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How to Study Your Bible for Kids (Discover 4 Yourself® Inductive Bible Studies for Kids)

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This book has great content. My group of thirteen 5th graders is enjoying the book a great deal. However, the teacher needs to be smart about how to take concepts that are WAY above the heads of this age group and make them understandable. I wasn't too impressed with the books explanations. Using only the book I still got blank stares back from my group. An example of this would be the importance of historical, geographical, and cultural context. The book gave abstract examples that were not helpful to the kids. It took some time and some more age relevant examples for the kids to get those concepts. With that said, I still think this book is worthy of consideration.

I love Kay. She always seeks to make real-world applications. She does this so well for adults, I was curious to see how she would do with kids. In summary--not quite as well.

This book could be better described as "How to teach your kids the Bible". It has wonderful precepts and concepts, but these will be better used by adults FOR young children than BY those children.

Teens will be OK with these concepts, but I doubt a teenager would pick up a book with this cover.

If you have teenagers who are really into specific books of the bible, I would suggest (for Revelation at least) "Dragons, Grasshoppers & Frogs!".

For general bible study for teens, I think "What the Bible is all About" by H. Mears would be a better choice.

Again--Kay's precepts and concepts here are great. They are just a bit above the level of the audience for which they are directed.

Some people said that this book was a little too hard for kids. I am 10 years old and I LOVED this book! I've also done "Jesus: Awesome Power, Awesome Love." These Bible studies aren't too hard, but they're still challenging for me. They are just the right level.

I learned so much about studying the Bible. They taught about observation, interpretation, and application, the 5 W's and an H, marking key words with colored pencils, using a concordance, examining historical and cultural context, learning Scripture verses, and more.

These studies aren't like a chore for me - they're fun! I learned so much about studying the Bible. I highly recommend this book, especially for homeschoolers.

Mikael, age 10

My wife and children (ages 12 and 10) have been using the book and they just love it. I have used the inductive Bible study method through Intensive Care Ministries (Dan Finfrock) as well as Hendricks' Bible study Living by the Book and this book is better than the latter and almost as good as the former. Kay Aurther and Janna Arndt have created a wonderful resource to help children understand the Inductive Bible Study Method. Although the different colors and pictures can be intimidating the basic method and message of the book is very good.

I've looked all over for material for my 8 year old to learn how to read and study her Bible. There seemed to be only two classes of material - kids Bible stories and studies for teenagers (which always include things that do not pertain and are not appropriate for her age group. Kudos to Kay Arthur for writing challenging material for kids!

This series is a great way to introduce children to the Inductive method of studying the bible. Children can do them on their own, but adults can learn right along with them. Fun "detective" themes to teach children to dig deep and get true meanings from scripture itself.

There is nothing more important in life than to develop a relationship with our creator. This is a nice added tool to help your kids or even yourself learn the Bible.

A good book for Christian Kids who are hungry to know more not for kids who don't have any kind of church background or for beginners.

I've used many of Kay Arthur's publications and products and they've never disappointed me. She's truly a Bible scholar and one of today's finest Bible literacy teacher world wide. Men and women both are privileged to sit under her teaching, simply because she relies totally on the Holy Spirit to be the teacher.

I ordered this for my 11 year old daughter to go along with her new bible. I am not happy with the amount of markings in this book. The description said lite markings. This book is so full of markings I couldn't give it to her.