Feb. 18, 2006 - Bible study with a young child--the dawn of understanding |
It is so much fun to study the Bible with E
(DS4). It's refreshing to see the Bible from the view of a child,
and from the view of one who hasn't (yet!) heard the stories for
years. E loves reading the Bible. This morning, DH told him
to read a passage in the Bible, and then he would ask him some
questions. He first chose a passage in Ezekiel, and read about 10
verses (silently). DH then asked him some questions, which E was
able to answer! He next read a passage from Daniel, and again
enjoyed answering questions. It was a fun way to check reading
comprehension, as well as to have some Bible lesson time.
Our other favorite Bible study also comes from DH. We memorize
passages together as a family (The Ten Commandments, Psalm 23, Psalm
119:1-12, the Beatitudes, John 15:1-10or so, 1 Corinthians 13:1-7 so
far). E memorizes very easily just by listening to us. So
DH came up with a way to help him understand everything that we
memorize. He types it on the computer as E says the passage (from
memory for older passages, by reading it for newer passages).
Then they go through together (on Microsoft Word) and highlight
different themes. For example, in Psalm 119, they've made all of
the words and phrases for God's word red, and all of the B words
green. They've highlighted the you/your/yours purple, and the
I/me/my yellow. And so on. As he starts understanding it
more, we can and do change what we're asking him to observe.
When the page is done, he gets to print it out, and he calls it his
Bible picture. It's a fun way for us to show him how we study the
Bible, and learn from it.
One other spiritual development story for the day. Yesterday in
the car we were listening to a Bible songs tape, and the song "I have
Decided" came on. I said to the boys, "I
have decided to follow Jesus, too!" And E replied with, "I
haven't. I choose my own way." What a great chance to talk
about how everyone does have to choose at some point to follow Jesus,
or to follow their own ways. We talked about what it meant to
follow Jesus, and how E obeys us right now, and that is following
Jesus. It was a great discussion, and I love having these
spiritual dawning moments with him.
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Feb. 19, 2006 - What a Coincidence |
| Posted by MegPotter |
| When my son first began to read the Bible on his own he also chose the book of Ezekiel. He loved the Heaven passages and the Angel descriptions. |
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Feb. 20, 2006 - Thanks for the awesome ideas |
| Posted by seekingHim |
| for teaching the bible. We aren't very creative so I feel blessed when God lets me "steal"(probably the wrong word???heehee) from others. |
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Mar. 9, 2006 - Waving hi from the SL boards |
| Posted by Prncsstefy |
Wow, your Bible "picture" is a great idea!! I'm going to have to borrow that one.
I have to say that I'm enjoying your blog. Just discovered it.
I recognize you from over on the SL boards. |
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