"To Be or Not to Be," that is the recitation that stretches menâs minds. "Et Tu Brute?"
Recitation: For children who have acquired expressive language, memorizing poems, documents (eg., The Declaration of Independence) and stories are excellent memory exercise activities.
Also valuable for developing memory is the process of memorizing parts in short skits and plays (drama classes). Even the undertaking of learning another language is a excellent source for engaging in memory drills.
Latin, which was a dead-end for me academically, was probably a significant factor in giving me what little memory power I do possess.
The process of memorizing the vocabulary, the many declensions of the nouns and the conjugations of verbs, required a vigorous regime of mental exertion.
I still get a headache thinking about it.