Who was with God in the beginning? (the Word).What was in the beginning? (the Word, God).Then we worked through the answers to these questions, writing down the information we gleaned from our reading.
I asked G if she thought this was the same beginning as the one in Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Then I told G, “There is another book in the Bible that talks about what happened in the beginning.” We drew a circle at the top of our chalkboard table. We actually started before this verse with a verse the girls had already learned: Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” So when we started our time, I asked, “What did God do ‘In the beginning?'” The girls responded, “He created the heavens and the earth.” Here are our “lessons” for the first 5 verses of John. Since the book of John is a LONG book when you are going through it bit by bit, I am going to do this in a number of posts. I think they may be a blessing to others hoping to find fresh ways to talk to their kids through the Bible. We do these alongside our preschooler, W, and she soaks up much from our activities!Īfter a number of days working on these activities/”lessons” I decided to record them here, so that I could look back on them. But we still need to challenge her, work on her reading comprehension, and keep her from guessing instead of reading! But these activities and “lessons” can work for kids of any reading level. We have a reading kindergartner in our house! She absolutely cannot get enough of reading. We have learned many new things! And we have had lots of fun doing it! In the short time we have been doing it, we have started to memorize some of the verses. And along the way, I came up with simple ideas for teaching each verse to her. I still wanted to read through the Gospel of John with her, though! But as I started looking at it, I realized it was for a reading level above where she is. It looked like such a perfect idea! To work with G through one book of the Bible, a little bit at a time. And I want them to know God wrote it because He wanted us to know Him!Īs I was preparing our homeschool choices for this year, I came across a great reading schedule for the Gospel of John. As a lover of Bible study, one of my main goals in teaching my kids is to point them to a love of God, a love of others, and a love of His Word! I want them to know there are answers in this Big Book.
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