Sean came to me the other night to ask my opinion about the Psalms class he is teaching for a local University.  One of the standard requirements for the class is to read through the whole book of Psalms twice.  He had been teaching a lesson about how the Scriptures had been handwritten by scribes, and it occurred to him to offer a transcription of the Psalms as an optional substitute for the two read-throughs.

I thought it was such a good idea, that I want to do it myself, along with the children.  What a great way to hide the word in our hearts!  I have always been one who learns best by writing down what I need to learn...I don't even need to review the notes I take...just writing them makes them "stick" better. The kids need handwriting practice, too, so why not?  Next trip to the store, I'll find some neat notebooks for us, and away we'll go!

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Posted by hippiechyck

great idea!!! (i'll have to wait a bit though, but great!)

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Posted by MarinesWife

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Posted by MarinesWife

I started doing this with Nancy Leigh DeMoss's book. The 30 DAy Walk in Psalms?...something like that. Anyway, I've only done the first 3 days I think (where's the rolling eye thingie) but I really enjoyed copying the whole psalm down. I hope you all enjoy it!

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Posted by 5solasmom

My oldest has written the same verse down 3x last week as part of her schoolwork and today recited it to me verbatim. I was suprised! I will need to start doing this too!

Very good idea Mr. Sean!

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Posted by kentuckyjourney

Mind if I join you in this? What a great idea! When in college I used this method to memorize material that just wasn't sinking in. It works beautifully.

PS: Wally-World here still has 70 sheet theme notebooks at .10 each! Think I'll stop by there later today.

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