Have you ever heard of Grapevine Studies? I have been hearing about them for a while, but I didn’t really pay much attention to the product. Grapevine Studies is a Bible study program for kids. It’s unique in that kids are expected to “stick figure through the Bible.”

This is truly a no-prep, non-intimidating way to study the Bible with kids of all ages. I loved having the opportunity to review their Moses and the Exodus Bible study with Emma.

Grapevine Studies {A Review}

About Grapevine Studies

Grapevine Studies is a company that was started by John and Dianna Wiebe who are homeschool parents themselves. They have successfully homeschooled and graduated four children of their own. Grapevine Studies offers Bible study curriculum for ages 3 – adults.

There are traceable pages for kids ages 3-5 who may have trouble drawing stick figures themselves. Older students should be able to draw the figures themselves. This is one way that Grapevine Studies is designed to be a family study – used with kids and adults of all ages.

How to Use Grapevine Studies

First, let me note that this review will focus on the traceable lessons for kids ages 3-5. If you are interested in the ‘regular’ pages for older students, you can read my review on my other blog, This Sweet Life.

The Grapevine Studies lessons are virtually no-prep. All I have to do is print out the student page, gather coloring supplies and a Bible, and we are good to go.

In the first lesson, the kiddos will create a timeline of the book of Exodus. This timeline provides a general overview of what they will be learning about in this book. The rest of the lessons begin with a timeline review.

Once the timeline is complete, it’s time to move on to the meat of the unit. As I mentioned, each lesson begins with a timeline review. Then, there are two days of lessons which include Bible readings, student drawings, and a review page.

With the youngest kiddos, mom and/or dad will have to do the bible readings aloud. The teacher’s book provides a short summary of the day’s reading. You can use these as talking points with your little ones to make sure they understand what you’ve just read. Then, comes the best part of the lesson.

Kids are asked to draw a stick-figure drawing to represent the lesson. For instance, in Lesson 2, kids are asked to “write the number 70 with faces around” to represent the the children of Israel.

As you can see in the photo above, the pages designed for young learners have the stick figures on them already. Students can trace the pictures instead of having to draw them themselves. Some kids might get frustrated trying to draw circles and straight lines. So, these tracing pages offer little ones some help in that area.

My Thoughts

I can’t believe I waited so long to give Grapevine Studies a try. I love that these lessons appeal to various learning styles. Auditory learners will enjoy hearing and discussing the lessons aloud. Kinesthetic learners will benefit from actually drawing out the lessons. And, visual learners will benefit from having a picture representation of the lessons.

I love that the lessons are presented chronologically. The timeline helps kids have a visual for the order of events. Moses and the Exodus consists of 13 weekly lessons designed to be used 4 days/week.

Try it for yourself…

Right now, you can try a Grapevine Studies lesson for yourself. This month, you can download Ruth in Moab for FREE. If you give it a try, I’d love to hear what you think. Leave a comment letting me know.