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It's amazing how much Bible Study benefits homeschooling. I began homeschooling my granddaughter two years ago when she was in second grade. Little did we know that studying the Bible would provide additional learning opportunities in so many areas of her curriculum.
Reading - Each day we begin our school day with scriptural reading. We read our 'assigned' Bible stories; we started in Genesis and are currently studying the crucifixion. We divide the verses - she reads half and I read half. Her reading ability has improved so much and she is sounding out words and pronouncing words that some adults struggle with! Because we study the Hebraic Roots of Christianity, we use the Complete Jewish Bible for our scripture lessons. Therefore, she not only pronounces words in English, she is sometimes challenged with Hebrew pronunciations. This has given her confidence in her oral reading skills. It has also improved her listening skills immensely.
Comprehension - Each day I prepare worksheets pertaining to the main points of each reading. These main points help her remember the key points that we have read about. Following the worksheets she is given some type of puzzle to complete, either word searches, letter searches (follow the line for words in a scripture), crosswords or mazes. She looks forward to the puzzles but knows that she must complete the questions - correctly - before she is rewarded with the puzzle. When she was younger, I included a page to color. The pages went along with the storyline and she enjoyed putting her touch on each picture. Many of these pictures and puzzles are furnished by www.heartofwisdom.com .
After thirty lessons, I prepare multiple choice review tests. This refreshes her memory on the stories we have studied; she usually does very well because she has remembered the main points from the worksheets.
Math - When our scriptural readings begin in the middle of a chapter, she is given a math problem; how many verses are there and how many will each of us read? This may seem trivial but rather than writing the subtraction problem on paper, she is prompted to recognize the numbers and do the problem in her head.
History - There are so many wonderful, historical stories in the Bible. Reading them straight from the Bible brings about more questions and gives her a deeper understanding of each character and events pertaining to the periods of times that we read about.
Penmanship - The worksheets have a variety of question types; fill in the blanks, multiple choice, true or false and circle the correct words. As penmanship is her least favorite subject, she fills in the blanks and practices her writing skills without even realizing it is a penmanship assignment!
Discussion - Our discussions began, in second grade, with her asking questions and my answering them. However, as she matures and as she learns more, she has begun to speak her views and beliefs. Lately we've had some brilliant discussions that show me that she has an understanding of what we have studied for the past two years.
Geography - We often speak about different parts of Israel and other parts of the Middle East where Biblical events took place. We've learned about the land and certain aspects of the land - for instance - where cisterns, which are used for water storage, are located.
As we studied the story of Moses and the Exodus out of Egypt, it was amazing to think of a sea that, for several hours, separated in order for so many people to cross through.
After our Bible studies, we move on to our regular curriculum and it is generally a very rewarding day because we've begun with the greatest study to open our hearts and minds to the rest of the day!
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Bio: SandraStalder recently had a book published about the celebrations that God has given us in the Bible called Our Hebraic Roots: Digging into the Purpose of God’s Celebrations. When she started writing the book she intended it to be a children's book, but soon realized that it needed to be more. She decided to write it in a simple, easy-to-understand way so that parents could read it to their children. Because the worksheets have been so successful for her granddaughter's understanding of scripture, she composed a worksheet for each chapter of the book which, along with the answer sheets that correspond with each chapter, are free and downloadable from her website, www.purposedhebraicroots.com.
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