Timeline Book

A timeline book for history, poetry, and science....anything that has a history. I use Google Images to find illustrations and copy them to OpenOffice draw. I downloaded this Book of Centuries from HSTreasureTrove. In order to add extra pages as needed I used the Rollabind system to hold it together. I like how it lays flat when open.

All American History - Unit Three - Colonial Hall of Fame

Photos of our third folder. I actually made this ahead of time so we can use it as we go along. Two pockets for each category - People and Places. One pocket is for cards we are reviewing and one for those lessons we haven't gotten to yet. That's the plan anyway. The "Steps to War" matching exercise is in the yellow pocket.

3x5 Recipe Book - Food to Freeze

Budget

friendly,

freezable

recipes

on

3x5 cards.

2 Samuel Lap folder - Part 3

The photos are of two reference booklets I put together for our lap folder using Logos Bible Study Software. Includes Maps and Charts, Manners & Customs in the Bible.

2 Samuel Lap folder - Part 2

We have had six lessons and studied the first six chapters of 2 Samuel. My home schooler answered the Greenleaf Guide questions for each chapter, filled in the blanks on a Timeline and answered some questions in minibooks for the lap folder. He labeled places we read about on a map of Israel.

2 Samuel Lap folder - Introduction

I. Our Purpose is to:

• Read and make observations in each chapter of 2 Samuel.
• Learn more about God's character and His plan.
• Learn the history of Israel during the time of its kings.

• Graphically organize our observations into a lap folder.

II. Our Resources include:

Just a Bible is good enough. Good observation skills are the best tools for initial Scripture study. Here are some others we use:

• A Bible Dictionary - I use Handy Dictionary of the Bible edited by Merrill C. Tenney. Here is a link to a free on-line Bible Dictionary: http://net.bible.org/dictionary.php. Although not necessary, it saves me a lot time. If for example, I wanted to make some "Who Am I?"' cards for a lap folder and want a quick description; or if I want to find out where a person, place or thing is mentioned in other parts of the Scriptures - really handy.
• The Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History by Rob & Cyndy Shearer
• NKJV Nelson Study Bible
• What the Bible is All About for Young Explorers by Frances Blankenbaker
• Logos Bible Study Software

III. Lap folder suggestions for mini-books to make ahead of time:

(I use a program called OpenOffice.org Draw

to make mini-books. It is free and friendly.)

• Bible Verse Pocket with empty cards to copy down any significant verses when you come to them.
• Main People in 2 Samuel booklet - Using a Bible Dictionary to make it easier, I wrote descriptions of David, Ishbosheth, Abner, Joab, Mephibosheth, Uriah, Nathan, Amnon, and Absalom inside.
• Who Am I Pocket to add cards describing "minor" characters as we come to them. This will make for a fun "trivia" game as review.
• Main Events Pocket as found in What the Bible is All About.
• Map of Israel to fill in as we read about different places.

I plan on posting our progess as we complete each chapter in 2 Samuel.

1 Samuel lap folder

1. TIMELINE- I used the timeline in the introduction page of the NKJV Nelson Study Bible.

2. PURPOSE OF THE BOOK

3. HISTORICAL SETTING OF THE BOOK

4. KEY PEOPLE in Samuel

5. MAIN EVENTS in 1 Samuel

6. SIGNIFICANT BIBLE VERSES

7. MAP

8. PEOPLE & PLACES vocabulary - ch. 1-7

9. People & Places - ch. 8-13

10. People & Places - ch. 13-17

11. People & Places - ch. 18 to end of book

Other possibilities:

12. GOD'S ATTRIBUTES described in Hannah's prayer

13.WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ARK OF THE COVENANT

14. SAUL AND HIS DOWNFALL

15. PROPHECIES in 1 Samuel

Bible Study in our Home School

1. When my son was very young, I read to him The Child's Story Bible by Catharine Vos - twice. When he was in fourth and fifth grade, I had him read it to himself.

2. By the time he was in second grade, he could understand direct readings from the Bible. I attribute that to the poetry I have continually read to him since he was a wee babe and then using the New King James Version which is also poetic in nature. I read through most of the Bible to him in second and third grade. We used the free worksheets at the Calvary Chapel website sometimes as we went along.

3. In fourth grade, we used the New Tribes Mission curriculum called Firm Foundations: Creation to Christ. Fifty lessons - we did one a week.

4. During the summer we read a chapter in Proverbs each day. We also use Youth Devotions by Josh McDowell. Grandpa's Box was a good summer read as well.

4. In fifth grade, we started Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History. It is about 186 lessons, but we are only reading one Bible chapter at a time. We are in sixth grade now and still working on this. We are in 2 Samuel now. It is my plan to finish it this year.

We are also going through The Stranger on the Road to Emmaus by John Cross using the video lessons and workbook questions.

5. Seventh grade: I think we will go through some of the Wisdom literature and Prophets.

6. Eighth grade: The Gospels.

7. We are covering the epistles and systematic theology in our church services and downloaded Bible classes from Grace Bible Church in College Station, Texas, Pine Valley Bible Church in Houston, Texas, and West Houston Bible Church in Houston, Texas.

My son has been memorizing Bible verses at AWANA since first grade.

I haven't found many "meaty" Bible Study tools out there designed for upper elementary level children. So I am combining resources to make my own. Here is a list of the books I am using now:

1. Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament is our spine.

2. What the Bible is all About for Young Explorers by Frances Blankenbaker as an introduction to each book as we get to it.

3. I read out loud from the NKJV Nelson Study Bible. It has thorough study notes. Almost every question my son asks about culture or figurative language, etc. has been explained in the notes.

4. The Bible Knowledge Commentary edited by John F. Walvoord and Roy B. Zuck is a good exposition of the Scriptures. I don't agree with all in this commentary, but it is has good explanations, good illustrations, and makes no bones about which parts of the Scriptures are controversial in interpretation by mainstream evangelicals. The contributing authors all studied the Bible in the original languages and used a historical/grammatical/literal interpretation method. It is honest and sincere.

5. Every Prophecy in the Bible by John F. Walvoord. -- I am using this to systematically show my son that every prophecy we come across that has been fulfilled already was fulfilled literally. Fulfilled and future prophecy demonstrates God's sovereignty, omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, justice and righteousness. God uses the Scriptures to reveal Himself to us.

I made a lapbook to go along with 1 Samuel using the resources above. Most of it was designed after we read and I just used it as a review. I will post that next.

All American History - Unit Two - 13 Colonies

Once again, I made the review cards as instructed by the author of All American History. I made a pocket for each colony. Folding two pieces of quality construction paper, I made an 8 page book to which I glued the pockets. Each colony pocket holds the following:

1. Name and picture of a key figure

2. Copy of the flag of the country he represented

3. The icon describing the motivation for the start of the colony

4. A small map of the colony's location with respect to the other colonies.

They are separated into three groups: New England, Middle and Southern colonies.

Ways to use them for review:

1. Take out the cards one at a time and review.

2. Take out all the cards for one group and mix them up. Put them in the right pockets and check your notebook to see if you grouped them correctly.

3. Take out all the cards in the whole book and do the same.

On the very back of the folder is a full map of all 13 colonies.

All American History - Unit One Exploration

We are using All American History for our history spine this year. I followed the author's suggestion for review flashcards. To keep all the cards manageable and easy to study, I made pockets using "Type It In" from Hands of a Child and glued them into a folder. (middle photo)

Each pocket is titled with the name of a country who sent explorers. Each pocket contains these cards: (top photo)

1. Name of explorer with his picture

2. Description from the book

3. A small map of his explorations (free from Enchanted Learning)

4. A copy of the flag of the country he represented

Some pockets have more cards because those countries had more explorers.

This makes reviewing easier. If I had to pull the cards out of box, I just might not do it. This folder sits with the rest of our history books and is easy to pull out for a quick review.

Confusing Bible Teaching

"Satan's ends could be gained in no better way than to promote some statement of truth that misses the vital issues, or establishes positive error, and thus hinders the right understanding of the divinely provided source of blessing."

Lewis Sperry Chafer, He That is Spiritual, 1918

Francis Schaeffer on Assurance

"The Bible makes it plain that the man who is a Christian has a right to know that he is saved; it is one of the good gifts of God, to know truly that he is a Christian. This refers not only to the initial fact, after one has accepted Christ as Savior, but also applies in those great, crushing moments in our lives when the waves get so high that it seems, psychologically or spiritually, that we can never find our footing again. At such a moment, a Christian can have assurance. His salvation rests on the finished work of Christ, whether he accepts the peace he should have or not, and he can have assurance to the extent to which he believes the promises of God at that moment."

Francis Schaeffer

True Spirituality, 1971