Take-home slipsPsalm 139:9-10

How to learn a verseWEB

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

Psalm 139:9-10 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.If I take ___ wings of the ____, and settle in ___ uttermost parts of ___ sea, even there ____ hand will lead ___, and your right ____ will hold me.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.If ___ ____ the _____ ___ the ____, ___ settle ___ ___ uttermost _____ ___ the ___, ____ there ____ ____ will ____ ___, and ____ _____ hand ____ ____ me.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I I t t w o t d, a s i t u p o t s, e t y h w l m, a y r h w h 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 verseWEB

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

Psalm 139:9-10 If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.

1. 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.If I take the wings of the dawn, and settle in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will hold me.
2. 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.If I take ___ wings of the ____, and settle in ___ uttermost parts of ___ sea, even there ____ hand will lead ___, and your right ____ will hold me.
3. 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.If ___ ____ the _____ ___ the ____, ___ settle ___ ___ uttermost _____ ___ the ___, ____ there ____ ____ will ____ ___, and ____ _____ hand ____ ____ me.
4. 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.I I t t w o t d, a s i t u p o t s, e t y h w l m, a y r h w h 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.