Take-home slipsPsalm 6:2

How to learn a verseBBE

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

Psalm 6:2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Have mercy on ___, O Lord, for ___ am wasted away: ____ me well, for ____ my bones are ______.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Have _____ ___ me, ___ ____, for ___ ___ wasted ____: ____ me ____, ___ even ___ _____ are ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.H m o m, O L, f I a w a: m m w, f e m b a t.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 6:2

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 6:2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Have mercy on ___, O Lord, for ___ am wasted away: ____ me well, for ____ my bones are ______.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Have _____ ___ me, ___ ____, for ___ ___ wasted ____: ____ me ____, ___ even ___ _____ are ______.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.H m o m, O L, f I a w a: m m w, f e m b a t.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 6:2

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