Immi Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 If you include bible lessons into your homeschool routine, I'd love to hear what program/curriculum/lessons you're using. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl in CA Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I have been unable to find one that I like for that age group, so I use a flannelgraph set but read the Bible instead of the lessons that came with it. My younger children really love the flannelgraph because of the visual aspect and how they can be involved (handing me/moving pieces, etc). I went to it last out of desperation and now wish I'd started with it. We have children's Bibles by Starr Meade, and I will often use the text from them when the lessons match up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 I want to buy Positive Action, but right now we're reading Beloved Bible Stories, talking about it and doing a memory verse. It takes about 5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 My oldest is using Christian Studies 2 from Memoria Press. I'm still a bit undecided about it. I like the fact that it includes map work and memorization of more than verses (important people/ stories, books of the Bible, etc.). It is definitely a Bible curriculum and doesn't have much devotional content, but that was what I wanted. We do read together as a family from The Gospel Story Bible everyday, which gives more of a gospel-centered devotional in the stories. I think I like Christian Studies, but I want to finish out the year before I decide whether we'll keep on with it. I went to Bible college and learned some really great stuff about how to teach the Bible there, and sometimes I think about putting together my own lesson plans that would be more exactly what I would want. More than I have time for right now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsbrack Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Not a curriculum but I love the Charlotte Mason approach to scripture memory verses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 We love the Bible Study Guide for All Ages beginner student pages. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Not really curriculum, but I read a Bible story every night before I read the books she picks out. We are about ready to start our 4th bible story book (the Maxwell 10 volume set) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 We have a collection of story Bibles and when we finish one we start another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DhanyaCali Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 We do the same as Lisa and Shawthorne! We have really enjoyed cycling through different storybook Bibles and I feel like my oldest has really soaed it all in! Also our HS curric has some Bible components, stories and memory verses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smarson Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 We have been through a LOT of children's story Bibles and I have not liked most of them for various reasons. Mostly, I just feel like the authors dumb the stories down too much or I detest the artwork. That said, I have landed on The Gospel Story Bible by Marty Machowski and LOVE it!! (I don't love the artwork but I can get past that since the content is so great!) It tells the story, always brings it back to Jesus and has a few review questions to go over or not. For our Bible time, I usually read one story out of The Gospel Story Bible and ask the questions. If my kids cannot answer the questions, I stay on that story for as many days as it takes, reading it every morning, until they can answer the questions. They don't seem to mind the repetition and I like knowing they're hearing the same story repeatedly and actually getting something out of it. We also do the Charlotte Mason Scripture Memory system (just google it and it will tell you how to set it up, even recommending verses if you want). My kids LOVE this part of the morning!! They take turns 'performing' their verses for me. It's a really fun time for our morning. I haven't used it much, but I also found Leading Little Ones to God (by recommendation on a thread here once upon a time) and I like it but don't use it very often. It seems to speak to them in language the kids understand and they seem to grasp the concepts well. I don't use it mostly because we have a system that works and that everyone seems to enjoy. Don't fix it if it's not broke, right? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 My Bible Story Book by Dena Korfker 270 Bible Stories in chronological order with questions at the end. Asking the child to narrate the story back is better than questions at the end, but questions at the end are better than nothing. There are some places where the author commentates annoyingly ("Angles are always happy." in the chapter based on Genesis 3. "But Moses was a very meek man. He would not stand up for his rights" in the chapter based on Numbers 12 where Miriam and Aaron were talking against Moses because of his Ethiopian wife.) and makes a bad decision to use the term "church" in reference the Tabernacle, but that's easily skipped. Overall, it's well worth finding it because it's not dumbed down like most Bible Story Books. When the kids are early elementary aged you can switch to a Chronological Bible of your preferred translation so they have a good, solid foundation in the sequence of events and people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I also like the Gospel Story Book, but I think my absolute favorite is the Vos Story Bible. I love how many details are included in the stories. She adds many events that are not normally included in children's story Bibles. We've read through it 3 times, and every time we move on to a different book, I miss it and just want to go back to good old Vos. The only downside is the lack of pictures. While my kids love good illustrations, the lack of them in this book really didn't bother them too much. I think they were 5 and 3 when we first started it, and even the 3 year old enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 My 5yo (preK) is using Bible Nuggets from CLP. Each week has a Bible story, memory verse, and discussion topic. There is also an activity book which has a corresponding coloring or cut & paste page. We also read from The Story Bible...I like that it has realistic pictures instead of cartoon-y ones. We've gone through so many children's Bibles over the years and many of them multiple times! :lol: The Singing Bible is another resource a few of my DC have gone through. It has songs for most of the well known Bible stories. We also use SCM's Scripture Memory Box. I have the same Bible verses for all my kids (some families have individual index card boxes). I don't expect my 5yo to have it as well memorized as the others, but she should have it well enough to recite it along with us. If it's a shorter verse, she can usually say it on her own. We also work on a hymn for about a month and move onto a new one. In addition to this, we do catechism study and memorization as a family. I don't expect perfection at preschool ages since she'll have many years to learn it more thoroughly. Each morning we do a devotion with Opening prayer Hymn Memory Work Lesson (reading from a book, Bible readings, catechism, children't bible, etc.)--(we have a different reading for each day of the week) closing prayer The kids take turns leading the devotion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleWMN Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 We enjoy Bible Study Guide for All Ages too! I've got three doing it, two using beginner pages and one using intermediate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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