Welcome back to the 2nd annual event of 10 Days of Homeschooling for Free and Frugal. You can read the entire series from the beginning on the Homeschooling for Free and Frugal series beginning post.
This post is by Karen of Bible Based Homeschooling on a Budget.
This year we followed God’s leading and decided to use the Bible as our main text in our homeschool. I felt a strong desire to dig into the Word as a family and let God be our Teacher. I realized if we were seeking Him first, then the most important lessons were being learned. Everything we studied, for the most part, came from our Bible studies. For instance during our Creation studies we learned about animals, plants, classification, and more. We learned about evolution vs. creation and writing assignments also were based on these topics. When we learned about Noah and the Flood we corresponded much of the geography to our studies. We also learned so much about fossils and geology at that time. Near the end of Genesis and into Exodus we found ourselves immersed in Ancient Egypt. We no longer separated subjects daily into history, geography, science, etc. but they all just naturally came about from studying the Bible. We did use many other supplements and a separate math curriculum, but overall the Bible was our spine.
During this time my husband also lost his job. We quickly needed to evaluate our budget and we were able to learn so much using the vast array of free resources available to homeschoolers. Since our number one resource was the Bible, we supplemented mainly with the library and the internet. 🙂 It has been an amazing year of learning for our family- God has provided abundantly more than we ever could have imagined. All of the resources we have needed have been a blessing and using the Bible as our main text also was a true gift from God. At a time in our lives when we were struggling with job loss and with fear, God knew we would need to be in His Word more than ever before. Isn’t He amazing to provide that for us?
If you are looking for free or budget friendly resources there are so many out there. What a blessing! Here is a list of many from around the web:
50 Free Bible Based Learning Resources
Free One Year Curriculum- Teaching With God’s Heart for the World
Calvary Curriculum- Free Resources
Free Bible Based Gardening Resources
Bible printables/copywork.worksheets
SpellingCity (I choose all the spelling words for my children directly from the Bible passage we are studying each week and then enter them into lists on SpellingCity.)
An Old Fashioned Education-Bible
A Kid’s Heart- Bible Resources
Garden of Praise-free educational matierals
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (with Cross-References)
Heart of Wisdom Printable Bible verses for copywork
50 Word Search for Bible Printables
Free Scripture Memorization Record
Free Scripture Verse Memory Cards (Simply Charlotte Mason)
Illustrate a Verse Printables (Homeschool Creations)
3 FREE Missionary Audio Drama Downloads
Free Bible Copywork About Healthy Living
Free Prayer Journal Notebook Pages
Free Ten Commandments Printables and Copywork
Free Printable Scripture Cards to Combat Worry and Fear
Free Armor of God Copywork (KJV)
Free Adventures in the Holy Bible from Your Story Hour
Free Armor of God Printable Pack
Free Ten Commandments Cursive Copywork KJV
Free Names of Jesus Printable Memory Cards
Bible Road Trip is a free 3 year Bible survey for children grades 1-12, written at 4 different levels. There are also free notebook pages for the lower 3 levels.
Netflix We use this for documentaries and it is a GREAT resource)
And don’t forget to keep your homeschool covered in prayer by praying over your homeschool each day. Here is a free printable for doing just that: 31 Days of Praying for Your Homeschool
What are your favorite free Bible learning resources? Share in the comments and we’ll add them to the list!
This series is part of iHomeschool Network Hopscotch 2013.
Karen DeBeus is a homeschooling mom learning to live more simply and keep God at the center of it all. She loves writing about simplifying and sharing with others how her family uses the Bible as the main textbook in their homeschool. She is the author of two best selling eBooks, Simply Homeschool: Having Less Clutter and More Joy in Your Homeschool, and Called Home: Finding Joy in Letting God Lead Your Homeschool. Visit her over at Simply Living for Him and Bible Based Homeschooling {on a budget.}
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I just wanted to let you know about another free resource:
Bible Road Trip is a free 3 year Bible survey for children grades 1-12, written at 4 different levels. There are also free notebook pages for the lower 3 levels.
http://thinkingkids.wordpress.com/2012/07/16/bible-roadtrip-overview-a-3-year-bible-survey-for-children-and-young-adults-grades-1-12-free-weekly-printable-syllabus-2/
Thanks Danika, I’m adding it to the list!
Fantastic! Thank you so much, Jamerrill. 🙂
Thank you for including my link! So many great resources – I am pinning for future reference.
I’m blogging a series called Finding God in Children’s Literature, where I look at similarities between classic children’s books and Bible stories. Here’s one on Yertle the Turtle and the Tower of Babel http://contemplativehomeschool.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/yertle-in-babylon/
and Peter Rabbit and the Fall of Man http://contemplativehomeschool.wordpress.com/2012/12/11/peter-rabbit-and-the-fall-of-man/
This is more, a curriculum for children’s church, but it has scripture put to music, and sign language to go along with it. They also have hymns in sign language. The lessons are topical and are in 3 week rotations – OT lesson, Church history lesson, NT lesson. It is nice, but a little cumbersome to use.