Help Your Kids Learn & Love the Bible by Danika Cooley

 Are you looking for a great resource to give you ideas of how to teach your kids about the Bible? We know that helping our children grow in a relationship with God should be our primary priority, but when life gets going, it can become a big struggle. And knowing where to start with this important task can be difficult! Danika Cooley has written a new book called Help Your Kids Learn & Love the Bible to help parents implement family Bible study in their home. 

From the Back Cover:

As parents, we deeply desire the best for our kids. We look for the right schools, we make them eat right and exercise, and we get them involved in extracurricular activities. We take our job as parents seriously.

But are we also putting our time and energy into teaching them the Bible? Giving them the life-changing, soul-nourshing words of Scripture is nor only doable, it's an essential part of parenting kids for Jesus. And the good news is, studying God's Word as a family doesn't have to be difficult!

This book will give you the tools and confidence to study the Bible as a family. It will help you identify and overcome your objections and fears, give you a crash course in what the Bible is all about and how to teach it, and provide the guidance you need to set up a family Bible study habit. 

You will finish this book feeling encouraged and empowered to initiate and strengthen your child's relationship with the Lord through his Word. 

My Thoughts:

I thought Danika's book was great! This book was such an encouragement to me and gave me some great ideas to help aid me in my job to teach my kids the Bible. I appreciated that she walks through different subjects like:

•  Making the bible approachable for your kids
• Appropriate reading for the different age groups (toddlers to high school)
• Building a daily routine
• Seeing the bible as a whole
• Exegesis ("...the study of the Bible, searching for the meaning intended by the author."p. 101)
• Asking good questions to facilitate learning
• Memorizing Scripture
• Praying the Word together
  

 Not only are there some great topics that she discusses, but she also recommends some additional resources to help with your family Bible study. I also appreciated that the author ends her book with a chapter called, "Study the Word When You're Not Feeling It." We all know those days do come here and there, and Danika gives some ideas of what to do when we face those kind of days. 

I would definitely recommend this book as a great resource. It was encouraging to read through as I was contemplating how to implement Bible time into our schedule for our current homeschool year.

My Rating:

★★★★★

About the Author:

I hold a degree in Interdisciplinary Visual Art from the University of Washington, and my background includes working with children with severe disabilities and volunteer teaching. My children and I love visiting the zoo, the science museum, and the theater. Hiking, read-alouds, science experiments, and art projects are frequent activities in our home.

 

Check out her blog (https://www.thinkingkidsblog.org/) to learn more about her Bible curriculum: Bible Road Trip and many other products she has for kids.

*I received this complimentary book from Bethany House publishers. I was not required to write a positive reviews. All opinions are my own.