"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
As parents we have a lot of responsibility. It is scary sometimes. One responsibility is to teach our children about God and His ways, trusting that at some point they will have a personal relationship with Him by their own decision.
I realize that in some areas I have dropped the ball. Katherine is so verbal and sharp. In the past month I have realized that she has a great memory as she is reciting songs and nursery rhymes. Yesterday she said all of "Jack and Jill" and we had only been reading that story for a week. She is a sponge. I realized that I have not even started to work on scripture memory with her. I have thought about it before but now that she seems to be memorizing so many other things I know she is capable. Here are 2 cute videos of Katherine showing off her great memory. (If you read this in a reader or email, you may have to go to the blog to see the video.)
I am at a loss though with how to even start. I have one music CD that is kids Bible memory but Katherine does not really like it. I have a book with note cards but that seems a little boring and over her head. Since she memorized about 8 nursery rhymes in less than a week by reading a book with fun pictures, I think that would be a great way to do Scripture memory. All of the kids Bible's we have though are just paraphrases and not the entire verses.
We also need to start some kind of family devotion or more structured Bible time. We read from her toddler Bible but I know there are so many other things out there.
So, what works for you? Have any of you found a way that works in helping your kids to learn Bible verses? Either something you have bought or something you have done. I would love to hear your ideas. Have you found any good family devotionals that are geared toward toddlers or preschoolers?
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Andrew has four memory verses that he knows, and they are just ones that we picked out and used. The first one was easy - "taste and see that the Lord is good." I made up hand motions and he learned it so quick. Then Clark picked a couple, and then I picked another one. He knows Deut. 31:8, Zeph 3:17, and 2 Tim 1:7. We've just repeated them with him at night as part of our bedtime routine. We did put them on post-its and taped them to his headboard, but he eventually pulled them off.
We haven't started a family devotional time yet, but I would like to as well. Let me know if you find anything good out there!
We have not really started family devotionals yet. I do memory versed with the boys at the breakfast table, or right after. I found a site that has songs to verses - I'll find and email to you. We've done Armor of God, Fruit of the Spirit, Do everything with no complaining or arguing...putting it to song or a chant is great.
John talks about the "Hide (Him, 'em, them?) in your heart" CDs that Clark Morgan told him about that are songs with verses in them. Erin? John keeps wanting to get them for Anna, but we haven't yet...
we love hide em in your heart. the videos are dated but the music is great.
o has learned a lot from hermie scripture memory cds, too.
he listens to music in his room at nap time and at night so he absorbs a lot that way. i'm discovering that he is like me in that he learns very well through music.
we write down verses we're memorizing for specific character traits or discipline issues we're working on. a great reference is "parenting with scripture". it's nothing groundbreaking but is arranged topically and is easy to use.
the homeschool convention is coming up next weekend in plano and that's always a great place to find good stuff. i bought oliver a scripture memory cd there when he was a baby. check their vendor list if you are interested.
would love to talk about this more and hear what other ideas you've gotten from folks. this is so important! i can still recite so much scripture (in KJV, of course!) that i hid in my heart as a child. i am so thankful that i learned it then. what a gift!
chrys
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