WAYS TO TEACH A MEMORY VERSE
These ideas were found at :
http://www.operationbarnabas.net/Resources/Ways_to_teach_memory_verse.pdf
1. Wax Paper: Before Sunday, cover 8 1/2 X 11 sheets of white paper with wax paper. Trace your memory verse on the
wax paper, pressing hard with a sharp pencil. Use large letters in your work. After the lessons of the day, hand each child
a piece of paper upon which you have written the memory verse. Let the children brush tempra paint over the paper. If
done properly, the paint will not adhere to the wax from the paper. Your memory verse will seem to magically appear as
the paint is brushed on.
2. Mirror Writing: Write the memory verse backwards on the chalkboard and let the children discover what it says.
3. Erase-a-word: Write the entire verse on a chalkboard and erase one word at a time. Have the children repeat the verse
after each new word is erased. At the end, the board should be blank and the children should know the verse.
4. Jumbled Words: Write the memory verse on strips of paper. Place one word on each strip. Mix the strips and have the
children arrange the words in proper sequence. For use on a flannel board, back with flannel.
5. Translations: Look up your memory verse in some of the many different Bible translations. Do the verses say the same
thing? Is one translation clearer than another? From which translation do the children prefer to memorize the verse?
6. Secret Code: During the week send each child in your class a letter containing a secret message. Ask the children to
crack the code and learn your message. The message? It's your memory verse, or course! Be sure to include the code
index (ex: A=Z, B=Y, etc.) with your message. Books on various types of codes may be found in your public library.
7. Life Application: When studying a memory verse, show the children how they can use a particular verse in their own life.
You may also want to ask the next week how many children used this verse during the past week.
8. Bulletin Board: Decorate your bulletin board to represent the verse of the day. Have the children tell you the correct
verse.
9. Verse-of-the-Month: If your children have difficulty memorizing difficult Scriptures, try having them learn just one verse a
month. Select the most appropriate verse to fit your lessons. It is better to have one learned than none!
10. Puppets: Let a puppet teach the memory verse to the children.
11. Competition: Let the boys compete against the girls in a review of the past quarter's verses.
12. Want Ads: Write the memory verse in black marker (or bright colored chalk) across the want ad pages of your local
newspaper.
13. Pictures: Find pictures to match various verses you have studied. Let the children match them to the correct verse.
14. Cassette Player: Pre-record the memory verse on a tape before the class begins. Allow the children to listen to the
verse at their own pace. You may want to include some explanation as to what the verse means.
15. Mystery Voice: Similar to #14, but let a mystery voice record the verse. Children will then try to guess whose voice is
saying the verse. This could be a means of introducing them to various people in the church (ex: the Pastor, deacons,
etc.)
16. Key Words: Look up the meanings of various key words in a verse. Use a concordance or a Bible dictionary.
17. Mobile: Make a mobile using the various words of a verse. Display and let the children say the verse.
18. Slides: Put the memory verse on a write-on-slide(s) and show the verse on the wall. Allow the children to learn the verse
while it is being shown.
19. Find the Verse: Place the individual words of a memory verse on strips of paper. Hide the pieces around the room and
let the children find them. For an added challenge, hide a few extra words and let the children discover wh
