own readers he does each day, and we take turns with reading the read alouds. Often times I need to stop reading to get lunch going, change a diaper, clean-up something, what not, and my son will take over until I can read again.

    November 14, 2008 at 9:02 pm
    CindyS
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    Brooke,

    They will miss some stuff. A lot, you will pick up as they narrate simply because something does not make sense – I cannot think of a particular example at the moment but we’ve had some wild narrations from time to time. Sometimes you can ask about something that you know, wondering aloud if the author has covered such-and-such yet. Also, you can ask your child to ‘prove’ something to you periodically. Not in a ‘you don’t know what you’re talking about’ way, but in a ‘I don’t remember learning it that way, could you show me where that is?’ way. Or ask why. “Why do you think that happened? Let’s look at the text and see if we can figure it out.”

    The bottom line is that they are in the process of learning to narrate and glean information. They need volumes of time to gain that skill. Much of the little details will not matter so much since they will probably visit the subject again in some fashion during their schooling career, it’s learning the flow of history and God’s hand in it. Now, that is my opinion, and I do not claim expert status! But I hope this is helpful to you.

    Blessings,

    Cindy

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