Showing posts with label Bible Study. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bible Study. Show all posts

Thursday, November 12, 2015

GrapeVine Studies Old Testament 1 Level 1 Review

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I am sad to say this is my final Crew Review for 2015. I am how ever proud to announce that its a great product from GrapeVine Studies  ~ https://GrapeVineStudies.com. Me and the girls have been working with the Old Testament 1: Level 1 Creation to Jacob. We received the digital download for this book. It comes with a teachers edition and a student work book. The student workbook is around 73 pages and it contains 12 lessons.  Its basically a chronological study of the characters and events of the Old Testament  from Creation to Jacob and get this you use stick figures to do it. Cool Right! Stick Figures are right up my alley. I cant draw a lick. By the end of the level your kids should be able to recite around 10 memory verses and draw the beginning of the Old Testament timeline. 


Grapevine Studies ReviewThe teachers book is great it covers both level 1 and 2.  Its very easy to teach from and its well laid out.  It gives you some teachers goals and student goals to strive for. It even has little pictures so you can see what your kids should be drawing.  The teachers book does have some color what you read to the kids is in green. The stick people are also colored so that you can tell the kids which color to use when they are drawing. I don't have a colored printer so I emailed GrapeVine Studies and ask if it was OK for me to just save the file to my Ipad and use it from there. They said that was fine, and it has worked out really well for me. I printed out the girls work books and put them in a three ring binder. Its simple and works well for us and I can file it away when they are done. 

The Student work book starts out with a Timeline. We had so much fun doing the drawings. Although I think the girls figures were much better than mine. The girls were already a little familiar with this portion of the bible as they had covered it in Sunday school a few weeks ago.  How ever they said GVS (that's what the girls call it) was way way better, they actually ask if the Sunday school teacher could get it for class.  Each lesson has drawing pages for the student to do. Then it has lesson review questions, a student drawing page where they can draw their favorite part of the lesson and an area to write a verse. At the end of the lessons there is a timeline review and a memory verse review. 

The lessons have been taking us around 20 minutes or so. We do them about three days a week. The girls like to take their time drawing the pictures. You can see a sample of one of the girls timeline drawings on the left. As you can see they are fairly simple drawings to make. Which is perfect so that the younger kids can work in the same lessons as ones that are a few years older. This is a big time saver for me since I only need to teach bible study once that day and I don't have to plan a separate lesson for the other child.  Although we did not use it GrapeVine also offers a traceable version of this student book. Which would be perfect for kinder and pre-k kids.

I have really enjoyed the simplicity of teaching this Bible study. The teachers book makes teaching the lessons flow smoothly.  For the age range of this level 1 book I feel that it covers this part of the Old Testament nicely. Its not over their heads and yet it give a fair amount of information.  The girls are so excited to hear the lesson and do the drawings that it has been a real pleasure to use. If you take a look at the image below you can get an idea of the different levels and age groups they are designed for. I am looking forward to trying out the next level.

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

The Show and Tell BIBLE



I got a great opportunity to review the Show and Tell BIBLE DVD's Its a two part set and the company even offers activity books and printable coloring pages. 


Volume 1 the books of Moses recommended ages 3-adult. 

Do you have little kids?  Ages 3 through 12?  Most picture Bibles have lots of words and not many pictures. We've reversed that. We have lots of pictures and not many words. Kids love it.
ONE MONTH MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE ON  ALL DVDs.
Consider this your digital-age flannelgraph, complete with 650 pictures, maps, charts, and timelines. Just use the pause button! A simple narration makes it easy for kids to understand. Maps have animation to show the routes traveled. Kids love to watch again and again.
Multiple narrators. Based on the American Standard Version of 1901. Narrated and Subtitled in English & Spanish
2 hours long/color, Not rated, NTSC, Recommended: children age 3 through adult.
GENESIS: Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah, Tower of Babel, Call of Abram, Abramʼs Lack of Faith, Rescue of Lot, Promises to Abram, Sodom and Gomorrah, Isaac and Ishmael, Abrahamʼs Vision, Jacob Marries Rachel and Leah, Jacob Returns to Canaan, Jacob Wrestles with an Angel, Joseph is Sold into Egypt, Joseph a Slave in Egypt, Joseph Becomes Ruler of Egypt, Joseph and His Brothers, Joseph Brings Jacob to Egypt
EXODUS: Birth and Education of Moses, Burning Bush, Moses Before Pharaoh, Plagues, Passover, Red Sea Crossing, Journey to Mt. Sinai, God Gives His Laws, Golden Calf, Building of the Tabernacle
LEVITICUS: Overview, Nadab and Abihu
NUMBERS: God Numbers the Warriors, Aaron and Miriam Challenge Moses, Twelve Spies in Canaan, Korahʼs Rebellion, Moses Disobeys God, Fiery Serpents, Balaam Blesses Israel, Joshua Chosen
DEUTERONOMY: Overview.

Price  $17.99 and the activity book sells for $3.99. Free Shipping to the USA!


Volume 2 The Books of History (Joshua — Esther) 
 is recommended for ages 3 to adult. The Books of History adds 850 new pictures to your collection, bringing the total to 1500 pictures.  Remember, USE THE PAUSE BUTTON to keep the pictures on the screen while you teach, turning the DVD into a digital-age flannelgraph.
The Holy Bible is not written like a movie. Therefore, this is not a movie--which requires words to be added to "fill in" the story. This covers every story and every book, and all of every story. A new picture every 8-10 seconds glues the kids to it. They can watch and learn on their own.
Multiple narrators. Based on the American Standard Version of 1901. Narrated and Subtitled in English & Spanish
3 hours long Not rated NTSC  
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We are taking our time with both DVDs and talking about as much of it as we can. Some thing my girls just don't understand because of there age. The hotrod princess understands more of it than snoopy does. So we get in a little more discussion in. They love seeing all the pictures and ask lots of questions. I really like that I can expose them to bible study so early on even if they are not understanding all of it they are still picking up little things and that is important to me.


The illustrations in these DVDs are amazing. They are vibrant and colorful just what kids love right. I also love that the illustrations are done by artist in a variety of ages, ranging from 10 years old to 70 years old. They come from all over the USA and work very hard to bring us these wonderful DVD's. The artist spend a lot of time studying the Bible to be sure they get the illustrations accurate. The Show and Tell Bible DVD's have become a favorite part of our weekly Bible study. I love the activity books they offer a great review for the DvD lessons and make a wonderful bible study building block. 


Show and Tell Bible also offers printable coloring books for $2.00 and they have between 45 and 50 pages and they have 5 different coloring books available. They are prefect for the younger kids not yet ready for the activity books. 


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Disclosure: I received this product at no cost for review. All opinions are my own or what my kids thought of the product.