One of the things we enjoy during the school year is memorizing poetry. Katie and Joseph have a lot of fun with this, and their enthusiasm is infectious. They practice hard to learn new poems, and they get to recite them for Daddy when they are perfect. Then we write down the pieces they have learned in their memory books. Someday, I hope they will read back through these poems, prayers, and Bible verses with fond memories.
We usually recite on Sunday nights, but Thursday evening, Matthew got up from the dinner table and ran out to the living room and started reciting a poem that he is learning. He's a bit young for memory work, but he has to do everything Joseph does.
He then returned to the table and gave it another try. Luckily, he was up for a third recitation for the camera. He loves it, but he is very silly about it. I don't know if he will really be able to memorize the poem correctly, but it is fun to see him enjoy the attempt.
He is attempting to recite "Time to Rise," by Robert Louis Stevenson:
A birdie with a yellow bill
Hopped upon my windowsill,
Cocked his shining eye and said,
"Ain't you shamed you sleepyhead."
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