How to Be More Consistent with Bible Time in Your Homeschool

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Do you struggle to be consistent with Bible study in your homeschool? Here are five ways to be more intentional about incorporating the Bible into your homeschool day.

Over the years, I’ve loved being able to incorporate the Bible into our daily homeschool learning. At the top of many homeschooler’s list of “reasons why we homeschool” is the freedom to teach our children according to our belief systems.

For me, this simply translates into, “I want my child to grow up with a strong foundation and faith in the Most High God. To know Him and make Him known. To glorify Him in all we do.”

And rightfully so!

5 Practical Ways to use The Bible in Your Homeschool

Like many others, I can struggle with consistency with Bible study in our homeschool. We use a curriculum with a Biblical Worldview, which definitely helps, but I’m ashamed to admit that when things get busy, our Bible time can be the first to go if I don’t make it a priority (as it should be!).

So, I’ve come up with a list of five ways to be more consistent in incorporating the Bible into our homeschool day. I’m hoping that having a list in one location with practical examples will help me get (and stay) on track of using the Bible in our homeschool a lot more than we already do.

And I hope in sharing these ideas, they are helpful to you too. My prayer is that we, and our children, will be greatly impacted by the time we intentionally spend learning God’s Word!

1. Start the Day with the Word

The beginning of the homeschool day has been named so many different things, from circle time to morning basket time.

Regardless of what you call it, including the Bible during these times is a great place to start.

In starting the day with God’s Word, we are demonstrating to our children where our priorities are. By doing our Bible study first, we are guaranteeing it won’t get left out when the day gets too busy, or other lessons go longer than planned.

In Week 1 of my Homeschool Prayer Challenge, I share more of my thoughts on this. Watch below (and join in the challenge if you haven’t yet!).

One idea is to memorize Scripture together during this time. If you have a catechism, that can be a wonderful way to study and memorize truths from God’s Word as well.

My kids and I like to do our Bible Study Fellowship lessons in the morning, or devotionals (more on those later).

You can also simply read the Bible together.

If you have smaller children who are not yet reading, picking a Scripture or two to read and talk about works perfectly. For the older kiddos, invite them to do the reading and include their thoughts in the discussion about it.

If you have a Bible curriculum you love that has you actively using your Bible, the beginning of the homeschool day is a great time to do your lesson. We absolutely love Apologia’s Word in Motion, and have also used Bible Road Trip curriculum to bring God’s Word into our day.

Starting the day off with the Word is definitely a way to start it on a good note.

Here are a few other posts you might find helpful about this topic:

7 Easy Tips for Incorporating Family Faith-Building Into Your Homeschool
You CAN Help Your Kids Learn and Love the Bible
The Bible Is for Kids: Overcome Your Concerns Today

2. Use a Devotional

If you don’t have a specific Bible curriculum you use, you can go straight to the Bible. Sometimes you might wonder, though, what Scriptures should I be reading? How can we best learn the Bible together as a family?

A family-friendly devotional can be another great way to incorporate the Bible into your homeschool. The Family Bible Devotional is a great resource and has helpful discussion questions as well. You might also like All Together: The Family Devotional.

My kids also LOVE the Not Consumed Bible Studies. They have many great topics to choose from, for different age levels (there are even adult studies so you can learn alongside your kids).

If you do use a devotional as a guide, I recommend reading the Scriptures from your actual Bibles rather than the devotional. Let each of your kids find the passage you are reading, and take turns reading from the Word of God during your devotion time.

3. Bible Journal

Designating a Bible journal time in your schedule is another way to use the Bible. If you choose to do this as a family (which actually isn’t a bad idea), try picking a topic to journal about each week. There are tons of options from the beginning of Scripture to the end.

For younger children, some go-to topics may be creation days, Proverbs, Armor of God, or the fruit of the Spirit. For older children, consider topics like concepts from Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and even Job!

Then, after journal time, everyone can discuss what they journaled about.

There are a few options for Bible journals you can purchase for your kids; here is one I like.

4. Teach Core Subjects

Did you know the Bible has every core subject (and beyond) that you can think of?

Sometimes we can get overwhelmed and bogged down by all the curriculum options out there. You can simply start with the Bible, and pray earnestly for wisdom from the Father to use it in your homeschool…possibly even as your main textbook!

Here are some practical tips for using the Bible as your main textbook:

• Use Scripture to teach young children how to read.
• Grab sight words from Scripture.
• Use a pad of paper to write out vocabulary words.
• Use story-telling and re-telling as Language Arts.
• Older children can use Scripture to write research papers, essays, etc.
• Use Scripture for diagramming (older children).
• Study the numbers given about tribes and people groups to add, subtract, etc.
• Use Scripture as a history and geography lessons (mapping).
• Genesis covers pretty much every field of science.
• Learn foreign languages through Scripture (Greek and Hebrew).

This list could seriously go on and on! How awesome is it that we can find SO MUCH in Scripture alone?!

5. Let the Spirit Guide You

The final tip is to simply be prayerful and let the Holy Spirit guide you in how you use the Bible in your homeschooling. So often, we worry and put so much weight on all of our other curriculum choices…but what is going to matter most at the end of it all?

We prioritize what matters most to us. My prayer is that we stop stressing over some of the little things, and become more intentional about opening up our Bibles during our homeschool days. Teaching and training our kids in righteousness, for the glory of God.

I’d love to hear from you in the comments: What are some ways you intentionally study the Bible in your homeschool?

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• You CAN Help Your Kids Learn and Love the Bible
• The Bible Is for Kids: Overcome Your Concerns Today

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