Reading & Narration question

Hi Virginia.

We (the SCM team) encourages you to continue reading most of her school books until she is in 4th grade.  While she may read well, from time to time she may not fully understand what she is reading.  These early years also create a wonderful bonding time while sharing books and school subjects.  We do recommend children that young to read aloud daily (we recommend Pathway Readers but you can chose a different resource) so that they can continue to read slowly and carefully, practicing their pronunciation and articulation.  Often times, once they begin to read well, they tend to speed read.  Careful, slow readings are important for learning to spell well.

She should orally narrate all school books that are important for memory.  As an example, we suggest parents have children narrate their history spine but we do not suggest narrating historical fiction.  The latter is a book meant to bring the period to life in a living, engaging way.

When you ask about read-alouds, are you referring to any book you want to read aloud (we schedule school subjects to be read aloud) or are you referring to quality literature (The Railway Children, Charlotte’s Web, The Hobbit….)?  If the latter, we schedule that in our Enrichment Studies guides however families fit those in where it is best for them.  Some families like to read aloud the wonderful classics during school, some read aloud during lunch while their children are engaged in eating, while some prefer to read these wonderful books as a bedtime/evening read.