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Has anyone seen this new program put out by Memoria Press? If so, did you like it? I'm wondering if it could be used with all of my children, with some doing more than others, to teach a year's worth of bible...specifically, could I make the first level work for both a 3rd grader and a 6th grader?
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I have Book 1 and am planning to use it next year with a 7yo and a 10yo. I won't be using it exactly as written, as I'm generally not a workbook sort of person  , but I will be using quite a bit of it and I think it will be a good base for Bible study.
Christian Studies uses the Golden Children's Bible, which I like - it is a substantial picture Bible, with old-fashioned, rich language, and a Catholic / Protestant / Jewish editorial board. It gives the Bible chapter references for each lesson, so you could easily use it with another Bible (maybe a children's Bible for your 3rd grader and the full version for your 6th grader?). Each lesson has the same format: a double page spread in the student book with four sections - Facts to Know, Memory Verse, Comprehension Questions and Activities. I'll summarise Lesson 1 for you as a sample:
Lesson 1: Genesis 1-2 - The Creation; The Garden of Eden
Facts to Know - a list, including
* Creation - God made everything "out of nothing"
* Ex nihilo - Latin for "out of nothing"
* Garden of Eden - Where God placed man to enjoy life
* Mesopotamia - Greek for "land between the rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates Rivers)
... and so on (8 facts altogether)
Memory Verse - Genesis 1: 26-28. "And God said, Let us make man in our image ..." (This is an untypically long section. Most others are much shorter.) Followed by four questions, intended for discussion I think, as there is no space for written answers. For example:
1. What is an image? How is man like God?
2. Give two ways man is different from all of the other animals God made.
Comprehension Questions - 6 questions with space for written answers:
1. What was Adam's responsibility in the Garden of Eden? Did he have to grow his own food?
2. Give the names of the two special trees in the middle of the garden
... and so on ...
Activities - find various places on the map (Iraq, Persian Gulf, Euphrates River, Tigris River). Then a few questions related to the pictures in the Golden Bible, such as "Pg.14-15: Identify the picture that represents each day of the Creation"
The Teacher Guide gives a bit of background information, suggested answers to the questions, additional Memory Verses (from the Memoria Press Copybooks), and a "Big Picture of the Bible" section with related Bible passages. For Lesson 1 it suggests Psalm 8:1-9 (Image of God).
After every 5 lessons there is a Review Lesson, with four pages in the Student Book. This includes memory jogging lists, space to write out the memory verses, a "Salvation History Timeline" with space for the student to put events and people into chronological order and various revision questions and activities.
We will not do all the memorisation, and will use the various questions for oral discussion. I like the way the Bible is broken down into manageable weekly chunks, and I especially like the "Big Picture" references (I would never find those on my own!). I think as a resource it will help us focus on the Bible in much more detail, though for me doing the whole thing as written would be overkill.
Hope this helps!
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Kathryn,
It sounds great! Have you previewed all the lessons? Do you see any theological problems? I know someone red-flagged it somewhere, but I think it was an objection to the Bible version...can't remember...
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Oh wow...this sounds better than I thought it was. It sounds like it really could be used as the basis for a multi aged bible study.
Thank you so much for the review!
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Bookswithtea wrote:
Oh wow...this sounds better than I thought it was. It sounds like it really could be used as the basis for a multi aged bible study.
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I think it looks great. We haven't started with it yet. I am going to use it with both my ds (8) and my dd (12). I think we can do it together especially if we do it orally. I think doing the assigments in writing would be too much for my ds.
Book 1 covers Creation, the Patriarchs and the Exodus. I haven't come accross any theological problems. Even though it is a workbook the activities and questions don't feel like twaddle to me the way other workbooks do. The activity sections uses a lot of the illustrations in the GCB as a starting point for discussion and in some cases even invites the kids to narrate the picture. It feels very CMish to me.
I think it is very well done and I think it would be invaluable to give a good perspective of the Bible.
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One more question...
I think I may just place an order this afternoon. I'm trying to decide if I need two student workbooks or not. I'll probably do most of the questions orally, but didn't know if there were some neat graphics/charts or other things that would make it worth it to have more than one?
Also...is there any reason my almost 6 yr old can't just listen in? Will she glean anything?
Thank you all so much. I discovered this week that 3 students is a lot different than two students. I feel like a new homeschooler this year, for some reason...
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Bookswithtea wrote:
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The student book is a simple spiral bound book. It doesn't have great illustrations or neat charts. It has black and white maps and review maps. If you are going to do the work orally I don't think you need two student books. If you have a copier scanner you could copy the maps if you wanted to.
Regarding you 6 yo I don't think why she couldn't listen in as you read the Bible story and who knows, she might benefit from the discussion too.
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I haven't noticed any major problems with the book. If you don't like the KJV-ish-ness of the Golden Bible it would be easy enough to substitute any Bible you choose. Oh, and the Memory Verses are from the KJV - but again, easy enough to substitute. There are places where I will add some Catholic insights - references to the Catechism for instance - but on skimming through no red flags jumped out at me. It has children memorise the books of the Old Testament and gives the Protestant version, missing Maccabees and so on, but that is easy enough to remedy.
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