The Case for Memorization

My family recently watched Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. We absolutely loved it, especially my oldest daughter who is a Tim Burton fan. We are all long time fans of Alice in general though. The storyline is totally different than the Alice we are all used to. I loved how this "sequel" seemed to just fit and feel so right and still be a great story on its own. I loved how Johnny Depp (The Mad Hatter) kept asking "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" through the whole movie. I loved how the Jabberwocky had a main role.

I have been a fan of The Jabberwocky for as long as I can remember, but seeing this movie and later watching You Tube videos of kids reciting poetry



(like this one) reminded me that once upon a time I wanted my kids to be consistantly be working on memorizing poetry as well as scripture.

I had made the decision to start with The Jabberwocky when I happened upon The Case for Memorization, a blog post that coincidentally mentions The Jabberwocky. I was already in the right mind-frame, so the post just solidified for me what I need to do.