Easy-Peasy Scripture Memory

For years, I have plodded on whilst choosing Bible verses and creating Copywork booklets for my children each and every term, each and every year.  It was time consuming work, and I often failed to keep up to speed with the memory-abilities of my children.  How frustrating, when the storing up of God's work in one's heart is the very best way to spend a school day!

No more.

One day, I rolled the dice and purchased these cheap workbooks from Greater Commission Press, without seeing a single sample page.  But, I just had to know how this one book could meet the memory needs of each child from ages three through high school!  I didn't believe it, but I knew--if true--it would be the solution to my organization problem.  

And it is.

Grouped by age, this little booklet of 114-pages includes Scripture verses, First Catechism questions, Hymns and Songs, and all the memory items you may wish to cover, such as the books of the Bible and the apostles.  Plus, for the older student, it includes a Bible reading plan and the Shorter Catechism.  See?  Someone has done the work I could not do and with all the finesse I shall never own!  Now, after we finish our morning chores, I only have to prompt, "Get your memory books..." and they are off with gladness instead of standing about as momma finds and prints a new set of verses to learn--again.

Page 16, from Age 5

As an Ambleside Online home school family, we already enjoy singing and memorizing hymns, focusing on one each month.  The richness of the doctrine and the commonness of plight or glory we each in Christ own that is contained in just one hymn is remarkable.  So, I am thankful that not only do we memorize hymns through AO, but also through resources like our memory workbooks and our trusty--not dusty--Trinity hymnals.  However, not having been raised in a church-going family, I usually have not one clue as to how a hymn should be sang.  Again, thanks to this wonderful invention called the internet, I have all the world at my fingertips!

For free, which is my most favorite home school word, I can access nearly any and every hymn I am wanting and find the tune.  This month we're focusing on Crown Him with Many Crowns.  We sing it twice during each school week, using its verses for Copywork, and then sing it all together with husb'd on Saturday evening, as we prepare our hearts for the Sabbath, and share the verses each has learned, too.  Husb'd usually drills them randomly until the morning, when they earn the privilege to stand before our church and share their memory's bounty with the body of believers.  This is their earthly reward for the heavenly labor of hiding God's word in their hearts.

Pennies well spent.

Dontcha think?