S8E114: Bible Lessons for Children with Lauren Fee
The method of such lessons is very simple. Read aloud to the children a few verses covering, if possible, an episode. Read reverently, carefully, and with just expression. Then require the children to narrate what they have listened to as nearly as possible in the words of the Bible. It is curious how readily they catch the rhythm of the majestic and simple Bible English. Then, talk the narrative over with them in the light of research and criticism. Let the teaching, moral and spiritual, reach them without much personal application. I know of no better help in the teaching of young children than we get in Canon Paterson Smyth’s Bible for the Young.
Charlotte Mason, from Home Education, p. 251-52
Show Summary:
- On this week’s episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn talk with Lauren Fee, homeschooling mom of five with a passion for Charlotte Mason’s philosophy, especially as it applies to Bible lessons for children
- How Lauren came to learn about Charlotte Mason
- Which of Charlotte’s “20 Principles” should be considered by those responsible for teaching the Bible to children?
- Who was Canon J. Paterson Smyth, and why did Charlotte Mason recommend his work?
- How Lauren has created a children’s Bible study curriculum using Smyth’s work for the modern church
- Is this curriculum only for use in churches, or can it be used at home or in schools as well?
- To get Lauren’s curriculum 20% OFF through July 12, 2025, use coupon code MASONJAR20 when you check out at ChildrensFeast.com/shop
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Books and Links Mentioned:
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
For the Family’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
Know and Tell by Karen Glass
A Practical Guide to Culture by John Stonestreet and Brett Kunkle
Find Cindy and Lauren:
Cindy’s Patreon Discipleship Group
Mere Motherhood Facebook Group
Email Lauren at childrensfeast(at)gmail(dot)com
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Have we considered that in the Divine estimate the child’s estate is higher than ours; that it is ours to “become as little children,” rather than theirs to become as grown men and women; that the rules we receive for the bringing up of children are for the most part negative? We may not despise them, or hinder them, or offend them by our brutish clumsiness of action and want of serious thought; while the one positive precept afforded to us is “feed” (which should be rendered ‘pasture’) “my lambs,” place them in the midst of abundant food.
Charlotte Mason, from Philosophy of Education, p. 80-81
