Grammar Stage

PreK – 6th Grades
Dorothy Sayers called this the Poll Parrot Stage.
Children readily ABSORB information.

● Learning by heart is easy and pleasurable!
● Reasoning is difficult and is NOT pleasurable.
● Children readily memorize, recite, and chant information of any kind.
● Children love rhymes and polysyllables.
● Children enjoy collecting things and accumulating facts.

How do they do this?
By means of OBSERVATION and MEMORY

● Stories, recitation, memorizing, collecting
● Imagination: recalling a strong VISUAL presentment
● Taste, touch, dress up, sing, chant, learn jingles of information

What are the TOOLS for learning at this stage?

REPETITION!
● Sing
● Chant
● Memorize
● Listen to and tell stories
● Collect items to observe characteristics

These children will NEVER forget what they learn!