This year we have implemented a systematic approach to memorizing scripture. We have an index card box (that we call the “Treasure Box”) that holds forty or so index card dividers. The dividers are labeled as follows:
- Daily
- Odd day
- Even day
- One for each day of the week
- One for each day of the month (31 in all)
The daily, odd, even, and week slots have one scripture card each. The monthly is our long term review and will eventually have multiples in each slot. When we add a new scripture to memorize it goes in the daily slot. When we know it, it is promoted to odd, and we add a new verse to daily. Eventually it will be bumped to even, Sunday, Monday, etc, until it lands in a day of the month for long term review.
Each morning and evening we go through our scriptures for the day. We will recite the daily verse, the odd or even (depending on the date), the verse corresponding to the day of the week, and any that have landed in the day of month slot for the current date, making four or five verses read aloud.
The new verse is simply read by myself or my wife until the kids can join in and recite it as well. We don’t get in any hurry, and as soon as we know the verse, we promote it.
Little by little, we are hiding God’s word in our hearts as a family.
UPDATE: I don’t have an original thought, and this is no exception! The memory system is a light tweaking of the Charlotte Mason Scripture Memory system
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