Aug. 27, 2007 - Perhaps it's just me...
Schooling Adventures

...but i simply DO NOT get all the hype about dictation.  I am sure there are daggers flying my direction from all over the homeschooling community as they read this- or at least from teh 2-3 people who read this post.  At least I am being honest.  I struggle with it for a few weeks every year just knowing that this will be the year I finally understand why I do it.  Instead I am on my 4th year of scratching my head wondering why I waste our time. 

Clearly there must be some benefits that I am missing because Sonlight uses it and even after revamping their LA program, it is still on the schedule for once per week.  And now here I sit again beginning week four of school, once again scratching myself on the head asking WHY, WHY, WHY???

I just feel like any benefit I can get from dictation, such as spelling and handwriting skills, I can get from creative writing or science.  Is there anyone else out there with me on this or have I COMPLETELY missed the mark on the purpose of dictation all together?

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Sep. 4, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hallmark

Y'know, I've been watching the comments for this post, because I was interested as well. "Dictation" is one of those things on my list that I almost never get to, so I haven't seen the benefits of it, yet.

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Sep. 4, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Hallmark

What I meant to say was I was watching for comments to this post, but there aren't any yet!

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