In my readings of Charlotte Mason's Series, I have come to realize that when a child listens to a reading with ears that need to remember what they are listening to in order to tell it back to you is so much more different that listening with ears that will listen and then quickly forget what they heard. A child who is able to tell you back in detail what they heard you read to them will store it away in their minds and it will live there along with all of the best of characters that are alive to them. - I love that!
One of the hardest topics to comprehend in regards to Charlotte Mason education is Narrating. We are in the beginning stages of our education years, and hearing about narrating at first was just one of those things that made me think, "Not so sure why this is important, but I'll go along with it and see what happens."
I am now finding there is so much more to narrating that is deeper and more complex that what first meets the eye!
Here is a very brief summary of what I am learning about in listening to my child narrate back to me:
1. to be keenly interested in the child's "telling back" sessions
2. pay attention to their narrating (okay... this one can be hard when my daughters like to tell back every little detail and my mind is on dinner ;))
3.Never interrupt a narration
4.Show interest by perhaps commenting on the given narration
5. We should not interfere with the assimilation process by asking questions to get the child to reason, or show pictures to aid his imagination, or point out moral lessons to sharpen his conscience- these are things that happen naturally.
So these are just some brief notes I took on this one section of my readings, I'm sure I will glean a few more as I continue with my readings!
I will also be taking notes in CM Series on History this week.
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