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Learn About Heroes of the Christian Faith

Learn About Heroes of the Christian Faith

 

Do your children know about heroes of the Christian faith?  

Do YOU know that a study of Christian heroes not only teaches our children about people who have lived extraordinary faith lives, but it is also teaches them about history and geography? 

Most importantly, learning about Christian heroes provides our children with role models... and an inspiration of how to live our faith in BIG ways. 

I began to take an interest in learning about missionaries after we read the Elizabeth Elliot story, Joyful Surrender. Her story moved me and inspired me, and I wanted to expose my children to as many great Christian heroes as possible. 

My husband and I also teach a 4th-6th grade Sunday School class at church. The theme this year is "Heroes of the Faith". 

We are learning about heroes from the Bible and also heroes from modern times. The children are learning so much and so are their teachers!  {wink}   I'd love to share some of the resources we are using, because I think it makes for a beautiful homeschool or Sunday School study. 

Read & Notebook About Heroes of the Faith

Our favorite missionary biographies are Christian Heroes, Then and Now. 

We've read the biographies of Nate Saint, Jim Elliott, Rachel Saint, and Corrie ten Boom. 

They are sold individually, or in boxed sets.  Each and every book has been interesting for our family, and we have many more on our shelves at home to read. 

Read and Notebook about Heroes of the Christian Faith

After we read one of the biographies, my children notebook about the person they studied. 

And -- you guessed it -- we use a set from Notebooking Pages to guide us! The Famous Missionary notebooking pages are MARVELOUS. If you can't find the missionary you are looking for, there are blank missionary pages, but -- as you can see below, you can find many missionaries already have a pre made notebooking page.

When we learned about Lillian Trasher, the woman who opened the first orphanage in Egypt, we listened to her story (the audio books are so well done) and found a page for her in the Notebooking Pages member center. 

Learn About Heroes of the Christian Faith

Your children could keep a gorgeous notebook of all of the missionaries studied.  (Just an idea!)

There is also a notebooking pages set for famous people in church history - another area you can explore in depth with your children. 

Five additional missionary books for kids:

Each of these series are wonderful -- we have an assortment of these books in our library and I like picking and choosing.

The Torchlighters - Heroes of the Faith

In our Sunday School class we have been using the Torchlighters videos.  

These are an EXCELLENT resource - each CD contains the animated story of the hero, as well as documentaries for older children and adults and also PDF worksheets to supplement. 

I know these can be viewed for FREE if you have an Amazon Prime membership, and also - CC Connected users receive these as part of the marvelous video subscription that was added to CC Connected this year. 

Learn About Heroes of the Christian Faith

We've been alternating these videos with Biblical heroes and it's making for a lovely Sunday School class this year.  

Learn About Heroes of the Christian Faith

Do you study Heroes of the Faith in your homeschool?  What's your favorite resource? 

How to Use Notebooking In Your Homeschool

Throughout our homeschooling journey, there has been one great constant: NOTEBOOKING.

In the beginning, we were Interest Led/Charlotte Mason homeschoolers; we notebooked.

Then, during a year where we just needed to unschool, we continued to notebook.

Now, we have settled on a Classical path; we incorporate notebooking in our days. 

Notebooking is the perfect way to inspire creativity, document learning, organize material, and learn effectively. It brings organization and REST to our homeschool days.

How to Use Notebooking In Your Homeschool

Will Notebooking WORK in My Homeschool?

I often hear people tell me their children don't like to WRITE, or that the physical act of writing is difficult. (Let your children dictate their notebooking pages, or allow them to type their pages.)

I also receive many questions from readers about the supplies you need for homeschooling.  (Really, all you need are basic school supplies and some three ring notebooks.)

Notebooking is so personal, so customizable, and allows your child to express themselves with their schoolwork.   

So, how do you know if notebooking will WORK in your homeschool?

Here are a few questions you can ask yourself. If you answer YES to many of them, then you are probably a good candidate for notebooking!

  • Do you like to document your children's learning?

  • Do you have children who like to be creative, enjoy arts and crafts, and feel the need to dig deeply into a subject?

  • Do you have children who think outside the box?

  • Do you have children who like to organize and admire FACTS and MEMORY WORK?

  • Do you prefer NOT to administer pencil and paper tests, but desire to somehow assess your children's learning?

How To Use Notebooking in Your Homeschool

Getting Started With Notebooking

Notebooking is one of those things that can sound confusing and complicated. In reality, however, it is SO simple and adds an element of predictability and peace to our homeschool days. 

This post, written by my good friend Jimmie, is your one stop for learning all about notebooking and how to get started.  If you know NOTHING about notebooking, read the post and then come back here. 

 

5 Ways to Use Notebooking In Your Homeschool

We've used notebooking in many ways over the years. 

Hopefully this post will give you ideas (no matter WHAT your homeschool method and learners may be) to implement easily in your homeschool this year. 

 

 

 

Helpful Notebooking Posts

You can notebook through all subject areas, all methods, and across all ages.

Notebooking has been that GOOD THING that has STUCK each year.  

The following posts may strike a chord with your homeschool and style:

The BEST Notebooking Resource

Throughout all of the notebooking we have done, there is one resource we have relied on consistently.

Notebooking Pages is a subscription service that allows you to download notebooking pages for virtually ANYTHING you are looking for. 

In addition to being able to download premade pages, children have the opportunity to create their OWN pages using the Notebooking Publisher App. 

 

Hands down, Notebooking Pages is our favorite homeschool resource. 

 

Notebooking Pages FREE Resource Member Program

Let me hear from you!  Do you use Notebooking in your homeschool?  Do you have plans to start this year?  Do you have questions about notebooking?

How to Use Notebooking in Your Homeschool
How to Use Notebooking In Your Homeschool