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The Old Testament is filled with a ton of great Bible stories and lessons for your preschool and toddler child to learn about God and the World around them, but it can be daunting to just sit down and go through the Old Testament. I have created a hands-on Bible Curriculum to use with the entire family. The activities are created with the littlest of learners in mind.
The Teaching the Bible: Old Testament is guided to start in the fall and move through the Old Testament before Christmas. There might need to be a small adjustment to make it work, but for the most part it should line up pretty close each year and with the amount of activities it is easy to make it last a few years.
When you purchase it, you will receive an email with a schedule for this current school year to make it work with the Holidays. This does not need to be followed directly, but is a great starting point for your family.
Jump to any unit here…
- Unit 1: Early Genesis
- Unit 2: Genesis and Exodus
- Unit 3: Time of David
- Unit 4: Days of the Prophets
- Unit 5: Christmas (Bonus Lessons)
Unit 1: Early Genesis
This unit covers Creation, Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham and Issac, as well as Jacob and Esau. The goal by the end of the unit is that your child will know these key phrases: God created Me, We can Choose to Follow God, My God is Big!! These are som foundational truths that will stick with your children. They will learn 3 memory verses!!
- Genesis 1:1
- Acts 5: 29b
- Proverbs 3:5
With each lesson (5 lessons in this unit) you will get hands-on activities to help your child understand the concepts and the memory verses. This unit also contains the Creation Book. This is a book your child will create to remember the days of Creation. It is ready to load into your cutting machine or print right onto construction paper. If you want to read more about this unit click here.
Unit 2: Genesis and Exodus
This unit covers more of Genesis with Jacob and Joseph, Jericho, and Ruth and continues into Exodus with Moses and the Exodus. The goal by the end of this unit for your child to understand these key phrases: God is Always with Us and Do Not be Afraid. Your child will also learn two memory verses:
- Matthew 28:20
- Psalm 56:3
There are hands-on activities for each lesson (4 lessons in this unit) so that your child can learn these stories, phrases and memory verses easily. If you want to read more about this unit click here.
Unit 3: Time of David
This unit covers Samuel, David as Shepherd, David and Goliath/David as King, and Elijah. The key phrase that your child will learn is: God Hears Our Prayers. There are two memory verses for this unit:
- Phillipines 4:6
- Jeremiah 29:12
There are hands-on activities for each lesson (4 lessons) so that your child can learn the stories, the key phrase, and the memory verses through playing. If you want to read more about this unit click here.
Unit 4: Days of the Prophets
This unit covers Naaman, Queen Esther, Shadrach and Meshach and Abednego, Daniel and the Lion’s Den, and Jonah. These lessons have one key phrase: We Can Obey God! There are two memory verses:
- John 14:15
- James 1:22
There are hands-on activities for each lesson (5 lessons) so that your child will understand the key phrase, the stories, and the memory verses easily through play. If you want to read more about this unit click here.
(Bonus) Unit 5: The Christmas Story
This unit covers the Christmas story from An Angel Appearing to Mary and Joseph to John being Born to Jesus being Born to An Angry King that makes the family escape to Egypt. There is one key phrase for your child to know: Jesus is Born. There is also only one memory verse for this unit:
- Luke 2:11
There are hands-on activities for each lesson (4 lessons) so that your child will learn and understand they key phrase, the stories and the memory verse through play. If you want to read more about this unit click here.
This unit will line up with Christmas so that you teach Jesus is Born the week before Christmas or of Christmas (depending on what day of the week Christmas falls on this year). You will receive an email after purchase to see how to make the lessons line up so that Jesus is Born is taught at Christmas. This is great for churches and homeschoolers so that the work is taken out for you. I will send you an updated schedule every year so that it always lines up aka no planning needed!!
