Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization [CDs]

Excellence in Writing comes alongside to provide a tool to reintroduce you and your children to a vital but often neglected source of powerful and sophisticated linguistic patterning available to children: memorized language, especially memorized poetry. Although memorizing and reciting daily so many poems may at first seem like a daunting project which will require large amounts of time, consider a few points: Given the huge benefits of memorizing poetry, it may well be one of the best uses of your available school hours. Recitation of memorized poems can easily be done away from a desk - perhaps in the car, while cooking or folding clothes, during a walk, etc. Memorizing new poems gets easier in direct proportion to the number of poems already memorized; in other words the more you have learned, the faster you can learn more. The Audio CD recordings will help you use repetition so that students can memorize poems more quickly and accurately; you don't have to do it all yourself. So, although it may seem like a huge undertaking, give this system a try, and read the introduction to this book as often as needed to be reminded of the importance of memorized poetry. Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization provides a system to reintroduce you and your children to a vital but often neglected source of powerful and sophisticated linguistic patterning available to children: memorized language, especially memorized poetry.