Memorizing Books of The Bible...

[stephanie]

I was just looking for some ideas on memorizing all the Books of the Bible. I was going to try 10 at a time, or maybe one big stream of names for the OT, then do the NT. I would like to do it with all 4 of my dc. Any ideas?
Oh yeah, I have a K'er, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th grader

[Chris in CA]

We did this at about 10 books at a time, then after they were all memorized I had them memorize which were law, which poetry, etc

[Sue G in PA]

It is on a CD from our local Christian Radio Station called The Kids Cookie Break. I'm going to check it out for you on the website and see what CD it is on! It was really catchy and fun.

[AudreyTN]

Mine are learning them as divisions. Law, History, Poetry, etc.

[Brenda in FL]

My kids have been singing the Bible Book Bop on the Go Fish, Snazzy CD. Not very conventional - but they are having a fun time singing and dancing to it! :) I'll have to quiz them and see if they can recite the order yet.

[Sue G in PA]

http://www.wjtl.com/kidscookiebreak/cd3.html

The artist is Troy and Genie Nillson. If you don't want the whole CD I bet you can do a search for them and the song Bible Books. Possible you could download it or find a sample somewhere. HTH

[happykate]

We used the song on Wee Sing Bible Songs. I catch myself humming to myself anytime I need to find one of the minor prophets. It worked great for us. I think there are two songs actually...OT and NT (obviously :)). This makes me think that I need to pull this back out for my littler ones. I did this a year and a half ago with DS to start Kindergarten. Thanks for the reminder!

Katie

mommy to ds-7, dd 4 1/2, ds 3, dd 4 months

[stephanie]

Thank y'all so much for the quick replies. I'm going to check out the cd's at the online store, and I think I have the Wee-Sing cd tucked away somewhere. My dc do learn best if they can sing it. Thanks so much!

[stephanie]

http://www.wjtl.com/kidscookiebreak/cd3.html

The artist is Troy and Genie Nillson. If you don't want the whole CD I bet you can do a search for them and the song Bible Books. Possible you could download it or find a sample somewhere. HTH

Thanks, Sue!

[angela in ohio]

Another things we did was to print out a list of the books, laminate them, cut them apart, and then they had to try to put them in the right order. In addition to the songs, this really seemed effective.

[Kristiana]

Here are the songs my kids learn in our church, you can hear them or print out the sheet music:
The Books in the Old Testament (http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=114&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=114&searchsubseqend=ZZZ)

The Books in the New Testament (http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=116&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=116&searchsubseqend=ZZZ)

[nestof3]

We are actually memorizing them during our family Bible time. My husband reads from the Vos' Story Bible, then he reads some from a teaching book, and then we review the books of the OT (which is where we are) and when we've mastered them, we add another one.

I bought Contenders for the Faith award pins for Books of the OT to give to our younger two when they learn them all. They earn pins through completing different areas of interest.

[DawnUK]

We also used the Wee Sing Bible Songs. My children learned the songs when they were 5 & 6, and they still know them now at 10 & 11. After they learn memory work from a song, I eventually expect them to recite it spoken, though. They don't have a problem with doing it either way.

--Dawn

[Sunny]

I taught my boys the books of the bible by the Wee Sing Cd. They learned the songs fast. However, they never really got good at saying them without singing (neither did I, the song sticks hard) and I know they NEVER learned the order if I asked them to go to such and such a book. They always had to sing the song to figure out how far and where the book was between other books. SOngs get the names, but not necessarily learned for use in finding in the bible.

I did find great success with a picture method similar to The states/capitols book Millard Fillmore. I got mine from the Doctor Memory (http://doctormemory.com/html/bible_memory_courses.html). He has a bible basics book that teaches by learning pictures that are connected to one another. THerefore, they always saw the picture in their head immediately, and could also see before and after books. This product is wonderful, but I can't vouch for their customer service speediness. They are SLOW as molasses.

[dangermom]

Here are the songs my kids learn in our church, you can hear them or print out the sheet music:
The Books in the Old Testament (http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=114&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=114&searchsubseqend=ZZZ)

The Books in the New Testament (http://www.lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=116&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=116&searchsubseqend=ZZZ)We learned these too. They're very handy, I learned them as a kid and still hum them to myself every so often!

[ShelzNH]

Even if your kids are not in AWANA, the cds are great for memorizing scripture and the books of the bible. I believe that Sparks Skipper has the new testament and Skipper Hiker has the Old Testament. I Wanna Sing (http://www.iwannasing.net/)

[Karen FL]

Another things we did was to print out a list of the books, laminate them, cut them apart, and then they had to try to put them in the right order. In addition to the songs, this really seemed effective.

Angela,

I love your idea. I found this website with some colorful flashcards that can fit onto business cards:
http://www.ebibleteacher.com/children/classmat/OTflashcards.htm

Karen

[Plaid Dad]

In case anyone needs a resource that includes the Apocrypha/Deuterocanonical books, here's one. (http://hedgeschool.homestead.com/BibleBallad.html) I like that it includes a little bit about the theme of each book, but it does make for a longer memorization exercise!

[CookieMonster]

We used the song on Wee Sing Bible Songs. I catch myself humming to myself anytime I need to find one of the minor prophets. It worked great for us. I think there are two songs actually...OT and NT (obviously :)).

This song is a great start if you don't find another one. Starting with a song like this and giving it a couple of months, should make any written work to test knowledge easier.

[Ellie]

I was just looking for some ideas on memorizing all the Books of the Bible. I was going to try 10 at a time, or maybe one big stream of names for the OT, then do the NT. I would like to do it with all 4 of my dc. Any ideas?
Oh yeah, I have a K'er, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th grader

as a Sunday school teacher was teach the books by categories first:

Old Testament
Books of Law, History, Poetry, Major Prophets, Minor Prophets

New Testament
Books of History (the Gospels plus Acts), Pauline Epistles, General Epistles, Prophesy.

The books are grouped that way in our Bibles, after all.

I didn't teach them any songs because then they'd have to sing through the songs in their heads first to get to the book they wanted, not unlike having to sing the Alphabet Song to figure out what comes after R :-)

[Darcy in FL]

I found this website with some colorful flashcards that can fit onto business cards:
http://www.ebibleteacher.com/children/classmat/OTflashcards.htm
Karen

We're working on this too----thanks so much for the link! That will be helpful to print out flash cards.