June 18, 2007 12:15 PM
Bible curriculum
Barbara~
Curiousity is killing this cat...what Bible curriculum did you use that is now out of print???
sss> Love,
Beth
Although when I posted on the texts and workbooks I had used when I homeschooled my kids, I mentioned that the Bible curriculum was out of print, Beth's email pressed me to try a little harder to track it down.
*blushing with embarrassment*
All I can say is thanks Beth for asking, as I found out the curriculum is not out of print - I was just misspelling the author's name.
I started homeschooling in 1990. Since I'd only been a Christian for three years, I really needed something basic, thorough, and chronological. I was very pleased with the series by Gertrude Hoeksema, which begins with fourth grade Show Me Thy Ways:
This is published by the Reformed Free Publishing Association. There is a workbook available and the course goes on to study the Bible through several grades.
While my kids had work tailored to their age and skill level, we did study Bible altogether - there was as much for me to learn as thee was for them. And actually, I was inspired by refinding this book to buy it again to go through with Sophia and Maddy now. Even though they're older, I want to go through the whole Bible with them in chronological order too so they can have the same experience the older kids had.
Younger children can be taught to be part of this family Bible study too. It is amazing how we limit them by thinking they can't sit still because they don't understand. Truly, your children love you and will respond to your desire for them to sit quiet and still and listen to whatever they can pick up - through the example of older kids and through your understanding how to teach them those skills (as I describe in The Mommy Manual and Mommy, Teach Me!).
If your children are younger, they would surely enjoyThe Child's Story Bible .
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Actually Gertrude Hoeksema has Bible Curriculum younger than 4th grade. She has a Bible Story book called "Come, Ye Children" for young kids (kindergarten) and then for 1st - 3rd she has a series called "Suffer Little Children". 1st and 2nd grade covers the Old Testament and 3rd grade covers the new. (1st - 3rd also have workbooks) I have used her since my 17 year old son started school. People asked me how my children knew so much detail on the Bible. I have to credit her curriculum - she is very thorough.
Posted by: Kim | June 18, 2007 3:34 PM
I'd like to suggest what we use, if that's okay. This series is very old... but very good. In fact, in the Anne of Green Gables book, Marilla makes mention of this very series for "putting some religion in Anne"! I love them, because the author talks *to* the child, and asks them questions at the end of each chapter. It follows the bible chronologically. Our kids (ages 4-9) LOVE them...we read a chapter every morning at breakfast.
Here is the series on Amazon:
Peep of the Day (the first book):
http://www.amazon.com/Peep-Day-Family-Devotional-Guide/dp/1419146637/ref=sr_1_1/102-3650814-3354526?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182215767&sr=8-1
Line upon Line (the second book):
http://www.amazon.com/Line-Family-Devotional-Guide-Bible/dp/1857925866/ref=sr_1_4/102-3650814-3354526?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182215703&sr=8-4
Line upon Line, part 2 (the third book):
http://www.amazon.com/earliest-religious-instruction-capable-receiving/dp/B0008AHYBU/ref=sr_1_7/102-3650814-3354526?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182215703&sr=8-7
Another thing we do is have the kids listen to the bible on tape every night as they go to sleep. They listen to the same chapter for a week, before we switch the tape to the next chapter. I can't tell you how much scripture they have learned this way!!!
Posted by: agatha | June 18, 2007 9:22 PM
