Take-home slipsPsalm 139:9-10

How to learn a verseFBV

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

Psalm 139:9-10 If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore of the sea, even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore of the sea, even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.If I were ___ fly away on _____ of the dawn ___ the east; if ___ were to live ___ the far western _____ of the sea, ____ there your hand _____ lead me, your _____ hand would support ___.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.If ___ ____ to ___ ____ on _____ ___ the ____ ___ the ____; ___ I ____ ___ live ___ ___ far ______ _____ of ___ ___, even _____ ____ hand _____ ____ me, ____ _____ hand _____ ______ me.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I I w t f a o w o t d t t e; i I w t l o t f w s o t s, e t y h w l m, y r h w s m.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 139:9-10

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

How to learn a verseFBV

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

Psalm 139:9-10 If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore of the sea, even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.If I were to fly away on wings of the dawn to the east; if I were to live on the far western shore of the sea, even there your hand would lead me, your right hand would support me.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.If I were ___ fly away on _____ of the dawn ___ the east; if ___ were to live ___ the far western _____ of the sea, ____ there your hand _____ lead me, your _____ hand would support ___.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.If ___ ____ to ___ ____ on _____ ___ the ____ ___ the ____; ___ I ____ ___ live ___ ___ far ______ _____ of ___ ___, even _____ ____ hand _____ ____ me, ____ _____ hand _____ ______ me.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I I w t f a o w o t d t t e; i I w t l o t f w s o t s, e t y h w l m, y r h w s m.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 139:9-10

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