Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But Ruth replied: “___ not urge me ___ leave you or ___ turn from following ___. For wherever you ___, I will go, ___ wherever you live, ___ will live; your ______ will be my ______, and your God ____ be my God.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But ____ ______: “Do ___ ____ me ___ _____ you ___ ___ turn ____ ______ you. ___ ______ you ___, ___ will ___, ___ wherever ___ ____, I ____ ____; your ______ ____ be ___ ______, and ____ ___ will ___ ___ God.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B R r: “D n u m t l y o t t f f y. F w y g, I w g, a w y l, I w l; y p w b m p, a y G w b m G.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Ruth 1:16
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.
Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Ruth 1:16 But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.But Ruth replied: “Do not urge me to leave you or to turn from following you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you live, I will live; your people will be my people, and your God will be my God.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.But Ruth replied: “___ not urge me ___ leave you or ___ turn from following ___. For wherever you ___, I will go, ___ wherever you live, ___ will live; your ______ will be my ______, and your God ____ be my God.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.But ____ ______: “Do ___ ____ me ___ _____ you ___ ___ turn ____ ______ you. ___ ______ you ___, ___ will ___, ___ wherever ___ ____, I ____ ____; your ______ ____ be ___ ______, and ____ ___ will ___ ___ God.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B R r: “D n u m t l y o t t f f y. F w y g, I w g, a w y l, I w l; y p w b m p, a y G w b m G.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Ruth 1:16
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.