Memorizing the Books of the Bible



Day 1

1. Watch this video
2. Make a Bible Memorization Notebook
1. Start by printing off all these Books of the Bible coloring pages.  (Each one prints individually.)
2. Hole punch them and put them in a folder or binder.
3. Have your child color a few each day. 
4. Place a lined piece of paper behind each of the coloring pages.
5. Use these lined pieces of paper to record your child's memory verses, memory work.
6. You may also place other Bible lessons behind these books.

Day 2

1. Watch this video
2. Have your child do these Books of the Bible Word Searches.

Day 3

1. Watch the video
2. Watch this video to see how to play this game. 
1. I suggest you modify it so you can play this game anytime with 1 or several children.
2. First write each division of the Bible on a separate piece of colored paper (or card stock) and then have them laminated.
1. Law
2. History
3. Poetry
4. Major Prophets
5. Minor Prophets
6. Gospels
7. History
8. Epistles (Letters)
9. Prophesy
3. Now you can put these papers on the floor and call out the Books of the Bible.
4. Have the children either run, walk, skip, crawl, jump, skip, tip-toe...... to the division of the Bible that the Book you called out is in.
5. Or, you can modify it further by writing each Book of the Bible on index cards and have your child sort them out. 
1. They can just place the index cards on the division paper, or you can have them put them in order under the division paper.

Day 4

1. Watch this video
2. Print out these FREE business card size flash cards have your child practice them.  (It looks like you have to buy something, but you truly don't.  Look for where it says business card size.)
1. Print out both the New and Old Testament cards.
2. If you print out two sets of both them you can play memory with them too!
3. Here are alternate flash cards for older children.

Day 5

1. Watch this video
2. Print out these Bingo Cards and play a game of Books of the Bible Bingo! (These Bingo Cards match the flash cards your printed out yesterday!)

Day 6

1. Watch this video
2. Learn hand motions for each book to help you remember!
1. Scroll down and print the hand motions for the Old and New Testaments.

Day 7 (Do some or all of these.)

1. Watch this video
2. Watch this video
1. Pause it and make your own chart on poster board to hang on your wall!
3. FREE Printable Books of the Bible Board Game!!! (Wow! Don't miss this one!)
4. Here are some FREE Books of the Bible printable bookmarks.
5. Print these FREE Old Testament Books of the Bible Printables (including copywork)
6. Books of the New Testament Word Search.!
7. Play this online New Testament Books of the Bible game!
8. Play this FREE online Books of the Bible Hangman Game!
9. Unscramble the Books of the Bible.
10. Animated Books of the Bible software download.

Review

1. Repeat any of the previous activities if your child hasn't memorized all of the books in order yet.
2. When your child has memorized all of the Books of the Bible in order print out this certificate of achievement!

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10 Reasons Why I'm Not Going to the Homeschool Conventions

This year I have chosen to abstain from attending any homeschool conventions.  I have several reasons, but let's see if I can come up with 10. ;)

1.  Last year I didn't see anything that I didn't already know about.

2.  I'd rather sit in the living room of another homeschool mom to flip through curriculum that I'd like to see before I buy.

3.  I don't want to be sold on any particular curriculum by someone who is working for that company.

4.  I have never gotten the best price on curriculum that I'm actually LOOKING for at a convention.  I have always gotten a better price buying from Amazon or buying used from another homeschool mom.

5.  I am usually led astray by good deals on items I never intended on buying in the first place.

6.  I don't find it wise to live in constant temptation.  The glossy exciting catalogs that you bring HOME are a reference, but also a great temptation and distraction.

7.  Buying everything I think I need for the entire school year before it starts usually leaves me with several items that I thought I needed unused. 

8. These unused items cause guilt because I bought them new and paid the price, so they end up on the (I might use it someday) SHELF. 

9. Buying items as I NEED them throughout the school year, or when (the items I NEED) they are deeply discounted reduces my expenses and guilt.

10. Last but not least, it is hot and crowded in those convention halls and I leave with a headache.  

Bonus: I have to pay to get into these conventions that leave me with a headache! ;)

How do you feel about conventions? What are some of your favorite items you've picked up from a convention? Are you going to any conventions this year, why or why not?

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Our Busy Bags Part 2

Make Your Own Pizza Busy Box!

For this busy box I used a personal pan size to-go box, tan, red, green, and white felt.  I didn't use a pattern, but I did use different size bowls, and glue sticks to make my circles.

My pizza box was used and has grease on it, but little guy likes that because it adds to the realness of it.

 



 

Nativity Busy Bag!

For this I used a free printable nativity that I found online and I printed it out on card stock.  I colored it and then stapled it together.  Little Guy also made a set.

 

 

What better place to store a Nativity than in a Christmas bag?

 

 

Bendables Busy Bag!

 

 

 

Days of Creation Match Game Busy Bag!

I downloaded these from www.ChristianPreschoolPrintables.com.

 

 

 

Days of Creation Puzzle Busy Bag!

 

I also downloaded these from www.ChristianPreschoolPrintables.com

 

 

 

Matching Mittens Busy Bag!

 

For this bag I used a free mitten pattern that I found on the Internet and I decorated the mittens myself.  Then I numbered them on the back. 

 

 

As you can see I made two of each number and colored the front of the mittens to match each other.  I represented the number 3 different ways.  You can have the child just match the patterns and then flip them over to see the numbers, or you can have the child match the numbers and see if the mittens match each other.

 

Here are some design ideas.

 

As your child advances you can have them use the mittens to do addition equations.  Since I've written the dots to represent the numbers the child can check their answers.

 

 

Mitten Alphabet Order Busy Bag!

 

I store these cards with the other mitten number cards.

 

 

I also found these online for free.  I chose not to cut them apart so that Little Guy can put them in alphabetical order.  If you prefer you could cut them apart and have them match the uppercase letter to the lowercase letter.

 

Fraction Circles Busy Bag!

 

I store these in the pizza box.

 

 

 

And that's all for now folks.  Thanks for stopping by Noah's Ark Homeschool Academy, and we hope to see you back soon!

 

 

Our Winter and Holiday Book Box

Our winter and holiday book box is a mixture of silly winter tales, Christmas stories, and science books about snow.  I checked out all of these books from the library, but you can mix books that you own with books you find at the library to fill up your book box if you like.

These are all the book titles from our Winter and Holiday Book Box:

1. The Blizzard by Betty Ren Wright
2. Snow on Snow on Snow by Cheryl Chapman
3. My First Little House Books Sugar Snow by Laura Ingalls Wilder
4. Snow Party by Harriet Ziefert
5. Tracks in the Snow by Wong Herbert Yee
6. The Big Red Sled by Jane E. Gerver
7. Cranberry Christmas by Wende and Harry Devin
8. Dream Snow by Eric Carle
9. Charlie and Lola I Really, Really Need Actual Ice Skates by Lauren Child
10. Snow is Falling by Franklyn M. Branley
11. It's Snowing by Gail Gibbons
12. The Story of Snow The Science of Winter's Wonder by Mark Cassino and Jon Nelson, Ph.D.
13. Scrooge by Cathy East Dubowski
14. Madeline's Christmas by Ludwig Bemelmans
15. Under the Star A Christmas Counting Story by Jane Yolen
16. Jingle Bells How the Holiday Classic Came To Be by John Harris
17. Llama Llama Holiday Drama by Anna Dewdney

The guidelines I used to put together this book box were simple.  First, the books had to be entirely about winter or Christmas.  Next, they needed to add substance and educational value.  Last, I chose a variety of levels to include all four of my children's interests and abilities.

 

 

 

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Our Mr. Popper's Penguins Book Box

For our unit study of Mr. Popper's Penguins I went to the library and collected several books.  I put together a combination of resource books and fun stories and placed them in a plastic ice bucket that I bought from Wal-Mart for $2.00.  We call it our unit study book box. 

Book's from our Mr. Popper's Penguins Book Box:

1. Plenty of Penguins by Sonia W. Black
2. Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
3. Waiting for Ice by Sandra Markle
4. One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo
5. Antarctica The Antarctic Ocean by Lynn M. Stone
6. Penguins by Emily Bone
7. What's in the Egg, Little Pip? by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
8. The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins
9. My Season with Penguins; An Antarctic Journal by Sophie Webb
10. Amazing Animals; Penguins by Valerie Bodden
11. Follow That Map!  A First Book of Mapping Skills by Scot Ritchie
12. The Magic School Bus In the Arctic; A Book About Heat by Joanna Cole
13. How to Survive in Antarctica by Lucy Jane Bledsoe
14. The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
15. Where is Home, Little Pip? by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
16. Magic Tree House Research Guide Penguins and Antarctica by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Bryce
17. Magic Tree House Eve of the Emperor Penguin by Mary Pope Osborne

We use our book box's for Reader's Corner (when my children pick a book each and read them to eachother), and I pick a few books from our book boxes to read to them each day.

In addition to this book box we also have a winter and holiday book box which we have pulled several snow science books out of and added to our study.

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