Take-home slipsNehemiah 8:10

How to learn a verseBBE

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

Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Then he said ___ them, Go away ___, and take the ___ for your food ___ the sweet for ____ drink, and send ____ to him for ____ nothing is made _____: for this day ___ holy to our ____: and let there ___ no grief in ____ hearts; for the ___ of the Lord ___ your strong place.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Then ___ ____ to ____, ___ away ___, ___ take ___ ___ for ____ ____ and ___ _____ for ____ _____, and ____ ____ to ___ ___ whom ______ ___ made _____: ___ this ___ ___ holy ___ ___ Lord: ___ ___ there ___ ___ grief ___ ____ hearts; ___ ___ joy ___ ___ Lord ___ ____ strong _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T h s t t, G a n, a t t f f y f a t s f y d, a s s t h f w n i m r: f t d i h t o L: a l t b n g i y h; f t j o t L i y s p.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Nehemiah 8:10

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:

Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Then he said ___ them, Go away ___, and take the ___ for your food ___ the sweet for ____ drink, and send ____ to him for ____ nothing is made _____: for this day ___ holy to our ____: and let there ___ no grief in ____ hearts; for the ___ of the Lord ___ your strong place.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Then ___ ____ to ____, ___ away ___, ___ take ___ ___ for ____ ____ and ___ _____ for ____ _____, and ____ ____ to ___ ___ whom ______ ___ made _____: ___ this ___ ___ holy ___ ___ Lord: ___ ___ there ___ ___ grief ___ ____ hearts; ___ ___ joy ___ ___ Lord ___ ____ strong _____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T h s t t, G a n, a t t f f y f a t s f y d, a s s t h f w n i m r: f t d i h t o L: a l t b n g i y h; f t j o t L i y s p.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Nehemiah 8:10

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