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REVIEW: Grapevine Studies ~ Stick Figuring Through the Bible

Want a really innovative way to keep your students - from K through 12 - interested in their Bible studies?  Here's a really easy, really creative way to do it:  Grapevine Studies ~ Stick Figuring Through the Bible by Dianna Wiebe.

"Grapevine Studies teaches the Bible as if it were a puzzle, doing the frame first."  That framework is the timeline and individual pieces; those pieces are:  Bible passages, characters and events which make the whole Word of God easier to understand.  Making Bible study fun without being disrespectful. 

There are 5 different levels of Old Testament and New Testament volumes, these may be done together with multi-aged children just like unit studies. 

BEGINNER:  5-6 year olds

LEVEL 1:  1st & 2nd grades

LEVEL 2:  3rd & 4th grades

LEVEL 3:  5th through 8th grades

LEVEL 4:  9th through 12th grades

Each level has a timeline review/lesson.  The student will read the Bible lesson which allows the child to have an understanding of the context of the character or event and where it fits on the timeline.  After the reading the student draws using stick figures (who can't do that!), symbols, colors, charts and words to illustrate the Bible passage.  The lessons end with review questions.

Beginning with Level 3, the lessons include map assignments to help the student with Biblical grography.  Application is determined by the teacher and each lesson ends with a Bible memory verse. 

By the end of the year-long study the student should be able to complete an entire Bible timeline - solo.

Grapevine Studies correctly understands that most students, of all ages, have a higher retention rate when they are taught using reading, hearing and drawing intead of being lectured at.

Learn more by going to www.gragevinestudies.com

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><