Comments on: Spin me a memory http://homeedmag.com/editorial/exploringideas/spin-me-a-memory/ From the editors and publishers of Home Education Magazine Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:55:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Heather Widener http://homeedmag.com/editorial/exploringideas/spin-me-a-memory/#comment-182 Heather Widener Sun, 03 May 2009 04:47:55 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/?p=426#comment-182 My son recently memorized The Tyger by William Blake. He acted it out with props, which included a stuffed tiger (of course), a hammer, a chain, and a flashlight. We compared it to Blake's The Lamb and discussed why one appeared in his Songs of Innocence and the other in his Songs of Experience. I was actually amazed at the extent to which my 9 year old comprehended the notions of a diety in both poems. Heather Widener www.rootsoflearning.com My son recently memorized The Tyger by William Blake. He acted it out with props, which included a stuffed tiger (of course), a hammer, a chain, and a flashlight. We compared it to Blake’s The Lamb and discussed why one appeared in his Songs of Innocence and the other in his Songs of Experience. I was actually amazed at the extent to which my 9 year old comprehended the notions of a diety in both poems.

Heather Widener
http://www.rootsoflearning.com

]]> By: Marinela http://homeedmag.com/editorial/exploringideas/spin-me-a-memory/#comment-181 Marinela Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:59:22 +0000 http://www.homeedmag.com/editorial/?p=426#comment-181 "The poems my mother wrote were really lovely"… Yeh true! “The poems my mother wrote were really lovely”… Yeh true!

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