I also want to remind the reader that this question and answer method is what made (and continues to make) the Baltimore Catechism so successful.īelow is a sample of a religion lesson that I typed out for my daughter. Since we’ve been slowing down by working with smaller portions and then doing questions and answers that pertain to those smaller portions, my daughter has not only been able to learn more, but she is able to retain what she reads. It may look elementary, and it may sound elementary, but it works. Because I want her to retain information, I make her write out answers to things that she has just read. I make her write out the answers because it’s been proven over and over again scientifically that writing helps you to remember things better. This is a great way for her to practice her penmanship, and it teaches her proper sentence structure. When I write out questions, my daughter then has to write out the answers to them using cursive writing. A man who reads one sentence and says, “I have learned” has achieved much more success than a man who has read an entire book, yet asks, “What have I learned?” Slow Down and Retain Our goal in homeschooling is to educate, not simply to assign our children mountains of books to read. This goes for any subject, whether it is religion, history, science, etc. It’s a lot of hard work, but it pays off in the end because she is able to retain and understand material given to her to read. Instead of having her read, say, six pages of a textbook, I’ll only have her read one page, but I’ll write out questions for her to answer so that she will be forced to slow down and take in what she is reading. After expounding, I then write out questions for her to answer, forcing her to slow down and digest what she has just read. To help her in reading comprehension and retention of material just read, I have to teach her using smaller portions of material and expounding on those small portions. She can read them, but she would not be able to fully comprehend or retain anything that she read because of her tendency to “speed read.” Simply reading words is not the same thing as comprehending them or retaining knowledge. My daughter is not able to read whole chapters of textbooks at a time. When you have children who struggle in this area, you have to work a lot harder with them than you do with others who can simply pick up a book, retain, comprehend, and impress you with their understanding. She doesn’t know how to slow down in order to digest and absorb what she is reading. My daughter’s problem is that she reads too fast. What’s next?” When I would question her knowledge of what she had just read, she wouldn’t be able to answer me. In the past, when I would give her something to read, she would read it, close the book, and say, “Okay, I’ve read what I’m supposed to read. Not only this, but she also struggles when it comes to retaining anything that she reads. I have a fourteen-year-old daughter who struggles horribly when it comes to reading comprehension. 7 minutes Reading, Retention and Good Ol’ Comprehension
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