Take-home slipsMatthew 11:29-30

How to learn a verseBBE

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Matthew 11:29-30 Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls; For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls; For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Take my yoke ___ you and become ____ me, for I ___ gentle and without _____, and you will ____ rest for your _____; For my yoke ___ good, and the ______ I take up ___ not hard.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Take ___ ____ on ___ ___ become ____ ___, for ___ ___ gentle ___ ______ pride, ___ ___ will ____ ____ for ____ _____; For ___ ____ is ____, ___ the ______ ___ take ___ ___ not ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T m y o y a b l m, f I a g a w p, a y w h r f y s; F m y i g, a t w I t u i n h.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 11:29-30

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.

How to learn a verseBBE

Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:

Matthew 11:29-30 Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls; For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls; For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Take my yoke ___ you and become ____ me, for I ___ gentle and without _____, and you will ____ rest for your _____; For my yoke ___ good, and the ______ I take up ___ not hard.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Take ___ ____ on ___ ___ become ____ ___, for ___ ___ gentle ___ ______ pride, ___ ___ will ____ ____ for ____ _____; For ___ ____ is ____, ___ the ______ ___ take ___ ___ not ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T m y o y a b l m, f I a g a w p, a y w h r f y s; F m y i g, a t w I t u i n h.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 11:29-30

Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.