12 Ways to Help Your Child in His/Her Christian Training

 

1)     Have a BIBLE at home and use it.

 

2)     Often read and discuss the Bible lesson your child is having at school using the Bible.

 

3)     Find the passage your child is studying in the Bible and help him memorize it. But be patient. Each child memorizes at a different rate and in different ways.

 

4)     Procedures for learning memory work—review the meaning of the portion first. Then learn it exactly a phrase at a time and connect it to what has already been learned until all is memorized. Accuracy is important since we are dealing with God’s Word.                                        Additional Hints for Memory Work

a. Prompt with a question or thought at the start, if necessary, rather than give the

b. For those who have trouble, have them practice while walking, using motion, or any

c. Write the portion, leaving blanks for the child to fill. Repeat leaving more and more

d. Write the portion entirely and then erase words or phrases until the child can recite the

 

5) Encourage your child to pray. Teach them to use their own words, not always memorized form

 

6) Be a Christian example in your life in word and in action. Attend church with them regularly.

 

7) After a church service, discuss the sermon with your child. Try to stress at least one thought or

 

8) Help your child to be involved in active worship. Be an example. Sing the hymns and liturgy. 

 

9) Sing religious songs at home, on trips, etc. 

10) Let Christ be a part of your every day life. Don’t shy away from talking about Him with your

 

11) In guiding your child’s Christian life, provide sound Christian literature, music, and

 

12) Be an example in participating in the work of our congregation. Enthusiasm is contagious!

 

“Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6

“Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4