My post last week at When You Rise, was about the importance of helping our children learn to love the Word of God. As a follow up to that post, I wanted to share a few things I’ve been doing with my children to help them learn the books of the Bible.
Knowing how to find books of the Bible, opens the door for our children to search for passages and read it on their own. Without that knowledge, the Bible can seem overwhelming and hard to navigate.
I’m working with my boys this year on learning the names of the books of the Bible. They are memorizing them in order and I add about four new books to the list at a time. My oldest has been practicing searching for passages in our devotional time together which puts his learning into practice.
A few other things we are doing:
1. I found these flash cards online. They are a great way to practice putting the books of the Bible in order.
2. In homeschool, my son has been using these copywork worksheets to help in learning the books of the Bible.
3. I found a fun books of the Bible song on iTunes that the kids listen to while I drive.
4. For a foam craft my son did once in Sunday school, click here.
5. My boys love the What’s in the Bible? video series ( Buck Denver Asks: What’s in the Bible? Volume Two - Let My People Go
Have you found any fun ways for your kids to learn the books of the Bible?
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Thanks for the post! We are hoping to implement some of these ideas for our kids as well. Would you mind sharing which books of the Bible song you found on itunes? Thanks!
I found a fun rap by Bert Cross 2 and the Holy Kids. There were a lot of other ones too. Hope you find one that works:)
Songs work wonders! I still remember (most) of the song I learned as a kid for the Old and New Testaments. My husband remembers ALL f them. I can still here it whenever I turn to I or II Peter, lol! That’s how we learned. One of our sons is learning them in his SS class this quarter. Too funny because Sam (with autism) insists on reading them upside down! He has most of the OT memorized, but when he needs help, he turns his head so he can read them upside down. Love that kid.
Love! Songs are one of my favorite ways to learn them too (SEEDS has a New Testament one), but I still remember the old tunes I learned them to when I was a kid. My other favorite way is grabbing a stack of cups and writing a book of the Bible on each cup and then having them stack them in order. I’ve found that boys especially love this method. I posted about it when I did my God’s Big Picture series here: https://www.whenyourise.com/2011/10/gods-big-picture-lesson-3.html. Such an important skill for kids to know that can easily get overlooked. Great post, friend!
Thank you sooooooooo much for sharing these resources with us! Bookmarking it now… or pinning it… that is what we do these days right? LOL