Lori D. Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Here's a thought to remind us of just how we nourish our children's souls and imaginations by reading to them and providing them with oodles of reading material: “To starve a child of the spell of the story, of the canter of the poem, oral or written, is a kind of living burial. It is to immure him in emptiness. Mythology, the voyages through Scylla and Charybdis, down rabbit holes, the turbulent logic of the biblical, the ‘gardens of verse’, are the great summoners… If the child is left empty of texts, in the fullest sense of that term, he will suffer an early death of the heart and of the imagination.†—George Steiner, Real Presences (University of Chicago Press, 1989) (from a Ken Myers' Mars Hill article) 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 There is something completely satisfying about reading or listening to a really quality book or poem. It needs no words of explanation while it's happening. It's like music that just seems to touch the soul. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3girls4me Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I love Sarah Clarkson's books (and her speaking) - Read for the Heart and Caught up in a Story https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1888692251/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1454865946&sr=8-3&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=sarah+clarkson&dpPl=1&dpID=511DNSIY9VL&ref=plSrch Her mom, Sally Clarkson has been very influential in our homeschool. (Christian persuasion) I really love how much "story" shaped Sarah's life and now she writes about it. Her blog is called Storyformed. http://storyformed.com In case you are interested..... Great quote by the way! Thanks for posting it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momacacia Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Richer than I you can never be--- I had a mother who read to me. (And had lots of beautiful, quality books "strewn" on low bookshelves) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 ds and I just finished reading The Hobbit together. At the end he sighed deeply and said "WOW!" in such an awed voice. It is sad that there are people who never have that experience with books. They have truly missed something magical. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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