The Bible is an exciting adventure story from God. Check out these tips on how to help your kids fall in love with God’s Word!
My nine- and ten-year-old meticulously drew slugs in their journal boxes. Then, they wrote a few notes on how gross slugs are, how they’re covered in mucus, and how cool God is. After all, he created the messy, mucus-covered little lettuce-eaters. God is really creative, they scribbled in the margins.
As Christian parents, we hold a high view of the Bible. That means that we believe Scripture is inspired by God, inerrant, and infallible. God’s Word is our authority–we obey his commands to us.
When we present the Bible to our eight- to twelve-year-olds , we want them to fall in love with it.
How do we help our kids love God’s Word while conveying our high view of Scripture? Easy! By appealing to the innate sense of wonder and curiosity God instilled in our kids, we can help them embark on the wonderful adventure of knowing our great God even better.
- After all, God’s Word is an adventure. Our kids have the opportunity to explore the wonder of who God is and what he’s done through the pages of Scripture.
- God’s Word is a story. The Bible is a true history that builds from Creation and the Fall through the history of Israel, to the Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection, through to eternity to come.
- God’s Word is also a fun mystery our kids can unravel. We can explore the depths of God’s Word throughout our entire lives, learning how it fits together, working to understand the great themes of Scripture.
Check out a few tips to help your middle grade kids learn to fall in love with God’s Word.
Help Kids Fall in Love with God’s Word
Our eight- to twelve-year-olds have brains that are quickly developing and growing. Because of that, third to sixth graders love gathering knowledge and facts. Memorization comes easier for kids in the middle grades, and they often remember what they’ve learned at this age for a long time–often into adulthood. Your eight- to twelve-year olds are likely highly visual, relational, and creative. Kids this age love adventure, exploration, challenges, and interesting information.
Engaging the active minds of our middle grade kids can involve:
- Giving our kids a lot of great facts and verses to memorize.
- Helping them make connections in Scripture.
- Teaching eight- to twelve-year-olds how to use logic skills to work through studying God’s Word rightly.
- Introducing the grand themes of the story of Scripture.
- Appealing to their innate sense of adventure and love of story.
- Using fun language and absurd ideas. For instance, we can help kids understand God’s character better while we show them some of the amazing creatures he created.
We can teach our children to love God’s Word by presenting the Bible as the exciting adventure that it is. And, we can use fun tools like puzzles, journaling, and logic games to help our kids engage their brains. That approach to Scripture doesn’t lessen our high view of God’s Word.
It’s simply a smart way to teach.
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Puzzle-Based Independent Bible Study for Kids!
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2, ESV
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- Observe: They pay attention to what they’re reading.
- Interpret: They figure out what the Bible means in that section.
- Apply: They decide how the truth of God’s Word impacts their life today.
There are a great many truths in life to be found—some interesting, some boring, and some that really matter. You can be the kind of investigator who spends time puzzling out important truth so that you can know all the knowable knowledge that God has given us. That’s right. God, the Creator of the Universe, gave you a great big letter from him to explore and study so that you can discover the truths that really matter to your life!”
Bible Investigators: Creation, (The Good Book Company, 2024), page 7
The Bible Investigators: Creation Bible study for kids, written by Danika Cooley and published by The Good Book Company, is 272-pages of learning, puzzles, and fun activities designed to help your kids become amazing independent Bible investigators–observing, interpreting, and applying God’s Word as they learn what the Bible teaches on a particular subject.
Bible Puzzles for Kids
Middle grade kids, aged 8-12, love puzzles. After all, their brains are just built for figuring things out and memorizing facts. Puzzles are a wonderful way to help kids develop logic skills and retain important information. And, the book is written in a fun, conversational tone your children are sure to love!
What types of puzzles and activities will you find in Bible Investigators?
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- Word Searches
- Crosswords
- Rebus Puzzles
- Dot-to-Dots
- Logic Puzzles
- Missing Letter Puzzles
- Cryptograms
- Word Sudoku
- Mazes
- How-to-Draw Pages
- Matching Pairs
- Word Scrambles
- Journal Pages
Every child is sure to find activities they’ll love!
Elementary-aged kids need hands-on middle grade resources that engage them and equip them to process important truths.
Bible Investigators is the perfect resource to teach your kids about an important biblical doctrine, while helping them apply God’s Word to their lives today.
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