Subtitle: More Free Stuff
Our creative catechists have been busy coming up with ways to help your kids memorize the books of the Bible and we’d like to share a few of them with you. One game’s focus is helping your students categorize all the books according to their major divisions (Old or New Testament? Wisdom, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Books of the Bible’
Game Night!
January 26, 2010Testimony from a Parent
December 11, 2009Today my sixth grader came home from school and she was amazed that none of the kids in her class at school knew how to find anything in the Bible. In her words, “many of them didn’t even know one book or how to look up the readings or anything”. The kids were kind of [...]
On Encouragement
December 8, 2009One of the nice surprises I had this weekend came while hearing people recite the Books of the Bible. Most of those who were ready came in teams – a father/daughter team, three sisters, a mom and her son, four siblings, and more. All were working on memorizing the challenge together in their little groups [...]
And We’re Off!
November 4, 2009Congratulations to Evie (grade 1), Maria (grade 5), and Philip (grade 5) for being the first students to recite all the Books of the Bible at Monday’s Family Formation meeting! This year’s freshly printed prizes are available and are ready to be claimed by you!
To get your Books of the Bible t-shirt you just have [...]
Quick Tips: Memorizing the Books of the Bible
November 2, 2009Learn the New Testament first. It’s a lot shorter and the names probably sound more familiar.
Focus on one section at a time rather than trying to plow through all 73 of them every time. Small successes are encouraging!
Come up with funny transitions that will be memorable to your kids. For example, one section ends with [...]
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