Ambleside Online Year Two Recitation Printables (free)
Recitation in a Charlotte Mason Education
“All children have it in them to recite; it is an imprisoned gift waiting to be delivered.” - Charlotte M. Mason, Home Education
Charlotte Mason has a relaxed and natural approach to recitation, “the children’s art” of reciting beautifully a poem or passage from memory. In Home Education, she tells of a mother who read a poem aloud every day at random while her child was playing or doing other things. After more than six readings, her child had learnt to recite the poem from memory without any forced memorization that is the standard of the day.
What a no-fuss approach to storing up beautiful words and imaginings into the mind of a child! The fault of many schools is that they force memorization upon a child line by line and ruin the beauty of recitation with tedious drilling.
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Recitation with Ambleside Online Year Two
Ambleside Online, a free Charlotte Mason curriculum plan from first grade to high school, provides suggestions for recitations for scripture memory and poetry.
Ambleside Online Year Two suggests the following:
Term 1
Genesis 1:1; Matthew 4:23; Hebrews 13:8
The Cupboard by Walter de la Mare
Silver by Walter de la Mare
Term 2
Matthew 19:26; Matthew 20:28; Psalm 145:8
The Duel by Eugene Field
The Prayer Perfect by James Whitcomb Riley
Term 3
Matthew 23:11-12; Matthew 28:19-20; Psalm 37:5
What is pink? a rose is pink by Christina Rossetti
Who has seen the wind? by Christina RossettiHow We Approach Recitation
We keep our recitations in a Truth, Goodness and Beauty Binder and recite them at the beginning of our school day during our morning time. I simply read them aloud daily and, by and by, my student can say them along with me.
We learn one Bible verse and one poem at a time and don’t move on to another until we can recite the one we’re working on. We review previous verses and poems at the end of each week.
Free Ambleside Online Year Two Recitation Printables
I made these recitation printables for my own family’s use and wanted to share them with other Ambleside Online families. You don’t even need to type in your email to get them, simply hit the download button below and the PDF will pop up on another tab.
Dear Reader,
I hope you found this printable helpful! Remember not to force recitation. Read these verses and poems aloud to your student(s) daily and they will naturally commit them to memory and recite them along with you before you know it. Happy homeschooling!
Humbly,
Haley
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