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With your 11 yo, it is more important to take time to do the PHFHG Storytime follow-ups than it is to read aloud the books to her. She can do the reading well by now on her own, and as such, that task becomes more of a personal choice at this age of whether the student reads it or the parent does. RTR's plans, for example, have Storytime denoted with a T/I, meaning either the teacher or the student can read it. Your dd is at a good age to take over her Storytime readings if she can read them well on her own, and it sounds like she can. My 11 yo is also reading his own Storytime books, and he loves it. No worries - HTH! 
Blessings to you as well, and I'm glad to have been of some help!!!Gwenny wrote:Oh good! That is very encouraging and helpful. If you had said I should, I would've, but this takes a load off of my mind.
I'll make sure to do the follow-ups. Thanks for that reminder.
Blessings!
"Revival to Revolution" is written for the target age range of 11 to 13 years old. The Storytime box of plans is labeled T/I, meaning it is up to the parent and the student to decide if the teacher will read the books, if the student will read the books, or if they will share that responsibility (i.e. teacher reads 10 minutes, and student finishes out what is left). The Storytime box of the plans in the following guide, "Missions to Modern Marvels," is also labeled T/I, with the same intentions, and for that guide, the target age range is 12 to 14 years old. It is not until the "World Geography" guide that the Living Library box (which is similar to its younger counterpart the Storytime box) is labeled "I" independent. So, you are doing things just right with your 13 yo in RevtoRev!amypinva wrote:Julie,
Just to follow up on this line... I'm still reading to my 13-year old (who enjoys it) because even though she can certainly read the books herself, I thought the purpose was to see how they process something being read TO them as opposed to how they process when reading on their own. She already reads so much on her own with the HOD readings and also her outside Literature class. But should I have her do more of the Storytime readings on her own?
Thank you!
Amy
dd 13 in Rev to Rev
She still enjoys being read aloud to, you still enjoy reading aloud to her, you seem to have the time and inclination to do so, and it seems like it is going wonderfully well - hooray! There may come a time when she wants to take over the reading herself (that happened with my oldest ds), or when time demands it it becomes necessary for her to take it over, but otherwise, proceeding as is, is just fine. Now, if you had a student in the extension age range of the guide, like 14 or especially 15 yo, it may make more sense to have that student be responsible for the Storytime readings, due to their age and maturity - especially if they are not doing the extension package readings. This naturally shifts more of the responsibility to the student and as the student is older and in need of more responsibility, that makes good sense in that situation, provided the student is a good enough reader and does not have any special concerns to consider. I hope that helps!