Idea's for bible verses for 4yr old?

My ABC Bible Verses: Hiding God’s Word in Little Hearts is the book you mentioned, I believe. We have it and like it. Also, I like the foundation and fighter verse cards by Children Desiring God. They are available in NIV or ESV, perhaps others, too. Here is a sample of the foundation verse cards. I like the pictures on one side, esp. for the little guys.

Blessings, 

Christie

Hi Misty,

We enjoy “Scripture Memory Fellowship”. They have a delightful scripture memory book for pre-schoolers called “ABC Memory Book”. For the younger ones, verses are short, engaging, with beautiful illustrations throughout. We’ve used them with joyfull success! All are KJV.

http://scripturememoryfellowship.org/index.php/store?page=shop.browse&category_id=8

Blessings, Heather

Hi Misty! My 4yo (just turned 5) memorized all the verses that the rest of our family did. I didn’t have any kind of special resource or CD; just the plain Bible. I’m sure my kiddos would have love learning their Bible verses in song-form. I honestly never thought of teaching them that way. My thinking was that I already had a Bible, and that was free so it would have to do. She was barely 4 when we started memorizing, and we learned whole passages, not just one verse at a time. She can now quote Psalm 100, Psalm 23, and 1 Cor. 13:4-8 on her own. We spent about six weeks on each passage, doing one verse per week and adding it to what we learned from the weeks before. I am so glad I taught 1 Cor. 13:4-8 when I did. It was invaluable when trying to teach the habit of kindness. 

I say all that to encourage you that you can teach a 4yo without a “special resource.” Not that I have anything against those resources at all; we are on a budget, and I try to use what I have before buying anything extra. 

I also think that seeing her as a whole child, like CM teaches, definitely applies to Scripture memorization. Just because she’s 4 doesn’t mean she can’t understand and hide God’s Word in her heart. It might take her longer than her siblings, or less time…you never know! My 4yo out-did her brother several times in this department…although I’ll never tell him that because each child is different!

Lindsey

Hi there,

I second Lindsey.  My daughter is 4, going on 5, and we have the same verses she mentioned above memorized too (Psalm 23, 1 Cor. 13, etc).  Most of her versus are rather lengthy too.  It is funny, when we have a short one she asks “why is that one so short?”.  The thing I think that has helped us most is finding verses that matter to us right then.  For example, if we are talking about a character quality like self control, I will look up verses on that and have even given her like 3 to choose from and she picks her favorite to work on.  When we relate it to our life like that, it soaks right in, no matter how long the verse/passage.  And then we can turn around and use it in our daily life when we come across a struggle in that area.  They may be small, but they are capable of so much!

We have the ABC book and my 2 almost 3 year old LOVES it.  He walks around saying “A kind word turns away wrath” (from the letter A) and a couple of others.  I have begun to line it up with our “letter of the week”.  We normally read the story at least 2 times throughout the week.  Its been a hit so far.