Customer Reviews
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Short Synopsis Review by Jennifer
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This book is a series of short synopsis that make their way through the Bible. Filled with beautiful illustrations and other small background tidbits, its a great book for slightly older children to dig a little deeper into each Bible story. The teachers guide digs deeper into each lesson, adding memorization, vocabulary, grammar, and deeper questions. (Posted on 9/15/2018)
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My son loves this curriculum! Review by Kimberly
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English and grammar used to be dry and boring for my son. However as soon as this arrived my son grabbed the family bible stories book and started to read it. After reading 30 pages, he looked up and said, " mom, this is great, can we get more curriculum like this!" I was so happy with his response and his enthusiasm. Tying in the Bible with English has given him the enthusiasm to do his lessons! So greatful for this curriculum! (Posted on 7/27/2018)
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Love the set Review by Janet
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I love the Bible book. Pictures help younger kids interested with something to see. The stories are written just long enough to keep interest. The teacher book is a wonderful addition to help get the most of the stories and learn grammar in such a way so as to not make it too complicated. Every lesson is just the right mix. (Posted on 7/21/2018)
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Great Way to do Bible Review by Pamela
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I loved how it covered so much and we did all of it from Jan. to May. My son loved the stories and I loved how it brought in grammar so he was getting 2 classes in one. He really learned alot more than just the stories and I also like how we are going to be able to use the bible book in other classes as well. Beautiful book as well and the pictures and info with them is amazing. We enjoyed doing this class very much. (Posted on 7/10/2018)
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Awesome! Review by Lindsay
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I love that Bible and language arts are incorporated in to one study! The Bible stories are nice and short so not too overwhelming. The language arts portion has a good amount of practice for the concept being learned and incorporates the Bible story in to some of the activities. (Posted on 6/25/2018)
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Total Package! Review by Jessica
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We are using this with our advanced 3rd grader and she LOVES it. To be honest, so do I! Coming into it with a good grammar foundation, the use is easy and the best part is we are really digging into the Bible. It's a total package. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a simple grammar program, but doesn't have that heavy feel since you are incorporating another subject within! (Posted on 6/14/2018)
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Great combination Review by CAT
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My daughter is in 3rd grade and using this Bible & Grammar curriculum. This has been a good curriculum for her. She doesn't like writing or Grammar. She does the worksheets without complaining because she loves the Bible in the worksheets. (Posted on 4/19/2018)
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Awesome Curriculum! Review by Jessica
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I love the way this curriculum makes language arts come alive. Rather than doing seamlessly boring assignments that have no real life connection, this curriculum ties the assignments and projects back to the Bible. My 10 year old enjoys the variety of assignments throughout the week instead of doing the same thing every single day. I also feel that the set up of this curriculum has helped my daughter with time management. I give her the assignment sheet on Monday, and she just has to have everything done by Friday. She has learned to work throughout the week evenly, or to do more earlier in the week if she wants a day off. Seeing as this particular child is not great at time management, this has been an awesome by-product. (Posted on 4/15/2018)
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Absolute best! Review by Polly
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I home school my granddaughter. We love this mixture of Bible and Language Arts. It is such a wonderful curriculum. My granddaughter loves it and that is what counts. We have used other curriculum from Master Books and have loved it all. It's great to order curriculum that we can use. I've ordered curriculum so many times that we can't use for various reasons. Some are so boring. Some start out OK just to be put aside. I have some of it sitting on my book shelves that is just taking up space. Not so with Master Books. We have loved and used everything we have gotten from them. I highly recommend. (Posted on 12/1/2017)
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Great option for Grammar Review by Karen
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I have a son who HATES anything to do with grammar, but this book is gentle enough that he does it willingly and is learning what he needs as he goes. I think there are programs out there that are stronger with grammar, but for a reluctant student, this gets the job done! (Posted on 9/7/2017)
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A truly unique approach to English Review by Lea Ann
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Fourth, fifth, and sixth graders who have a grasp of parts of speech and sentence structure will benefit from Bible and English Grammar. This unique combination offers one year of study combining both subjects. The course is truly remarkable.
The worksheets also contain several grammar exercises that may or may not be loosely tied to the day's reading. Students work on grammar concepts like parts of speech, alphabetizing, sentence structure, and beginning paragraph structure. Most lessons include multiple writing assignments or grammar activities. While classical students will appreciate the copious writing opportunities, Charlotte Mason families will enjoy the activities included.
This course is easy to teach, engaging for students, and simple to customize. I would recommend families consider taking a break from the usual grammar curriculum and enjoying the change of pace -- and Biblical study -- for one upper elementary year.
The parent lesson planner is designed to be consumable, but the hardcover Bible storybook will be treasured for years to come. (Posted on 6/30/2017)
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Bible AND Grammar?! Awesome combo! Review by Kristina
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When I came across this Integrated Bible and Grammar Pack I just knew I had to check it out for myself! Combining Bible and Grammar?! .... Who would have thought? I love that these two subjects are paired together!
The curriculum pack includes the Illustrated Family Bible Stories Storybook and Parent Lesson Planner {PLP} that includes a Weekly Lesson Schedule, Student Worksheets, and Quizzes & Tests.
First off, my 8 year old and I LOVED the Illustrated Family Bible Stories Storybook! The pictures were beautiful and it told the books of the Bible as a story. Think of the bible storybooks you may have for your younger children, but this appeals to the older crowd-- including myself!
The PLP lays out weekly lessons. Each week you read through as set number of pages {usually 2/day} in the Storybook. Every 5th Day includes the PLP lays out weekly lessons, which include a Verse of the Week, Vocabulary Words, Grammar Concept, Comprehension and Memorization, Hands-on Activity, and a section titled, Grammar Scholars to practice the grammar concept of the week again.
This Bible and Grammar pack would appeal to your student if you like Mastery Based curriculums with not a lot of continuous review. It is also for those that enjoy not having everything laid out for them step by step. The PLP gives what should be discussed during the week, but how you end up doing it and/or when is up to you.
I do wish that the PLP included an index of grammar topics covered or at least stated that in the breakdown of lessons.
There are a lot of fun, hands-on activities in the PLP. My son enjoyed learning the Helping Verbs song and even taught it to his younger siblings!
It is a great all in one grammar curriculum for children in 4th grade and up.
(Posted on 12/12/2015)
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Wonderful Addition to Master Books Review by Amy
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First off, the Illustrated Family Bible. The pictures are amazing. My kids can’t stop looking through it and enjoying all of them! The stories cover the entire Bible from Genesis through Revelation. There is a Bible Reference section in the back that tells the reader about daily life in the Old and New Testaments, gives a short description of lands talked about in the Bible and includes a Who’s Who section. There is also a little section of questions in the back. Scattered throughout the book are maps and timelines to help your child really grasp what he is reading. And my favorite…the sidebars with snippets of information that apply to the story being read. This book brings the Bible stories to life and really helps your child to understand what they’re reading.
Now, the Parent Lesson Planner (PLP) that comes with this set. The PLP combines Bible and Grammar in a way that I never thought would’ve been possible. The way it is set up helps your child learn the Bible and Grammar simultaneously. Master Books’ PLPs always make things SO much easier for the parent by providing a lesson schedule, student worksheets, quizzes and tests.
The lessons in the Elementary Bible & English Grammar include things such as vocabulary words, reading comprehension, and grammar review (metaphors, similes, synonyms, antonyms, compound words, etc.). Each lesson also includes an activity section to make the lessons more hands on. For example, creating a clay pot or writing a poem.
I am a Master Books junkie. I cannot get enough of their curriculum. Each thing I pick up seems better than the last and this is no exception.
(Posted on 9/23/2015)
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Great for reluctant writers Review by Ticia
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I love the included Bible storybook, the pictures are wonderful, and the side bar commentaries are engaging.
The grammar book is laid out just the way I like it, with plenty of material to cover, but no specific timeline of when and how to do it. It's got a nice scope and sequence and covers all the major topics your elementary students needs to cover.
(Posted on 7/21/2015)
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Great curriculum! Review by Michelle
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The Illustrated Family Bible Stories is a beautiful book that offers great pictures to go along with each of the stories in the book. We have began at the beginning and will work our way through it this year. Both of my children have thoroughly enjoyed this book and I can easily see us using it over and over again as we work our way through our Elementary Adventures.
The English Grammar book is excellent but I would recommend it for a solid 3rd grader that is heading into the 4th grade. The book does an really good job pulling from the bible to encourage the children to dig deeper into the scripture they read that coincides with the questions.
My family gives two thumbs up for this great curriculum! I cannot wait until we can use the English Grammar part of it! (Posted on 7/6/2015)
