Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Practice, practice, practice!

With just a few weeks to go until Christmas, and "The Living Christ" passages getting longer, we are finding the need to practice what we have already memorized (A LOT). Our strategies that seems to be working are:
  • Using the large pictures with words in a "flip chart" (I put them in a 3-ring binder) and reading/reciting from the beginning to the newest part we are learning -- this helps guide those of us who haven't memorized quite so far and ensures that we are saying the right words rather than paraphrasing.
  • Letting one of the kids get a chance each day to recite what they know in family scripture study. This encourages us all to keep working (especially mom and dad!).
  • Making videos! It is so fun for the kids to film each other - and guess what? They keep saying a section over and over to get it "perfect" for the video. GREAT!
  • Using spare moments to recite -- below is a video of Leah reciting while waiting for the bus in the morning.