We are just starting narration with our 6 year old. Yesterday, I was watching Sonya's all day seminar and in it she talks about letting the child tell back what they heard but also what it might make them think of. I also understood her to say that it is better to master verbal narration before moving on to others. So from my "understanding" I have 2 questions:
1. We are reading Bruchko with our boys. Last night when my 6 yo was narrating we talked about seeing the story with our minds eye and he ask me if he could tell me what his minds eye saw the plane to look like that Bruce was flying in. I let him and he went into this detailed description of what he saw the plane to look like. None of this was in our story. He did well narrating the rest - for a 6 year old learning how to do it. So my question is - is this ok for him to elaborate on what he sees with "his mind's eye" or should I discourage that to help him pay better attention to the story. I didn't say anything last night because I didn't want to crush his little spirit. So I could use some help in how to handle this or if it is ok.
2. He also loves to draw. Should I practice verbal narration and get it "down" before I have him do any picture narration?
Thanks for the hep
Amy
I think the drawing idea is great - my dd6 loves to draw too, and so with some of our literature readings I encourage her to draw her favorite scene from the chapter that we read. Silly me! Sorry for the confusion.