Bible Notebooking
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Studying the Good Book with a Notebook
Notebooking can be applied to any subject of study, including the Bible! Enrich your Bible study times by recording what you learn and documenting it in notebooks.
The notebook is not the same as a personal prayer or devotional journal although a Bible notebook certainly could include personal responses to Scripture. Instead, a Bible notebook is something that could be shared with others, even with homeschool evaluators who are looking to document your yearly progress.
What Can You Put in a Bible Notebook?
- copywork
- Bible verses
- hymns and choruses
- narrations of Bible stories
- biographical reports of famous missionaries, preachers, or reformers
- personal responses to Scripture
- drawings of Bible stories
- coloring pages
- researched reports about Bible history or the daily life of Bible times
- character sketches of people in the Bible
- charts and lists -- for example, books of the Bible or the parables of the Bible, measures used in the Bible
- minibooks
- timelines of Biblical events
- maps
Here are some examples from my daughter's notebook.
Proverbs 31:10 copied and then rewritten in Sprite's own words.
That verse led us to research the value of rubies. Here are three pages of her ruby research.
Another way to notebook the Bible is to sketch cartoon style panels to retell the story. Here is the parable of the talents.
And this one is the raising of Dorcas.
Here are some copywork minibooks.
And here are minibooks about the parables of Jesus.
In our study of Exodus, my daughter created a model of the high priest's breastplate with its 12 gemstones. (In the picture it's still hanging up for display. Later we will put it into the Bible notebook.)
Other Examples of Bible Notebooking
- Jamie's Cottage
- Go see Jamie's daughters' notebooking pages. She has a teen and a younger child, so you can get a good view of how different ages express themselves through notebooking.
- Scripture Notebook and Character Studies
- This blog post from Harvest Homestead has some great photograph examples of their Bible notebooking.
- In the Beginning Notebooking Pages
- These precious elementary pages of the creation story are wonderful! Visit All That's Goood blog for lots of photos.
- Old Testament History Notebooking
- This post is jam packed with photos of lots of different things -- traditional pages, coloring pages, puppets, dioramas, and paper dolls.
- The Many Faces of Notebooking: Bible
- Melissa from Lilliput Station shares how her children use notebooking in their Bible studies.
Bible Timelines
for your notebook
I really like this book --Reproducible Maps, Charts, Time Lines and Illustrations-- for creating timelines. The drawings are simple yet realistic. Because it's reproducible, you can enlarge or shrink the images to suit whatever purpose you have in mind -- timelines, notebook pages, minibooks, coloring pages. This is an example of a notebooking page where we "recycled" a timeline of Joseph's life. The images come from this resource book.
More tips can be found on Drawing a Bible Timeline.
Reproducible Maps, Charts, Timelines and Illustrations
Amazon Price: $12.75 (as of 02/16/2012)
Used Price: $11.24
Fully reproducible, this book will enhance your Bible notebooking experience with timeline figures, notebooking graphics, and coloring pages.
Free Printables for a Bible Notebook
- Trading Cards of Bible Characters & Events
- These could serve as the graphic for a notebooking page.
- Calvary Chapel Curriculum
- Lesson plans plus coloring pages.
- Gospel Hall Downloads
- These varied lesson plans have minibook templates, coloring pages, and 3D models, all of which could be adapted for or added to a notebook.
- Preschool Sunday School Bible Lapbooks
- The lapbooking templates here can be simply affixed onto cardstock to put into your notebook. Or hole punch the file folder and add that to your notebook.
- Notebooking Nook's Free Bible Pages
- Various characters and events in Biblical history.
- Notebooking Pages Free Bible and Quiet Time Pages
- Mostly Old Testament choices, but a handful of New Testament as well. Also includes six different generic Bible notebooking pages.
- Homeschool Helper Online's Free Notebooking Pages
- 3 Crosses on a Hill, Christmas Story, Empty Tomb, Jesus being Baptized, Jesus' Last Supper, Jesus on the Cross, Jesus Performing Miracles, Jesus Teaching, Jesus was Betrayed, Joseph and Mary, Moses and the Burning Bush, Moses Parting the Red Sea, Moses and Ten Commandments, Noah's Ark, Praying Hands, Wise Men on Camels, Wise Men and Star.
- Living Water Bible Games
- These are really attractive and creative games for learning the Books of the Bible, matching Bible couples (man and wife), and sequencing Bible events.
- Homeschool With Index Cards Free Notebooking Forms
- Three printable forms that can be used with any Bible Study
- Old Testament Bible Lessons
- Lots of printables arranged chronologically.
- Bible Notebooking Pages - Old Testament: Genesis
- This is at Currclick, but it's free!
- Hymn Notebooking Pages
- A 27 page document full of really well made notebooking pages with a hymn theme. These would work for notebooking any hymn.
- Grammacindy's Homeschool Networking and Fileshare Page
- This homeschooling grandmother shares her Bible notebooking pages in Word format. At the time of writing, her pages are all OT, but she is likely to add more.
- Books of the Bible Chart and Cards
- Choose from full color one page chart of the books of the Bible or from cards you can color and cut out.
- Books of the Bible Cards
- These free cards are meant for a Bible lapbook, but with some modification they could easily be used in a notebook.
- Betsy Stout's Free Printables at Homeschool Launch
- There are a plethora of free notebooking pages here. Many of them are Biblical characters and Bible events.
- Samutsari's Free Printables at Homeschool Launch
- Another generous homeschool mom shares her wonderful Bible history notebooking pages.
- That Resource Site Bible Learning Cards
- These card templates have room for making your own notes. Topics include the Ten Commandments, Creation, Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abraham and Issac, Jacob and Esau, and Noah.
- Parables of Jesus Notebooking Pages
- Sixteen pages, each featuring a different parable. The lined page includes an image, the title, and the scripture reference.
- Copycat Free Cursive Printables
- These samples from Copycat include Books of the Bible and Proverbs 31:10-31 in three script styles.
- Free Bible Verse Handwriting Pages
- These twenty different passages come in manuscript, cursive, and D'Nealian fonts. (You'll have to join Homeschool Lounge to access these, by the way.)
- Dynamic2Moms Bible Printables
- Here you will find mostly printable minibooks for lapbooks. But any of them can be affixed to paper and put into a Bible notebook as well.
- Bible Activities from Practical Pages
- Nadene shares minibook templates and sketching pages for Bible stories.
- The Miracles of Jesus Christ
- This is a reference chart of Jesus' miracles and the Scripture reference.
- The Parables of Jesus Christ
- Another reference chart. This PDF has Jesus' miracles in the four gospels, cross referenced in an easy to read chart. This printable comes from Grace Bible Church, San Marcos, TX. View their site map for more maps and reference printables.
- The Christian Homeschool Hub Free Downloads Tagged Bible
- An assortment of printables created by other homeschool moms -- notebooking pages, flash cards, and handwriting pages.
- 4 Him Kids Printables
- Among the list of free printables are:
Christian Martyr's Worksheet Pages
Christian Missionary's Worksheet Pages
Lord's Prayer Journal Pages
Personal Bible Study Journal Page.
PDF Bible Study Journal Page - 4 Him Kids Notebooking
- This broad range of notebooking pages is based on the idea using of the Word of God as the primary focus of daily lessons. Every academic subject is represented on this list of freebies.
- Ten Commandments Lapbook
- A fantastic freebie from Lapbook Lessons -- lots of printable minibooks about the Ten Commandments. Simply affix these to cardstock for notebooking pages.
Bible Coloring Pages
Really Big Book of Bible Story Coloring Pages with CD-ROM (Really Big Books)
Amazon Price: $26.27 (as of 02/15/2012)
Retail Bible Notebooking Pages
If you prefer the convenience of purchasing a set of Bible Notebooking Pages, visit CurrClick.
It's a great place to see options from many publishers and to compare prices.
I have the basic lined set from Notebooking Pages, and I highly recommend it because of its versatility. It can be used for virtually any subject from math, to bible to science.
Another publisher of Bible notebooking pages is Scripture Adventures. On their webpage, you can download samples of their retail pages.
Learn How to Use Notebooking
With Notebooking Success eBook
If you like what you see in this notebooking exhibit and want to learn more about how to best use notebooking in your homeschool, Notebooking Success is a wonderful guide.
Written by a homeschool mom who has used notebooking for many years, Notebooking Success shows how to use notebooking to promote learning and retention. There are specific suggestions for different grade levels and for using notebooking with several styles of homeschool.
Kay Arthur Bible Studies for Kids
These are great Bible studies for children! A lot of the material in them could be easily adapted to notebooking as well.
You can read a review of these Bible studies at All Girl Homeschool or at The Curriculum Choice.
Remembering God's Awesome Acts
This bible history curriculum is perfect for notebooking. Many of the pages are reproducible pages were meant precisely to put directly into a notebook. Others require cutting and pasting activities.
Susan Mortimer's Create-A-Notebook Bible and History Series: Remembering God's Awesome Acts (Teacher's Manual)
Amazon Price: $6.50 (as of 02/16/2012)
Read a thorough review of Remembering God's Awesome Acts at The Curriculum Choice.
OR Check CBD for a better price for Remembering God's Awesome Acts.
More Helps With Teaching Bible
- Bible Curriculum for Homeschoolers
- I share my top picks for studying the Bible in your homeschool.
- Scripture Memorization for Homeschool
- Tips and resources for teaching your children to memorize verses from the Bible.
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Inez
Oct 11, 2011 @ 4:06 pm | delete
- Thank you so VERY much for these resources! I have been looking for something for my Sunday school class and this is a wealth of ideas.
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missionarymike
Oct 5, 2011 @ 8:30 pm | delete
- Cool lens. I really like all the pictures showing the notebooks. Keep up the great info!
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shincyriades Aug 2, 2011 @ 11:04 am | delete
- Thanks for such a great lens! I also have Christian lenses and always glad to see others spreading the Good News.
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nanycrafts
Jul 29, 2011 @ 10:52 am | delete
- I love your lens, very creative notebook bible, children will learn and love our God with their own notebooks like yours. Thank you for share!
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HarmonyArtMom
Apr 18, 2011 @ 10:55 am | delete
- Wonderful lens....researching some Bible things and your lens popped up. :)
Thanks so much for gathering and sharing such valuable resources.
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rlivermore
Jan 31, 2011 @ 10:33 pm | delete
- This looks like so much fun! My kids are now grown, but we loved using notebooks when we homeschooled. I think it is a great idea to create a Bible notebook and I may even do a grown up version for myself!
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rlivermore
Jan 31, 2011 @ 10:33 pm | delete
- This looks like so much fun! My kids are now grown, but we loved using notebooks when we homeschooled. I think it is a great idea to create a Bible notebook and I may even do a grown up version for myself!
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Blessedmombygrace
Jan 18, 2011 @ 2:47 pm | delete
- Another awesome lens!
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scar4
Jan 5, 2011 @ 9:52 pm | delete
- The prettiest notebooks I've ever seen.
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Chinajoy
Dec 23, 2010 @ 2:47 am | delete
- My kids use to love this. Now that they are adults, they not only know the bible, but they remember the activities and let me know they loved it.
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