Take-home slipsMatthew 6:26

How to learn a verseKJV with the Apocrypha

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

Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Behold the fowls ___ the air: for ____ sow not, neither ___ they reap, nor ______ into barns; yet ____ heavenly Father feedeth ____. Are ye not ____ better than they?
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Behold ___ _____ of ___ ___: for ____ ___ not, ______ ___ they ____, ___ gather ____ _____; yet ____ ______ Father ______ ____. Are ___ ___ much ______ ____ they?
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B t f o t a: f t s n, n d t r, n g i b; y y h F f t. A y n m b t t?
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 6:26

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

How to learn a verseKJV with the Apocrypha

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

Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.Behold the fowls ___ the air: for ____ sow not, neither ___ they reap, nor ______ into barns; yet ____ heavenly Father feedeth ____. Are ye not ____ better than they?
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.Behold ___ _____ of ___ ___: for ____ ___ not, ______ ___ they ____, ___ gather ____ _____; yet ____ ______ Father ______ ____. Are ___ ___ much ______ ____ they?
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.B t f o t a: f t s n, n d t r, n g i b; y y h F f t. A y n m b t t?
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 6:26

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