Scene Depictions

Megan and I have been reading Farmer Boy as our read aloud.  Megan is not a sit still and listen type of kid.  She has to keep her hands busy or she'll get bored, fidgety, and distracted.  She may love the story, but simply not be able to sit still.

Since her sisters and father are like this, I'm not bothered by it. I know she is paying attention. 

Today, as I read, Megan had a sheet of paper and a pencil.  She drew a picture of Almanzo breaking the calves, Star and Bright.  

I liked it.  The picture is one of her ways of processing what she's hearing. We are a strongly right-brained family.  We are visual.  Drawing what she is learning seems natural.  Now that I've cut back on required notebooking, Megan is jumping in with her own creative work all on her own.