Really great read-aloud needed for ages 6-14

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  • January 19, 2015 at 12:38 am
    anniepeter
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    We’re working on attentiveness (primary focus) to duty (secondary focus) in our family…with some slow, but not GREAT success.  I am rethinking my approach and coming to the conclusion that I’m probably trying to teach by talking too much.  So I’m doing a little mental review of CM’s approach and looking for natural consequences to reinforce good progress.  I think I will try reading aloud at a strategic time for those who have accomplished some specific things in a given amount of time.  I’m hoping this will also entice my 14 yo to want to spend more time with the family and less in her room.  Suggestions?  We are studying Modern Times…but it sure wouldn’t have to fit the time period.

    January 19, 2015 at 6:12 am
    jeaninpa
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    I realize that you’re just asking for a read-aloud suggestion and not advice, but I’m a bit unclear about what you’re trying to accomplish here.  Are you hoping that doing a read-aloud as a reward for diligence will entice your 14 yo to come out of her room and join the family?

    January 19, 2015 at 7:12 am
    Wings2fly
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    I think Sign of the Beaver would appeal to all ages.  My dd at age 7 enjoyed it, and I did too.  And they have to be attentive to the markings the Natives leave in the woods.  I think you could tie in some of it to duty as well.

    January 19, 2015 at 10:43 am
    anniepeter
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    jeaninpa – mmm…i guess the short answer is yes.  My first goal here is to try following CM’s recommendations for habit training more closely for motivating children.  One of the things she mentioned in her books to encourage attentiveness was to teach the children to do things in their appropriate time by letting some “perfectly lovely” (or something like that) activity start at just the time they should be done – but they only join if they are done.  And secondly, as you saw in my other post which does ask for advice, I am also pondering how to encourage better balance in how my daughter spends her time.  And we have neglected family studies for too long, so I am looking for a gentle way to encourage her to want to join us for that.  I feel that God is laying in my heart to follow Tristan’s advice to use a gentle suggestion at this point. And I’d like to give her a chance to decide that’s what she would enjoy doing… rather than reprimand her for doing what I have allowed until now.  Part of the challenge for us with family studies is the age difference between her and the next child.  Anyway, all that to justify myself?!  But maybe it will help make sense of it if anyone cares to!

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