silver Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 We're partway into level 3 and I'm having trouble with the narrations. The instructions say I'm supposed to transcribe for my children when they narrate and then dictate back a few sentences for them to write. The problem with this is that I can neither write nor type fast enough to do this. So I'm constantly telling the to stop while I catch up. Or asking them to repeat themselves. This interrupts their train of thought and the narration is not as good as a result. My kids aren't at a point where they can come up with an original sentence, hold it in their head, and then get it onto paper without loss of quality of the sentence. Nor do I expect them to be there. My understanding is that getting to that point is the purpose of copywork, oral narrations, and dictation. So my question is: how in the world do you manage oral narrations while having to have some of those sentences remembered/kept for the purpose of dictating them back to the student? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherOfBoys Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 WWE1 and WWE2 broke that down for my boys. One is copy and narration. The second is copy, narration, and dictation. ELTL3 is going well for us. So maybe taking a month or more and doing the WWE 1-4 hardcover parent book would help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) I whip out my smartphone and record.ETA: Sometimes, my ds is willing to dictate a story which there is no way I can type that fast without losing details. So, that's the solution I came up with which helps with the narration/dictation issue. Edited May 25, 2016 by calbear 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquitita Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I whip out my smartphone and record. ETA: Sometimes, my ds is willing to dictate a story which there is no way I can type that fast without losing details. So, that's the solution I came up with which helps with the narration/dictation issue. I need to figure out how to do this. I never write my kids dictation a down anymore for this reason. They'd get annoyed and forget, the whole process would take longer, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 I tried recording today. It went smoother than other attempts. They were strangely nervous about being recorded, but I got narrations out of them. Thanks for the tip! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted June 15, 2016 Author Share Posted June 15, 2016 (edited) n/m Edited June 15, 2016 by silver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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