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The day’s first page.
The day’s Bible passage, the supplies, the secret-word code, and a checklist of the ten subjects with each one’s part of the reading.
For parents · Recommended for Ages 8–9 (3rd-Grade Age)
Plan a Godventures school week.
How the lessons work, what the parent does, points, the Bible readings and the answer keys.
Before you begin
Everything in its place.
You need the weekly workbook for your child and the answer key for that week for you. Then work through the five days at your family’s pace.
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Read the For Parents page
Before each day: the supplies, and the day’s sensitive passages with how the workbook handles them.
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Your child reads and works
Ten subjects in order, each with its own part of the day’s Bible reading.
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Check with the answer key
The answer to every question, with the points for each.
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Add up the points
Each day’s answers end with a score table for the ten subjects.
The daily rhythm
Read. Learn. Record.
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Ten subjects.
Bible, History, Geography, Vocabulary, Spelling, Math, Science, English, Writing and Philosophy, in that order every day. Your child ticks each one off when it is done.
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Points.
You check the work with the answer key and write the points in that day’s score table in the key.
Designed for independent work
Five steps.
Every subject.
Your child reads every part of the reading alone, and each lesson shows a worked example before each new kind of question. You are always welcome to read along; each day’s For Parents page notes the sensitive passages.
Word help
The harder words in the passage, explained in plain words.
The Bible reading
That subject’s part of the day’s reading, printed from the World English Bible.
The reading in plain words
A short retelling of the passage.
The lesson
A short lesson with a worked example before each new kind of question.
The questions
Numbered questions, with lines to write on.
Measuring progress
Points every day.
Every school day is worth 220 points, or 1,100 points a week. The answer key gives the points for every question, and each day’s answers end with a score table where you write what your child earned in each subject.
The workbook has no weekly tests: each day’s questions are the practice and the record.
| Subject | Points |
|---|---|
| Bible | 30 |
| History | 20 |
| Geography | 20 |
| Vocabulary | 20 |
| Spelling | 15 |
| Math | 25 |
| Science | 20 |
| English | 20 |
| Writing | 30 |
| Philosophy | 20 |
| Daily total | 220 |
The Bible readings
Scripture in its own words.
Scripture comes from the World English Bible, Classic edition, which uses the name “Yahweh”. The Bible readings use the World English Bible’s own words, so some are harder than other reading at this age; each subject explains the harder words first (word help), then retells the passage in plain words.
Your child reads the Bible in order. Week 1 reads Genesis 1–31, about six chapters a day, split into ten parts, one before each subject. The plan for the 36 weeks is to read the whole Bible in order, from Genesis to Revelation.
Some verses that are not suitable for young children are told in our own words, in marked boxes. Each box is grey and marked “In our own words”. Those boxes are not Bible text; every Bible verse printed in the book is the World English Bible, unchanged.
Before each day, a For Parents page explains that day’s sensitive passages, with Scripture and a clear account of how the workbook handles each one. Read it before the day begins.
For the parent
More than a list of answers.
The answer key is a separate book for the parent, printed in black and white. It gives the answer to every question, the points for each, a score table for each day, the filled-in Map C for each day and the week’s secret words.
Week 1 has its own answer key. After Week 1, answer keys are planned as hardcover volumes of four weeks each (Weeks 1–4, 5–8 and so on). Each volume will list the weeks it covers.
Answer-key listings in preparation
Day, subject and questionThe key follows the workbook day by day and subject by subject.
Filled-in mapsMap C is the filled-in version of the child’s Map B.
Points for each subjectWrite them in the score table at the end of each day’s answers.
Planning your supplies
What to keep at the table.
A pencil and an eraser. Colored pencils are optional. A few lessons use simple things from home, listed on each day’s first page. For Week 1: a rubber band (Day 1); a flashlight or lamp, and a ball or an orange (Day 2); three small things you can hold, such as a spoon, a sock and an apple (Day 3); a dry bean or lentil, optional (Day 4). A phone or tablet is optional, for the secret-word code.
Fitting your family’s plans.
Parents decide how the course fits their child’s needs, their wider plans and any homeschool requirements where they live. Families are free to use other books alongside it.
Questions parents ask
The practical details.
Does my child need a separate Bible?
No. Each day’s Bible reading is printed in the workbook. The World English Bible is also free to read at eBible.org.
Is the answer key in the workbook?
No. The answer key is a separate book for the parent: Week 1’s on its own, then, as planned, hardcover volumes of four weeks each.
What are the secret words?
Each day’s first page has a small code. Scanned with a phone or tablet, it opens a page on this website with that day’s secret word. On Day 5 the five words answer the week’s riddle. No phone or tablet? The words are in the answer key, so you can give your child the day’s word.
What does “3rd-Grade Age” mean?
The series is recommended for children aged 8–9, the age most children are in 3rd grade. You decide whether it fits your child.