Own Bible

My girls all have their own KJV bible. They have had these since they were bery young and beginning to read. I’ m not sure at what point they started reading them on their own but I can say that at age 7 dd is fine with reading it. I think if you give it to them at a young age they will become comfortable with it. I need to add that this is the only version we use also so this is important to me for them to understand it. Also the language in it is so rich that I am sure it has broaden their understanding in other areas as well.

I may be an “outlier”  We get Bibles for our children as soon as they demonstrate that they can treat the book respectfully, whether they can read or not.  So for our kids, about 3 or 4.  They sit with us during Bible time, and we “help” them to read verses as we go around the room reading.  They love having their own scriptures and we think it helps them to realize and appreciate the importance.  They take their scriptures to Church with them as soon as they can read a little.  In our home, wanting to be able to read verses on their own has been a MAJOR inducement to their learning how to read. 

We all use KJV, always have.  We have other versions around for reference, but they almost hurt my ears.  🙂  If we need help with a word or something, then there is plenty of help available, but there is just no substitute IMO for the quality of the KJV–you get, in one  nice big volume, not only a carefully researched translation of God’s Word but also a masterpiece of English language. 

We took our son to pick out his own Bible just after he turned 6. He had been begging for a Bible for a while before that, and we felt that was a good time. Although hubby and I prefer NKJV for our own personal reading and for family Bible times and Scripture memorization, we allowed ds to pick an NIV version. It is an easier version to understand for littler ones, we think. As he matures and understands Scripture more, we’ll get him a NKJV. He loves his Bible! We found it at Mardel, and it’s called a backpack Bible, because of it’s size. His is leather-bound with gold edges, but it’s about 5″x8″ and thin. He carries it around easily. We also did not want a children’s Bible, so I understand about that. HTH,

Lindsey

We use the ESV and give the kids the same.

I think we have gotten all our kids bibles around age 7 which woudl be when they can read some of it at least. We have always opted to get them the version that our church uses as a pew bible since having the same translation makes it easier for them to follow along. Of course we switched churches in there so the oldest two kids no longer have the same version the church uses. I have also chosen to get bibles with plastic-y somewhat water resistant covers and good bible covers.

When we saw that our son was reading proficiently (without having to stop and sound things out much) we got him a “real” bible. We got the NASB, which I think is an accurate and easy to read version (we also like the ESV, and NKJV – but we felt this best for him – I also like that the wording of many of the passages is very similar to what you will find in most books/Sunday School/bible study etc. so that it doesn’t sound too different). He’s been able to understand everything he reads, and has had it for about a year and a half. He was/is still fairly young, so we did choose a larger print, and I think that has helped. Here is a link to a previous discussion – on there I linked the particular bible we choose if you want to look at it. I bought mine from CBD.com – they have a good search engine for choosing all the features you want in a bible (type size, translation, cover type, etc.). http://simplycharlottemason.com/scmforum/topic/any-bible-recommendations  We also got him a good zip up cover – that has come in handy, especially with him being a little boy. 

Our children have an inexpensive set of scriptures from birth.  They are given a nicer set when they are baptized or can read well enough to bring their scriptures along to church.  We use the KJV too.