Image from The Lost Words by & me: our book a year old today. Support Spell Songs & Own a Piece of our History. Word of the day: "exaltation" – group noun for skylarks ("an exaltation of larks") evoking the heartlift these bright birds bring & the song that tumbles from them (Latin exaltāre, to raise up on high) In the meantime if you do not already own this enchanting bookĪnd also download The Lost Words Explorers’ Guideīe sure to follow Robert Macfarlane on Twitter We are planning to do this activity again with friends on TuesdayĪs part of our home ed group Autumn Poetry Play Day Inspired by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie MorrisĪs seed is to flower, as flour is to breadĪs brick is to house, as tail is to mouseĪs stone is to castle, as bone is to skeletonĪs wind is to hurricane, as singe is to burnĪs drop is to ocean, as plant is to potionĪs pebble is to shore, as tile is to floorĪs ripple is to lake, as sugar is to cake The children came up with lots of lovely ideas To help us we used The Lost Words Explorers’ Guide To talk about the content and structure of the poem That I have been truly engaged with the power of this book But it is only since following the author and illustrator
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