People of all ages should memorize Scripture. Preschoolers can memorize
a verse a month. Older students can memorize a verse a week. The first part of this section describes activities you can use
in your Christian Preschool or Children's Ministry Sunday School class to help the
children memorize the Memory Verse. The second part of this
section includes sheets of Memory Verses you can send home with the children.
Memory Verse Activities
While repeating a verse over and over again is effective, it can
get pretty boring pretty quickly. Try using a game to make memorization
fun. Click on a game below for a description of how to use the game to
help children memorize Scripture.
You can also use writing to help the children learn the
verse. But add a fun twist and let them write using ancient writing
techniques. Click on the technique below to see an example.
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 | Write the verse on a clay tablet. Use
self-hardening modeling clay. Flatten to about 1/4" to
3/8" thick. Use a sharpened 1/4" dowel to write in
the clay. |
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The students might also enjoy solving a
"Coded Message." See Brain Teasers.
Memory Verse Handouts
It may take younger students more than one Sunday to memorize a
verse. Send a copy of the verse home with the children. Encourage
the parents to help the children memorize the verse. Click on a verse
below to go to a page you can print, copy and send home with the children.
| Each page should print on one sheet of letter
size paper so you can print it, copy it, and send it home with the
students. |
| Children like bright colors. Try copying the
verses on colored paper. |
| Genesis 1:1 |
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth |
| Genesis 1:27 |
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created
him; male and female he created them. |
| Genesis 1:31 |
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. |
| John 3:16 |
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. |
| Hebrews 11:1 |
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do
not see. |
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