Games, people, characters, facts and bible....Tie it all together and you get Veritas Press Bible...my son's all-time favourite bible (or for that matter.. any type of learning other than hands-on science) program EVER. Over the past several weeks my son has been happily reviewing Old Testament 2 by Veritas Press. This Self-Paced Bible online course contains the stories Judges to Kings.
I have to admit, my son got hooked on Veritas Press when we reviewed a history program for them a while back. Since then we've purchased a couple of programs for use as well as the first of the bible series. So to say we are fans is a bit of a understatement. :) Anyways, let me tell you WHY we like this program so much.
 | Veritas Press is a company that has worked to create materials suitable for a classical education. Like many publishing companies, they started out of a need they had... create a chronological history program that connected the bible to history not recorded in the bible for their own boys. That needed resonated with other families, and Veritas Press was born. Flash cards came to life in the form of the self-paced courses, first with history, then with bible. |
So how does it work?
One signs up their student with their own user name and password. This sets the student up with their own dashboard where they can view their courses, grades and what not. You get 128 class periods covering 32 Biblical events, each subscription lasts for a year. All course work is done online and all quizzes and tests are graded automatically.
One signs up their student with their own user name and password. This sets the student up with their own dashboard where they can view their courses, grades and what not. You get 128 class periods covering 32 Biblical events, each subscription lasts for a year. All course work is done online and all quizzes and tests are graded automatically.
Clicking on a course opens it up showing what you see in the image below. Every five lessons is a test covering that unit as well as a bit of the previous lessons. This helps the student to retain information learned. I have to admit, he's not doing as well in the Judges to Kings program as he is in the Genesis to Joshua program, but that is due to needing to know dates and as my son says "dates are boring mom".
We love this online bible course because it has interesting characters in the interactive video, the lessons are clear. The set up is that it will quiz with six or so questions to see if you know anything about the subject matter to be talked about, and at the end of unit it will test you on everything presented in the material, plus questions from previous lessons.. focusing on the dates.
Games, activities, questions and answers... presented in different ways. I won't tell you that every game is going to be hit, but there will be sufficient variety to maintain interest. The song is a great way to aid in remembering the order events happen in... he'll hum along when he is struggling to remember the order something happened in.
My son likes doing the maps since they allow him to keep trying until he gets it all right. I like that it forces him to keep trying so he has to remember this important geography. Currently we are reading through a book on Ancient Civilizations and when we are on Israel my son would pop up with "MOM! That town is here and did you know _____________?" As he spills out information he learned through Veritas Press. I LOVE IT! I love how he is learning all this stuff and remembers enough of it to tell me about it. It's great! :)
My son likes doing the maps since they allow him to keep trying until he gets it all right. I like that it forces him to keep trying so he has to remember this important geography. Currently we are reading through a book on Ancient Civilizations and when we are on Israel my son would pop up with "MOM! That town is here and did you know _____________?" As he spills out information he learned through Veritas Press. I LOVE IT! I love how he is learning all this stuff and remembers enough of it to tell me about it. It's great! :)
Our morning routine is get up, take care of the critters, catch up on tablet stuff and have breakfast. My son has taken to modifying this routine in that he gets done taking care of his critters long before I do and he pops into the house to work on Veritas Press. He loves doing it first thing because "Mom, it's fun and I learn stuff!". This is a familiar scene for me....coming in to find my lad sitting in my chair listening and learning.
My laptop is a touch screen which apparently is THE BEST for playing the games.
I've offered to sit with my boy and learn with him, but he has nixed that. "Mom, I like learning it. Then I can tell you later and surprise you with what I know." I do occasionally get called to help him with the odd game though but get told "DON"T answer the questions mom.... I want to!" That speaks volumes to me about how much he likes this online bible curriculum.
My laptop is a touch screen which apparently is THE BEST for playing the games.
I've offered to sit with my boy and learn with him, but he has nixed that. "Mom, I like learning it. Then I can tell you later and surprise you with what I know." I do occasionally get called to help him with the odd game though but get told "DON"T answer the questions mom.... I want to!" That speaks volumes to me about how much he likes this online bible curriculum.
My pastor hubby appreciates that they haven't sacrificed knowledge in the pursuit of a fun learning environment. The bible stories and the history around them are presented clearly without fudging details. Scripture references are always included.
 | Veritas Press Self-Paced Bible courses are available for $179/year. Optional flashcards are $21.95. VeritasBible.com is another way to do the bible program. For a single student, the monthly price is $9.95, and the yearly price is $99. For a family plan (up to 5 students) the monthly price is $19.95 and the yearly price is $199. You can learn more about these programs by clicking the link below |
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