YMB #10 All About Narration: A Conversation with Sonya Shafer

Homeschool Better Together with Pam Barnhill

Pam Barnhill

Kids & Family, Christianity, Education, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this interview, Sonya Shafer of Simply Charlotte Mason demystifies the practice of narration, or reading living books and then having children "tell back" in their own words what they remember.

She shows how narration is not so much a method of quizzing our children, but rather a powerful tool for promoting attention, comprehension, and retention as the children make the books their own.

This conversation is full of step-by-step instructions for how to get started, ideas for moving beyond the basics with older kids, and plenty of trouble-shooting advice.

For shownotes and episode downloads, please visit https://pambarnhill.com/ymb10.

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0:00.0	This is Your Morning Basket, where we help you bring truth, goodness, and beauty to your homeschool day.
0:17.9	Hi, everyone, and welcome to episode 10 of the Your Morning Basket podcast. I'm Pam Barnhill,
0:23.9	your host, and I'm so happy you're joining me today. We are back from our winter hiatus. It's
0:29.5	been almost a couple of months, and I'm glad you're joining me again. We're ready to gear up for
0:34.2	another big season, season two of the Your Morning Basket podcast, where we are
0:39.6	going to be chatting about any number of great things. Today, I'm so excited. We have Sonia Schaefer from
0:45.6	Simply Charlotte Mason on, and we're going to be talking about narration. In the upcoming weeks,
0:50.1	we're going to talk more about nature study, Plutarch, Teaching from Rest, Shakespeare,
0:55.9	and a number of other great topics that have to do with the subject of morning time.
1:02.6	We're happy you're joining us, and we're going to just dive right into the great conversation today.
1:07.3	I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
1:22.2	Sonia Schaefer is a mom of four and a veteran homeschooler, as well as a speaker and a writer.
1:29.4	She has spent years learning about and practicing Charlotte Mason-style education, and now she passes on what she has learned to others through the many resources at her website, Simply Charlotte Mason. She helps
1:35.4	parents understand what a traditional Charlotte Mason education could look like in the 21st century,
1:41.5	and she provides families with the tools they need in order to implement
1:45.5	Charlotte's worthy and time-tested principals in their homeschools. Sonia is a voice of
1:50.5	encouragement to today's generation of homeschool moms, and when I wanted to find someone who
1:55.1	could explain the concept of narration and how the practice can fit into a morning time, I knew
2:00.4	Sonia would be just the person to ask.
2:03.1	Sonia, welcome to the program.
2:04.7	Thanks, Pam.
2:05.3	It's good to be with you.
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