Curriculum Review: Bible Study Guide For All Ages

Curriculum Review
Bible Study Guide For All Ages

Bible Study Guide For All Ages is a wonderful program that I use with all my children (ages 4, 6, 9, and 11) I first started using it when the oldest was 6. At that time, I just used it with the two oldest, and I have added the younger ones in when they've gotten old enough.

One of its strengths is that you can teach multiple age levels at the same time. All of my kids are definitely getting a lot out of it. The program has 3 different levels of worksheets. My younger two use Beginner, the 9-year-old uses Intermediate, and the oldest uses Advanced.

When I first started with it, we used it 3 days a week. Now we do it every day. Also, we do it as the first subject in the morning so we don't run out of time for it. It is a little time consuming. It takes us about 30 minutes each morning. We take two days to do one lesson. The first day we review previous lessons and read aloud the new passage (usually a chapter or two). The second day we review the current lesson and do the worksheets. The older two do the worksheets on their own, I help the younger two. You could spend even more time if you did followed all the suggestions. If I was going to do everything, I'd spread one lesson over 3 days.

I have taken a break from it several times in order to pursue something different. In fact, next fall, I plan to take a semester break from it in order to do a Young Peacemaker study. This year, we have spent a lot of time on Moses, the commandments, law, and Joshua. So, I am also reading through the Egermeier Story Bible with the two youngest so they can hear all the Bible stories (for example, it may be a year or more before we get to Genesis in the Bible Study Guide and I wanted to make sure they know about Adam and Eve, Noah, etc.).

Here are the positives:

• My kids are definitely learning the Bible in-depth, chapter by chapter
• They seem to like the worksheets
• It is easy to take a break from and re-start at a later date
• We bought the CD, and the kids have enjoyed it

Here are the negatives:

• The worksheets are a little pricey
• If your kids aren't used to sitting quietly for Bible reading, they may find it difficult at first (the visuals help with this)
• It is time consuming (but worth it in my opinion)

If you decide to buy it, you might be able to find it used on ebay (I've gotten at least one of my books from ebay). However, I've always had to buy the worksheets new.