Suggestions for an independent Bible study for 10yo that isn't so workbookish, please

[Dawn]

I'm looking for a Bible Study guide/curric/program that my 10yo dd can work on independently of me, but I'm trying to avoid the workbook approach. I also don't want topical - I want a systematic study (whole book or chronological approach etc).

How do I do this? I'm not opposed to her writing things out or answering questions with pen and paper, but I weary of having her filling in blanks, doing multiple choice, doing crossword answers etc. etc. etc.

Rod and Staff and Christian Liberty Press aren't contenders at this time.

Help?

[Sahamamama]

I'm with you on disliking the "workbook" approach. I grew up in church and was soon weary of fill-ins and crosswords! How would adult Christians like a steady diet of J___S___S L___V___S M___, TH___S ___ KN___W?

Have you ever read the book Why Nobody Learns Much of Anything at Church and How to Fix It? The authors state that these types of "puzzle" approaches DO teach, but all the wrong messages. The book's writing style is a bit disjointed and redundant, but worth reading if for no other reason than it'll cure you once and for all of "R-BBIT" curricula!

Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Learns-Much-Anything-Church/dp/0764426974

Here are two other links to Kids 4 Truth, which might interest you and your daughter:

http://kids4truth.com/hometwo.asp

http://clubs.kids4truth.com/

I hope this helps, and I'll be on the lookout for other links that might interest you! :001_smile:

[Sahamamama]

Here's the link to the thread:

http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=50546&highlight=bible+study

[kim in ks]

My daughter absolutely loves "Picture This!"
http://www.bibledraw.com/indexNormal.htm
sample; http://www.bibledraw.com/images/ruth-1.jpg

Cover;http://www.bibledraw.com/images/material-all.gif

My daughter has done this for the last 3 years. We do only 2 Bible books a year, since she started them in the 3rd grade
kim

[Shukhov]

If your 10 year old is like mine what he needs is to learn the Bible stories well. So, if don't like the fill in the blank curriculum (I abhor them myself) then simply having the student rewrite Biblical stories is what he needs. The stories can be retold; then you can add challenges like cutting the original story in half, or doubling it with added description/dialog. How about writing a story from one of the character's point of view? Students enjoy that one a lot.

This approach works for most of the Bible since most of the Bible is narrative. I know that I'm not advocating a curriculum here; truthfully, the approach I'm advocating isn't done by anything I've seen and there's more satisfaction in the student simply sitting down with a Bible and a copy book and working through a story you've assigned without cumbersome curric. filled with blanks and mindless pictures.

Not that I'm against pictures, mind you. Here's another twist: have him make a picture of the story! Or, get a copy of Dore's 19th century Biblical drawings and let him just color them in while listening to the stories.