338. Narration: It’s Out of This World!
Brave Writer
Julie Bogart and Melissa Wiley
4.8 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
What if your child’s long, winding stories are not a distraction from learning, but the very foundation of it?
In this episode, we explore the art of narration: the natural ability children have to tell what they notice, remember, imagine, and understand. Inspired by Charlotte Mason and the astronauts of Artemis 2, we look at how vivid description, precise vocabulary, metaphor, and careful listening help kids turn experience into language.
We also talk about oral narration, written narration, jot-it-down practices, observation, public speaking, and why parents can become a child’s own Mission Control.
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| 0:23.9 | my best to help, but I ended up in tears as well. That very night, I received an email |
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| 0:35.9 | willing to give it a shot, and we have never looked back. |
| 0:39.8 | Start your free trial today by visiting ctcmath.com. |
| 0:50.0 | Welcome back to the Brave Rider podcast, where we provide professional development for parent educators. |
| 0:57.6 | Hi, Melissa. |
| 0:58.7 | Hi, Julie. |
| 0:59.7 | Hello, everybody. |
| 1:00.7 | So good to be with you all today. |
| 1:02.5 | It feels really important today's topic because in my view, it's the foundation of learning. |
| 1:10.2 | What do you think, Melissa? I agree. This is where it all |
| 1:13.4 | began for me. We have a quote on the art of narration from one of our educational heroes, Charlotte |
| 1:20.9 | Mason, to kick off today's podcast. We want to talk about the power of narrating as a true educational tool that helps kids make |
| 1:31.6 | learning their own. So Melissa, I'm going to read a little of it and then you can read the |
| 1:37.4 | second half. How about that? So our poor audience doesn't get bored listening to me only. |
| 1:43.1 | Okay, here we go. Charlotte Mason says, |
| 1:46.7 | narrating is an art like poetry making or painting, because it is there in every child's mind waiting |
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