Wednesday, October 03, 2018

Review: Teach Sunday School

I want to introduce you to Teach Sunday School. They gave me the opportunity to review Books of the Bible At-a-Glance. With 66 books (40 authors!) the Bible can feel overwhelming. The idea behind this product is to make the Bible feel much more "digestible" for the young and old alike. Want PLACEMENT? Want CONTEXT? These cards will help you do and get just that.

Books of the Bible at a Glance

Each book of the Bible has a one-page "cheat sheet." This means there are 66 pages (plus a table of contents and separation pages between the Old and New Testament) in this document. I decided to print them all out, hole punch them, and put them in a binder that any of us could use whenever we wanted. Here is a picture of the book I made. (Aren't I the craftiest thing ever?! Ha ha!)



Each of the cards looks like the one below with things like book number, author, date written, claims to fame, famous stories included, most famous verses, and important points about the book.

Books of the Bible at a Glance

You can see that each of the cards looks identical (below). I personally chose not to print mine in color just to save ink, but you can obviously do color if you so choose:
Books of the Bible at a Glance
So what can you do with these cards? I brainstormed with my cousin's wife (whom I am homeschooling with) and we came up with a ton of different ways. During our short review, we simply let the kids flip through them, asked them to study one, and read through them. But we really think you could use these very well in your homeschooling community. Some of our ideas included:
  • Actually having your child learn one card a week. They are going to be quizzed on anything on that card and have to study it and learn about it. I actually think this is probably the most appropriate use for a homeschool environment. You purchase the package, print them out, put them in a binder like I did and then use them as part of your Bible curriculum for the year.
  • Play a game using the cards with multiple students. Have them compete against each other answering questions about a certain book that they studied. I think this would work really well in the homeschool community we have set up here at our house. With so many kids close in age we could have a real contest to learn the details behind the stories. 
  • If you were using this with a Sunday School class you could possibly laminate them and have each kid take turns studying different pages. Lots of potential with how you could integrate them with a church for sure.
  • Simply using the sheets in conjunction with your own Bible study. You can have them on hand to refer to and put a book you are reading in context. If I am being honest, I think that this is the least likely option as there is already a lot of this in most Bibles people use. Most Bibles provide an "introductory page" before each chapter which includes a lot of the information that is on each of these sheets. However, I do think the way they are laid out in this guide is much more user friendly.
You can purchase the entire packet and then download it as many times as you need it. You have unlimited rights to reprint for a single church or a single household use. There is a completely money back guarantee. And the cost of the product is only $9. I hope you take the time to view Teach Sunday School's Books of the Bible At-a-Glance. You can also check them out at: Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube.

Books of the Bible At-a-Glance { Teach Sunday School Reviews}

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