Five steps, one a day, a few minutes each. Here they are on one verse from this set:
Matthew 7:7-8 'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.'Ask, and it _____ be given to ___; seek, and ye _____ find; knock, and ___ shall be opened ___ you; for every ___ who is asking ____ receive, and he ___ is seeking doth ____, and to him ___ is knocking it _____ be opened.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.'Ask, ___ ___ shall ___ _____ to ___; ____, and ___ _____ find; _____, ___ it _____ ___ opened ___ ___; for _____ ___ who ___ ______ doth ______, ___ he ___ ___ seeking ____ ____, and ___ ___ who ___ ______ it _____ ___ opened.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.'A, a i s b g t y; s, a y s f; k, a i s b o t y; f e o w i a d r, a h w i s d f, a t h w i k i s b o.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 7:7-8
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:
Matthew 7:7-8 'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
- 1Meet the verseHear it and say it, with a motion for each phrase.'Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.
- 2Fill the gapsSay it, supplying the words that are missing.'Ask, and it _____ be given to ___; seek, and ye _____ find; knock, and ___ shall be opened ___ you; for every ___ who is asking ____ receive, and he ___ is seeking doth ____, and to him ___ is knocking it _____ be opened.
- 3Half hiddenMost of the words are gone now. Say it once at bedtime.'Ask, ___ ___ shall ___ _____ to ___; ____, and ___ _____ find; _____, ___ it _____ ___ opened ___ ___; for _____ ___ who ___ ______ doth ______, ___ he ___ ___ seeking ____ ____, and ___ ___ who ___ ______ it _____ ___ opened.
- 4First lettersEvery word is down to its first letter.'A, a i s b g t y; s, a y s f; k, a i s b o t y; f e o w i a d r, a h w i s d f, a t h w i k i s b o.
- 5All by yourselfOnly the reference. Say it all.Matthew 7:7-8
Then say it to someone, and come back to it after a day, three days and a week.