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Narration Basics: Dealing with Problems

July 27, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 6 Comments

This is the third and final post in the Narration Basics series. Other posts are 1. Narration Basics: Expectations 2. Narration Basics: From Oral to Written Narration is simple. That means it is not complex to implement. You don’t need to buy anything. You merely ask your child to tell back (or write) what she just […]

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Narration Basics: From Oral to Written

July 20, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 10 Comments

This is the second post in the Narration Basics series. View the first post at Narration Basics: Expecations. Sherry, a blog reader, emailed me to say, “I can’t seem to make heads or tails of notebooking. I don’t know how to begin with ‘prompting’ the writing part. Do you ask questions? Do you tell her what […]

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Narration Basics: Expectations

July 13, 2011 By Jimmie Quick 6 Comments

Shannon asked in a comment, “I would love to read more about narration… including examples of what to expect at different stages of reading and writing.” This is such a great question and so hard to answer! Each child is different and develops at his own unique pace. But I’ll try to address the question. […]

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Implementing Charlotte Mason Basics

October 7, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 20 Comments

Karen sent me some great questions about CM homeschooling via email. I thought they made perfect material for a blog post. And since I’ve been going through some serious blogging blahs lately, I am appreciative of the nudge, Karen. Gaining a Cohesive Picture I have two kids (3rd and 5th) and I ordered . . […]

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Independent Lapbook — Eclipse

July 23, 2009 By Jimmie Quick 9 Comments

When we started using lapbooks in Kindergarten, I didn’t know if we’d continue using them throughout the years or if lapbooking would taper off. At one point I thought we’d transition solely to notebooking. But Sprite still enjoys making minibooks, so we haven’t given up lapbooks altogether. Sometimes we mix up lapbooking and notebooking, too. […]

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