One of the best parts of Classical Conversations is the weekly presentation. Each week the children get in front of their class and give a presentation that can range from a simple 'show and tell' to a persuasive speech. The class tutor picks the topics. This year, my kindergartner has given 'speeches' on raccoons, tropical rain forests, and Leonardo Da Vinci....fairly heady topics for a six year old.
For week 8, he was to give a few facts about a famous explorer from our Classical Conversations week 8 history sentence. Our history sentence for week 8 was about five different explorers during the golden age of exploration. My son picked Ferdinand Magellan.
We got information from Magellan from this book, which was the best I could find at our library for the kindergarten level:
The story of Magellan includes mutiny, shipwreck, slimy water, sawdust consumption and poisonous spears--titillating topics for a six year old.
I copied a few illustrations from the book, which he colored to use as visual aids:
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| The only ship to complete the journey |
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| Magellan's Route |
My husband, an exceptional public speaker himself, is in charge of getting him prepared for Monday's presentation. Unfortunately, neither of us gets to see the end result because my husband works, and I tutor another class. However, I'm sure he does fine if he doesn't go into silly mode (a big "if"). He's not at the self-conscious stage.
I'm confident this weekly public speaking practice will serve him well in the years to come.
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