Weave Your Word In Me - Part 1 (Review)

Today I'll be sharing our experience reviewing Weave Your Word in Me - Part 1 from Kid Niche Christian Books.   This is a 36 lesson Bible study for tweens (grades 4-6), and is compatible with the following Bible translations:  KJV, ESV, NKJV, NIV, NASB, NABRE.    The product is made of durable, heavy paper, with full color graphics and comes already 3-hole punched (notebook not included).    Topics covered in Part 1 include 14 lessons on God the Father, followed by 22 lessons on God the Son.     There is a Part 2 (sold separately) that covers two section on What God Wants and God the Holy Spirit.

In the beginning of the study there is a Lord's Prayer comparison chart, giving the standard wording on the left, with a more modern (and very loose translation) on the right side of the page.  Truthfully it seems very "dumbed down" to me, and my daughter didn't care for it either.  

The lessons are relatively short, most are only one page in lessons 1-13.  Starting at lesson 14 lessons go to 2 pages.   The font is big and easy to read, with colorful graphics and sidebars.   There are a few places where your student is asked to draw what the scripture references talks about.  For example in Lesson 6 the student is asked to draw the Lord and His seraphim as described in Isaiah 6:1-8.  I would show you Lindsey's drawing, but let's just say it is greatly lacking in artistic ability and skill...sigh.  Other than those occasional differences, your student basically looks up the scripture in the Bible and then use the scripture to fill in the blanks on the page.

Lesson 25 offers a fun narration/play of when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.   This gives students an opportunity to act out the parts and be creative (works better with more than one student obviously).   Being able to "see" the event is a great reinforcement of what occurred as well.

At the end of each short lesson there is a "My Prayer" section (see photo above) that is again, a fill in the blank, that allows the student to  insert names of people they are praying for into the prayers.

We used this with Lindsey.  She just turned 12 in September and falls into that "tween" category, although she's in 7th grade.  While she did enjoy the colorful pages, and the fact that it took her less than 5 minutes to complete each lesson, she was disappointed in the level of work involved.   In her opinion, and mine as well, this would be more age appropriate for 3rd-5th graders.   Sixth graders and up would typically find it too young in writing style.   However, for a child who has no knowledge of the Bible at all this might be a good, easy introductory product.

This product is versatile in that it would work well at home, in a co-op setting or even in a Sunday school/mid-week service type setting.  There would be little prep work for the teacher in teaching the lesson, but could easily be enhanced with hands on projects to fill in time and reinforce what was taught in the lesson.

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