I recently went to a homeschool workshop put on by Sonya Shafer from Simply Charlotte Mason. During the workshop Discipleship Is... she explained her Scripture Memory System which we have already started and I LOVE! It is a gentle, enjoyable and effective way to successfully memorize scripture. My purpose in this post is to give you some visuals and mention a few tips that Sonya pointed out.
I have taken pictures of the four steps you will do once you have established your routine, whether you do this once a day or at each meal or whenever.
I have taken pictures of the four steps you will do once you have established your routine, whether you do this once a day or at each meal or whenever.
Step One: The 1 Daily tab, read this every time.
Step Two: The 2 Odd/Even Tabs, read from a card behind one of these two tabs depending on the day, since today is Jan. 30th we will read the card behind the even tab. Read this after you read the Daily verse.
Step Three: The 7 Days of the Week Tabs, you pick the card behind whatever day of the week it is. since today is Saturday I chose the card behind the Sat. tab. Read this after you read the Odd/Even verse.
Step Four: The 31 Dates in the Month Tabs, you pick the card behind the tab of that particular date, today is the 30th so I pulled the card out from behind tab number 30. Read this after you read the day of the week verse.
And that is it. It shouldn't take more than 5 - 10 minutes. One of the things that Sonya mentioned was to take turns reading the cards. For example there are 4 of us using this system, today ds2 reads the cards, tomorrow ds 3 will read, Monday ds1 will read, Tuesday I will read and then we start over again. The person reading the cards states the reference of the verse by himself, then everyone reads the reference again with him, then we all recite the verse, then the reference again, for a total of three times saying the reference. Do not spend time trying to learn the first sentence or first few words of a verse, say the whole verse(s) every time.
Think of the way you read these verses. Quote beautiful words in beautiful ways.
Lastly she advises that this is a spiritual discipline, don't force it. You can always keep practicing if, for whatever reason or another, they aren't.
I hope this encourages you to be diligent with your scripture memorization and I also hope that you will enjoy it as we are.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit. Psalm 51:12
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