Impressing God's Word on Your Kids' Heart || Kid Wrangler, God Lover, Life Sharer

  • Home
  • Start Here
  • By Topic
    • Books
    • Devotions for You
    • Family Devotions
    • Freebies
    • Giving
    • Holiday
    • Kids Crafts
    • Movies
    • Music
    • Party
    • Purposeful Parenting
  • All Posts
You are here: Home / Devotions for You / "More Awesome" memory verse tips

"More Awesome" memory verse tips

He is more awesome than all who surround Him.  Psalm 89:7

I’ve discovered something that applies to me when memorizing Bible verses – “out of sight, out of mind.” It applies to so many things in my life, but when I’m trying to memorize a verse, if it’s not in front of me, I’m not thinking about it.  And I’m finding the same is true for Elias.  When he sees the verse, he can repeat it, but if I ask him about the verse when it’s not in front of him, he cannot.  So until he can, I’m putting it all over the place!

It’s already in our den, so I wrote it on our little chalkboard sign in the living room, right above where the boys park their ride-on cars for the night.

100_9736_edited

I also wrote it on a notecard and put it on my bathroom mirror, and then we started on a poster to put the verse in Elias’s room.

First, I wrote out the verse on some butcher paper and left plenty of room above each word… and I wrote out each word of the verse on different colored construction paper.

More awesome

Then, as I held up each construction paper word, Elias matched it up with the word on the big poster (this works on pre-reading skills, too!).

More awesome

Elias practiced “a little dot will do ya!” with his gluing skills – and for a glue-crazy 3 year old, he did rather well!

More awesome

We hung up his poster in his map room on his new art gallery wires (curtain wires from Ikea that I’ve had for years, but just hung up along one wall to make an art gallery for the kids’ art projects!).

More awesome

And now we are surrounded by our memory verse!  As I hung the new poster up in Elias’s room, he repeated the verse to me, and said, “Do you know what that means, Momma?  It means that God is awesome! and do you know who is the coolest?  God!”  Praise the Lord that this is sinking in!!!

How do you and your kids work on memory verses? I’m looking for more ideas for verses to come!

leigh-signature

Category: Devotions for You

❮ ❮ Top Ten {Tuesday}: Summer Photo Edition
Wouldn’t You Know ❯ ❯

Comments

  1. Monica says

    September 9, 2009 at 3:56 am

    I do a memory verse each week with my childre. Thanks for the great tips!!!
    .-= Monica´s last blog ..A Place for the Shoes =-.

  2. heather g says

    September 9, 2009 at 8:27 am

    I LOVE the idea of decorating with a memory verse! We’re in the midst of making our home that we bought last year our own and this idea is inspiring me!! Also, I have a son who just turned four and I’m always looking for new ways to hide scripture in his heart–we’ll be trying this matching and glueing idea very soon! Thanks for sharing!!! 🙂
    .-= heather g´s last blog ..My Singing Sensations =-.

  3. ohamanda says

    September 9, 2009 at 8:37 am

    OK, seriously, this is an AWESOME idea. No pun intended! We’re FINALLY starting our new Fruit of the Spirit today. I might do this today!

    (I LOVE YOU!)
    .-= ohamanda´s last blog ..Top Ten {Tuesday}: Rejected Top Ten Lists =-.

  4. Heather @ Not a DIY Life says

    September 12, 2009 at 2:24 pm

    LOVE this idea of matching the words! I’ll use this for sure when Ladybug is older.

    I love having our Bible verses hung up in the kitchen. When we are at the table, it’s a guaranteed review time!
    .-= Heather @ Not a DIY Life´s last blog ..Thoughts on Patriotism =-.

  5. vanessa says

    September 16, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    I love how you had your son match the words to the verse by gluing them above the words you had written out–what a clever way to make memorization more tactile! I think I will have to try it with my daughter.
    .-= vanessa´s last blog ..whopper cake =-.

  6. heather g says

    September 21, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    We just did this project today–my little one LOVED it and asked if we could do other verses like this too! 🙂 Thanks for the great idea.
    .-= heather g´s last blog ..Stats =-.

  7. heather g says

    September 21, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    oops! I thought it would post the link, but it didn’t. Here it is:
    http://heatherandthegrossboys.blogspot.com/2009/09/jons-memory-verse-project.html
    .-= heather g´s last blog ..Jon’s memory verse project =-.

  8. Geoff says

    September 28, 2009 at 10:35 pm

    Here is an online Bible Memory Verse tool your kids and you could use to help make it more memorable and fun.
    http://www.mapawproject.com
    .-= Geoff´s last blog ..You need to pursue pleasure! =-.

  9. Rachel R. says

    October 15, 2009 at 5:10 pm

    I think I am going to print some out and laminate them to use as placemats.

    We have a devotional book in the little basket in the middle of our dining table. My daughter started spontaneously reading the verse from the back cover out loud every time we sat down at the table, and she had it memorized probably within a week. It just was right there where she saw it at her seat. So I’m thinking placemats could be a good thing.
    .-= Rachel R.´s last blog ..Super Food Recipe Roundup – Carnival of Super Foods =-.

Welcome!


I like to think of fun ways to lead my kids to Jesus and I like to share them with you. If you're new here, start here for some fun family-time ideas!

Keep In Touch

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

By Topic:




Featured Content

When God Used a Tattoo

Follow ohAmanda's board 2016 Book List on Pinterest.

Archives

  • ►2021 (3)
    • ►March (3)
  • ►2020 (12)
    • ►November (1)
    • ►September (1)
    • ►June (2)
    • ►April (1)
    • ►March (1)
    • ►February (3)
    • ►January (3)
  • ►2019 (11)
    • ►December (1)
    • ►November (2)
    • ►September (1)
    • ►August (1)
    • ►June (1)
    • ►May (2)
    • ►April (1)
    • ►January (2)
  • ►2018 (8)
    • ►December (2)
    • ►November (2)
    • ►August (2)
    • ►June (1)
    • ►March (1)
  • ►2017 (9)
    • ►December (2)
    • ►August (2)
    • ►July (1)
    • ►June (1)
    • ►April (1)
    • ►March (2)
  • ►2016 (20)
    • ►December (5)
    • ►November (2)
    • ►August (2)
    • ►July (2)
    • ►June (3)
    • ►April (1)
    • ►March (3)
    • ►February (2)
  • ►2015 (39)
    • ►December (3)
    • ►November (3)
    • ►October (1)
    • ►September (1)
    • ►August (1)
    • ►July (1)
    • ►June (3)
    • ►May (1)
    • ►April (4)
    • ►March (9)
    • ►February (8)
    • ►January (4)
  • ►2014 (73)
    • ►December (6)
    • ►November (5)
    • ►October (4)
    • ►September (3)
    • ►August (5)
    • ►July (8)
    • ►June (9)
    • ►May (6)
    • ►April (3)
    • ►March (9)
    • ►February (9)
    • ►January (6)
  • ►2013 (189)
    • ►December (18)
    • ►November (17)
    • ►October (25)
    • ►September (41)
    • ►August (9)
    • ►July (8)
    • ►June (11)
    • ►May (14)
    • ►April (11)
    • ►March (13)
    • ►February (12)
    • ►January (10)
  • ►2012 (190)
    • ►December (10)
    • ►November (15)
    • ►October (19)
    • ►September (12)
    • ►August (14)
    • ►July (15)
    • ►June (15)
    • ►May (12)
    • ►April (9)
    • ►March (21)
    • ►February (26)
    • ►January (22)
  • ►2011 (333)
    • ►December (19)
    • ►November (24)
    • ►October (45)
    • ►September (24)
    • ►August (19)
    • ►July (31)
    • ►June (27)
    • ►May (25)
    • ►April (25)
    • ►March (34)
    • ►February (29)
    • ►January (31)
  • ►2010 (550)
    • ►December (38)
    • ►November (33)
    • ►October (42)
    • ►September (44)
    • ►August (50)
    • ►July (53)
    • ►June (47)
    • ►May (51)
    • ►April (54)
    • ►March (52)
    • ►February (46)
    • ►January (40)
  • ►2009 (500)
    • ►December (70)
    • ►November (45)
    • ►October (48)
    • ►September (45)
    • ►August (55)
    • ►July (53)
    • ►June (26)
    • ►May (22)
    • ►April (31)
    • ►March (34)
    • ►February (32)
    • ►January (39)
  • ►2008 (451)
    • ►December (39)
    • ►November (45)
    • ►October (42)
    • ►September (41)
    • ►August (41)
    • ►July (35)
    • ►June (29)
    • ►May (47)
    • ►April (37)
    • ►March (34)
    • ►February (28)
    • ►January (33)
  • ►2007 (391)
    • ►December (36)
    • ►November (37)
    • ►October (38)
    • ►September (36)
    • ►August (45)
    • ►July (45)
    • ►June (31)
    • ►May (41)
    • ►April (32)
    • ►March (36)
    • ►February (14)

Hi there!


I like to think of fun ways to lead my kids to Jesus and I like to share them with you. If you're new here, start here for some fun family-time ideas!

Help you find something?

Keep In Touch

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

© 2023 · Amanda White · Design by Archer Creative