Take-home slipsPsalm 127:2

How to learn a verseWEB

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

Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.It is vain ___ you to rise ___ early, to stay ___ late, eating the _____ of toil, for ___ gives sleep to ___ loved ones.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.It ___ ____ for ___ ___ rise ___ _____, to ____ ___ late, ______ ___ bread ___ ____, for ___ _____ sleep ___ ___ loved ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I i v f y t r u e, t s u l, e t b o t, f h g s t h l o.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 127:2

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

How to learn a verseWEB

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

Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.It is vain ___ you to rise ___ early, to stay ___ late, eating the _____ of toil, for ___ gives sleep to ___ loved ones.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.It ___ ____ for ___ ___ rise ___ _____, to ____ ___ late, ______ ___ bread ___ ____, for ___ _____ sleep ___ ___ loved ____.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I i v f y t r u e, t s u l, e t b o t, f h g s t h l o.
5. 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Psalm 127:2

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