Homeschool Bible Study Build Your Child's Faith
A homeschool Bible study is important to build your child's faith. There are many fun and educational ways to teach the Bible. If you are a Christian you will want to teach a Christian world view. Let's explore some of the ways to do it.
Teach the Bible as a School Subject
One way to incorporate a homechool Bible study is to teach the Bible as a school subject. We use the Weaver. The Bible is incorporated into Social Studies, Science, and Language Arts. I like the Bible study because it has life applications.
There are other curriculum that teach Bible as a separate subject. The lessons are geared to the child's age and understanding. Some of the curriculum that teach the Bible are Alpha Omega, Switch on Schoolhouse, Abecka, and Bob Jones.
Join a Group
Another option is AWANA. AWANA is a fun program where the children go each week. They play games, sing songs, listen how Christ can change lives, and say verses. The children are required to memorize Bible verses during the week. They are also required to attend Sunday school. My children have been involved in AWANA and have enjoyed it.
My two younger children are involved CEF Mailbox Club. They receive a letter in the mail. My children read the lesson and answer the questions. They then send the letter back to CEF. CEF corrects the paper and send another lesson.
Read Bible Stories
When my children were little our homeschool Bible study included stories from a Children's Bible story book. The bible story book had a lot of pictures. The stories were something that my children enjoyed. They help me write favorite Bible stories.
There are also devotional books written especially for families with children. You can find devotional books at Timberdoodle and Christian Book Distributors.
In some families dad does the homeschool Bible study. He might read and discuss passages of scripture after dinner. He might use devotional books or do his own study.
You can write your own study. One way to do a bible study would be to read through the bible discussing what you read. Another way would to be to study the life of Christ explaining to your children the need for a savior and how to become saved. If your child is not in a bible memorization group you might want to consider memorizing scripture together.
Find some fun way to study the Bible especially if your child is not involved in a group such as AWANA. Make up a Bible trivia game to play after dinner. Or maybe write plays about people in the Bible. Have your child perform for other family members.
If your children are special needs you may need to break down Biblical truths so that they can understand.
A homeschool Bible Study Should Include
Be sure to teach the plan of salvation. Teach we have all done bad things (sinned) Romans 3:23. The wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). In Matthew 1:21 we learn that Jesus will save His people from their sins. We also need to teach everyone needs to repent. Repentance is acknowledging that we are sinners and that Jesus died for those sins (Acts 17:30).
There are other verses that deal with salvation. The story of Nicodemus (John 3:9-21) deals with salvation. John 3:16 is a favorite memory verse. You probably have your favorites. Sometimes we as adults feel that our children can not understand, but they can and need to know.
There are other themes that should be taught in a homeschool Bible study. One theme is that the Bible is the infallible Word of God. Another theme is God is one, but exists in three persons of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We also need to teach truth about who Jesus is. He is the Son of God. Jesus died on the cross for our sins and rose the third day. Jesus now sits at the right hand of God. We also need to let our children know that we are justified by faith and not works.
Homeshool Bible Study is important and should be included in our homeschool if we are Christians.
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