A young child learning to narrate can have a difficult time sitting still. Especially when the reading they are expected to narrate is challenging. I've struggled finding ways to keep little hands still all the while noticing that sometimes busy hands means open minds. I found Madison would give me the most detailed narrations while playing with legos. Legos, however can be noisy and they attract a lot of attention from 3-year-olds that aren't so quiet.
A teacher friend told me about the ways she kept these types of kids quiet and happy while she read alound in class. She'd let the kids roll a pencil on their leg or give them a necklace with beads they could spin and move around their neck. Here is our version of such a necklace that I made with left over beads and plenty of string to allow the beads room to move. We call it our narration necklace. There are plenty of textures and different materials to keep little fingers busy and quiet. Everyone is excited to be the first to use it.
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I am so proud of you. You are learning so much about who your children are and what they need. You are responding to their differences in such a positive way.
Most of the time it feels like a shot in the dark, but I'm sure gonna try.
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