Scripture Memory Box

From the time my kids were about 2 years old we have worked with them on memorizing God's Word and have used it to show them how much God loves them, how He has saved them, and to point out issues with their character and with their behavior with us, and toward others.  I have never been very good about doing it on a regular basis though, it was always in response to something....ie. we have a problem with saying mean things to a sibling and hurting their feelings, what would be a good verse to memorize, oh, yes, Proverbs 12:18 "Reckless words pierce like a sword but kind words bring healing."  Then, we would recall the memorized verse, talk about how it made them and the offended one feel, pray about a change of heart and action, and then move on.

This year, in my group that I read through the Bible with every year, we're doing a memory verse each week.  I knew that I wanted to do this, and that I wanted to not just remember that week's verse, but to also recall all of them, so I began to think about how to do this.

I was thrilled when I came across the Charlotte Mason system... http://simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/memorysys/

I got an old leftover container and some 3x5 cards that I had brought with me and set to work to write up verses we already knew and to make all the dividers.  The idea is that you have the front verse that you work on daily until you have it down, then you review some of the verses behind the dividers...there are odd and even days, so the verses that you just recently memorized you'll review every other day.  There are the Monday through Friday verses (we don't do this regularly on Saturday and Sunday, so I didn't make cards for those days) and then numbers 1-31 for the days of the month.  As you memorize more and more verses, the cards will keep moving back, so they will be reviewed less and less, BUT, at least once a month.  There will come a point you have a verse in each number slot and then you start over again at number 1.

So, today, we were working on Romans 14:19, then we reviewed our even verse (Matthew 4:4), Tuesday's verse (Mark 12:30-31) and our verse for the 12th of the month (Genesis 1:1)  It took us all of 5 minutes, then we moved on with the rest of our 3 P's :0.....what are the 3 P's we start our school day with....well, Proverbs, Prayer, and Pledges.  This year, we are reading through the Proverbs, about 5-8 verses a day.  We discuss them, talk about what they mean, and how they relate to our life.  Then we pray together and we do our pledge to the American Flag and to the Christian Flag, and we are ready to start our school day.

Have you tried this system for your Scripture memorization?  Do you have another method that works for you and your family?  Please share!

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