Narration Cubes

from Our Story in Progress

Last night I read to my 6 year old from Winnie the Pooh. He chose the story "Eyeore loses his Tail." After we finished we got my narration cubes out. First he rolled characters so I had him name all the characters in the story we read. Then he rolled connections. I asked him what were some things he was reminded of while we were reading. Since Owl had taken Eyeore's tail and used it as a bell pull, mistakenly of course, Ben and I were reminded of the bell pull from The Wizard of Oz. Then he rolled on N which meant we could be creative. So I had him take his stuffed animals and create his own version of the story. He called it "Rabbit loses his Tail."

We had such a fun night! I love nights like that!

Narration Cubes & Pathways

My youngest son has beenenjoying the many adventures of reading. Since he was young he has always been engaged in a good story. About a year ago he began his own adventure by asking to learn to read. A strong phonics background helped tremendously. We have also used another wonderful tool...Pathway Readers. We started with the Primer and have enjoyed progressing through the books. As we are coming to the close of first grade, we have been intigrating the Narration Cubes with the Pathway Reader story. After he has finished reading, he takes a purple cube and rolls it. He uses this tool to narrate the story he finished reading. For him, this doesn't feel like school. It is simply a fun game to complete our reading session.