Category Archives: Memorization

My Shadow

Griffin has been doing so well with his memory work that we decided to tackle a longer passage. I think he did a great job! Some may wonder how much work we have to do for him to memorize a poem this long. All we did was 3 readings a day for about 11 or...

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The Falling Star

“Every two to three weeks, the child should memorize a poem and recite it to you. Memorization and recitation of poetry is an important part of the reading process; it exercises the child’s memory, stores beautiful language in his mind, and gives him practice in speaking aloud…” Our main home school philosophy comes from this...

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