Monday, June 7, 2010


"Narration removes the need for 'comprehension exercises.' Instead of learning to complete fill-in-the-blank questions, the child uses all his mental faculties to understand, sort through, reorganize, and relate the main points of the story."

-Taken from The Well Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise Bauer

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