poems every child should know: an interview with Joseph Pearce

Fantastic interview with Joseph Pearce, bringing clarity to the things that matter most. 

Catholic Heritage Curricula - Ever Ancient, Ever New

5:32 - Welcome Joseph and literary works
8:14 - Why does poetry matter? 
14:01 - Developing writing skills, vocabulary and memorization
18:52 - Where do silliness and funny poems fit in?
23:11 - Why/how did you choose these particular poems for your book?
28:40 - Teaching Language Arts through dictation
43:54 - Writing poetry as an adult

Poems Every Child Should Know Compiled by Joseph Pearce

The Inner Sanctum Membership

Introducing Shakespeare, and that's not all: an interview with Joseph Pearce (podcast)

Race with the Devil: My Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love by Joseph Pearce

Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization by Andrew Pudewa

Faith of Our Fathers by Joseph Pearce

Questions about dictation (podcast)

phonics, dictation and learning language arts in context (podcast)

primer on dictation (podcast)

Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis (audiobook)

poetry and Shakespeare for the uninclined (blog post)

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