Apologia Bible Curriculum Review

When I think of homeschooling, one of the things I think of freedom. The freedom to teach our kids the basics like read, writing, and arithmetic but also the freedom to help them understand their faith in a deeper way as we study and discuss God’s Word together.

We’ve tried multiple ways of studying the Bible over 10+ years of homeschooling. But so far, Apologia’s Bible curriculum for the Old and New Testament, Word in Motion, has been our favorite.

That’s why I’m SUPER EXCITED to share my Apologia Bible Curriculum review with you. Not because they’ve asked me to {they don’t even know I’m posting this}, but because I want you to know about it as well.

*This post contains affiliate links for Apologia.

Please note: Not all Bible curricula are solid! Some curriculum creators do not have a high view of Scripture. This means they often question the Bible’s authority and cause others to doubt that it is true and the standard by which we live. Apologia most definitely has a high view of Scripture, and I love that I can pass that along to my children.

We used Word in Motion for two entire years, four mornings a week. My three youngest kids were between 4th grade and 8th grade when we used this curriculum, although I do believe younger and older children could most certainly gain from it. I gained so much from it myself!

My younger three kiddos would sit down with our Bibles open together and study together. About once a week, we would watch the quick video {usually 3-5 minutes} to introduce the Book or topic and introduce the weekly memory verse. The other days, we’d read the lesson, read the Bible, work on the memory verse, or they’d notebook.

Both the Old Testament and New Testament curricula are structured this way:

1- First, the timeline or “storyline” of each testament is taught – This part contains non-cheesy, which is very important, hand motions to remember the timeline. I love that the overarching storyline of the Bible is taught instead of individual, out-of-order unconnected stories. This helps kids get that bird’s-eye view.

This is taught via videos and in the hardcover textbook. Scripture readings are also included.

2- Second, the themes and main ideas are shared from the individual books in each testament – Some books are lumped together if they share a common theme. For each Book of the Bible, the video shares how we see Jesus from the book {LOVE this!}. For example, in Matthew, we see Jesus as The Messiah. More motions are taught to remember what each Book of the Bible’s theme is.

You’ll Get These Materials:

1- A solid video lesson – Again each lesson is short, which kept my kids’ attention spans. 🙂

2 – A hardback textbook – Only one is needed per family, with readings you can do for the lesson. Each chapter contains:

a suggested Scripture Verse {We didn’t always use the one they chose because some of the verses were much longer}
a main reading
creative readings from a Bible character’s perspective
readings on harder or confusing topics within that book
questions to talk about

2. A spiral-bound notebook – One per child is recommended, learners can:

take notes as they listen to the video
copy the verse for the week
color pictures, which my kids really enjoyed doing
answer questions
write out prayers to God

Between the two materials you get, there was more than we could ever use, which I really liked because I could choose what to use/not use. Now, if the idea of choice overwhelms you, Apologia does offer a lesson plan for each day so it’s spelled out for you. Woohoo!

My Apologia Bible Curriculum review? I highly recommend it! After our experience with it the first year, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut about it. I had a few friends start using it with their families, too.

Want to read more or grab it for yourself? Click HERE or below: