Monday, November 4, 2013

Sunday school 10 Commandment memory aid

This week Mr. Daniel stopped in to our First Communion class to give a tutorial on how he memorized the Ten Commandments as a child using his body as a guide. By the end of class, practicing a few times, I believe they all had it. It helped them to stand up and act it out.

Here's how it goes:

I. I am the Lord your God: thou shalt not have strange gods before me.

Starting with your toes: 
Look at/ think of your toes as ten strange gods, all wiggling on the ground. 

II Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

Think of your knee when you bend it, 
it makes the letter V for vain.

III Keep holy the Lords day.

Think of your thighs, how they are a little squishy, like an ice cream sundae, and how much you like ice cream on Sundays.
(Looking to revise this one: knees, since we kneel at mass on Sunday?) 

IV Honor thy father and mother.

Hips. 
Usually we stand next to our mom or dad, hip to hip.

V Thou shalt not kill.

Stomach. 
In sword battles, the person who gets killed usually receives a sword to the belly.

VI Thou shalt not commit adultery.

The heart. 
We should keep the love in our heart for our spouse.

VII Thou shalt not steal.

Shoulders/ back. 
A robber steals things, puts it in a pack and flings over the back.

VIII Thou shalt not bare false witness against thy neighbor.

Lips. Where we usually do our lying.

IX Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.

Eyes: usually that type of coveting beings with the eyes.

X Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.

Putting hands together above our heads, 
like a pointy roof: many of our neighbors' goods are under the roof of their house.





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