This curriculum is designed with the idea that the majority of the literature will be read aloud by the teacher for at least the first...

"Narrating is an art, like poetry-making or painting, because it is there, in every child’s mind, waiting to be discovered, and is not...

Narrations are so often thought of as only a retelling of what has just been read. This post is to demonstrate just how very creative...

I read The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge with both of my daughters, but created this guide as I shared it with my younger...

Moving a narrator from oral to written narrations should be a gentle crossover, with the skills and needs of the narrator always the...

From the Parents' Review article "We Narrate and Then We Know" Do always prepare the passage carefully beforehand, thus making sure that...

I've arranged the list of books for each year in this curriculum in order of increasing difficulty so that first a core is built and for...

Having worked with my younger daughter today with our studied dictation, I was reminded how important it is to understand that reading...

Habits of the Mind Have you ever experienced that scenario where you are speaking to someone, but you can see that they are doing...

I've recently found some PNEU schedules for what Charlotte Mason called the Preparatory Level. Here is a sample schedule that she...