The other day the girls had a simple assignment of narrating a past experience for an audience (the audience was Ben). We are studying ancient Greece and it has to do with introducing drama to the kids. It was a very simple assignment- Audra's presentation was about 1 minute long, Claire's about 30 seconds. No big deal.
But, boy, for these girls- it was a HUGE deal! They spent over an hour preparing their "stage." They came up with costumes. They made signs with arrows directing Ben to the stage. It was really neat to see how involved they got. That is one of the bonuses of homeschool- if the kids get really engrossed in something (which I did not expect!), they can spend however much time on it as they want without a bell interrupting them.
It was also great for Claire- who gets very nervous in front of an audience. In fact, I asked them if they wanted to do their presentations in front of Grandma and Grandpa, and Claire declined- she was too scared. But, in front of Ben she did fantastic. I drew pictures for her of what she wanted to say and she "read" her script. It was awesome.
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