For the past two weeks, I have been thinking about how to assess and develop my 7 year old’s reading and writing abililities in a way that wasn’t burdensome. The shelves in the education section of our local bookshops are dotted with workbooks of every shape, size and colour. That seemed like an easy alternative- for me. But I know Joy would just hate sitting through hours of workbooks. Besides, I don’t think they fit into our investigative approach toward learning.
I had heard about oral narration as a tool for learning. At the same time, I want my daughter to be able to polish her writing skills. So I have decided to as her to do written narration of the books that she reads – history, science, fiction,art,etc.
I didn’t want to duplicate workbooks. So I decided to come up with templates. These templates are basically frameworks, that provide a structure for the narration- something that I think she needs at this point.
Here’s the History Template
If you use it, do tell me what you think!
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