Take-home slipsPsalm 27:1

How to learn a verseBBE

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

Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.The Lord is ___ light and my ______; who is then ___ cause of fear ___ me? the Lord ___ the strength of ___ life; who is ___ danger to me?
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.The ____ ___ my _____ ___ my ______; ___ is ____ ___ cause ___ ____ to ___? ___ Lord ___ ___ strength ___ ___ life; ___ ___ a ______ ___ me?
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T L i m l a m s; w i t a c o f t m? t L i t s o m l; w i a d t m?
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 27:1

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:

Psalm 27:1 The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.The Lord is ___ light and my ______; who is then ___ cause of fear ___ me? the Lord ___ the strength of ___ life; who is ___ danger to me?
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.The ____ ___ my _____ ___ my ______; ___ is ____ ___ cause ___ ____ to ___? ___ Lord ___ ___ strength ___ ___ life; ___ ___ a ______ ___ me?
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.T L i m l a m s; w i t a c o f t m? t L i t s o m l; w i a d t m?
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 27:1

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