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   Evergreen
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   I'd love to hear from those of you who've used SCM's Bible studies. Are they designed to be used daily? Do you do them together? We're studying the middle ages and R&R next year so I suppose we'd be using the one that goes with that unit.

   Is there something (even if it's something else) that works for your family? We've been using a curriculum this year that scheduled the boys' Bible readings daily, and Littlest and I read a story from the DK illustrated Bible each day. It's been GREAT for developing the bigger boys' knowledge of the Bible and their independence, but I do miss doing study together.

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   TailorMade
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   I'm curious, too. I like the simple notes on the Bible/Geography days in the guides that I purchased earlier. We will use Module 4 beginning this fall. But, there are several studies listed to be completed by highschool aged students/family (even jr high, if so chosen).

   I'm most curious about the favorite study out of those. With Scripture memorization going on and at least one Bible study on the side of the family Bible time in the guide and studies that coordinate with our Sunday School assignments, I'm wondering how several individual Bible studies can be done and still get all their highschool assignments finished.

   Do any of you do all the studies listed, or have you just chosen one?

   Becca<><

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   TailorMade
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   Tanya
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   We just started the family Bible study on Hebrews (kids are 11, 9, 7).  We have only done 2 lessons so far.  The way my hubby and I decided to do it was to do it once a week on the weekend.  We have other things that we do throughout the rest of the week.

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   Evergreen
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   Tanya, what sorts of things (Bible) do you do during the week? I like that there's something scheduled in the guides but it seems they're only scheduled once a week and I wonder
   a. how that works for families, and
   b. what else you do during the week in terms of Bible study/reading for the kids.
   Thanks!
   Aimee

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   Tanya
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   Well, we do a few different things:

   1.  During the morning (school days), we tend to read out of a Child's Story Bible (like Vos) or a Biblical/character type book (we've done Parables of Nature, Leading Little Ones to God, etc.).  This has been especially nice for my younger ones (I say "ones" because there was always overlap with my ages of kids as they grew) but we still do it all as a family.

   2.  In the evenings after dinner, we read straight from the regular Bible (not a kid's version), starting in the beginning and working our way through.  Obviously, with littles this goes rather slowly (it took us a couple of years to read through the whole thing the first time round!).  We are on the second time round.  We were in Psalms when Easter rolled around and my husband decided to jump to a gospel and read that one gospel through, and now we're back to Psalms. 

   I often have to chuckle at how my husband has naturally woven in narration and discussion without ever reading or knowing anything CM.  After we read he will ask the kids, "So, what was that about?"  They talk about it, and then with the 2 olders he tends to ask more open ended questions to further their thinking.  Once when we were in Revelation, he gave all of us a piece of paper and asked us to draw the unusual things being described as best we could imagine it.  We all had some crazy drawings!

   We do not use any guides or anything for this part, just the straight Bible.  Some things that may not always be age appropriate, we might skip, but otherwise we just read through.  It's amazing how much they remember and how much understanding they have, even with some deeper issues.

   3.  The Hebrews study is new for us, but we thought it might be nice to do a deeper study as a family.  We are aiming for once a week (or maybe once every other week if it is too much).  We'll see how it goes.

   I'm currently encouraging my olders to spend some alone quiet time with God, praying and reading the Bible.

    

   So - that's how we do it right now.  Not sure that is the best way or not, but it seems to be working for us right now.  Hope that is helpful.  :-)

   -Tanya

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   erin.kate
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   We tend to do Bible similarly to Tanya. We use Vos and Millers in the mornings, sometimes God's Names, Leading Little Ones, etc ... just depends on what's next on the shelf. We pair the Bible from the Mods with Picture Smart Bible and this works well for even my littlest ... I don't expect pefection, just time together reading, thinking, talking, drawing, coloring, scribbling, slobbering, whatever.

   We read nightly from the Bible together as a family and my two oldest (girls) and I read from Jesus Calling (the kids version). We just changed to a different translation for our nightly Bible and that has brought more depth, too.

   We've used Sonya's Hebrews study and I just ordered GOAL for myself and I cannot wait to see the one in the works on Revelation. I have yet to be even the tiniest bit disappointed with something from SCM.

   I can also attest that Queen's personal Bible studies are excellent for all ages. Really well done. 

   We just carve out our Bible/devotion/character time FIRST for each day and the rest must follow.

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