GENESIS TO JOSHUA IS A YEAR-LONG COURSE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 2-6.

Covering 32 events in the books of Genesis through Joshua, students will learn the Bible from Creation through Joshua’s Last Words. This award-winning course was created to stand alone or integrate with the Veritas history courses. The objectives include building a timeline knowledge of who, what, when, and where and are easily accomplished with clever approaches to the content and regular review. Completion of this course along with the other four Bible courses will give children a remarkable knowledge of their Bibles that they will take with them for life! This course is recommended for 2nd grade but can be taught in 2nd – 6th grades. The course can be taken in You Teach and Self-Paced formats.

The Veritas Approach to Bible

How important is it that your children are biblically literate?

The most important thing to teach a child, the Bible, is often the most neglected. We know this from more than 20 years of data. Parents think that children will learn the Bible at church or from hearing it read on occasion. Family devotions and prayer time are good things, but children need more. Children must learn the biblical narrative. They need to know what is where in the Bible. They should know when biblical events happened, too. It should be second nature to them.

How well do your children know the stories of Noah, Nehemiah, Esther, Jacob, Paul, and Peter? Do they know them better than Mickey Mouse or SpongeBob SquarePants? Can they name the Twelve Tribes of Israel? Veritas Bible students can. Imagine a 7-year-old rattling off the Twelve Tribes as easily as naming the four Gospels. When was the Exodus? When did Solomon live? The importance of knowing the biblical stories andwhen they happened can’t be overstated.

When we started our venture in classical education in 1992, we did it to raise the bar of K–12 education. We did it for our children and for yours. We now have another, more focused concern—biblical illiteracy in Christian families.

The development of our first project, the grammar school history program, was followed by our Bible curriculum. We didn’t want children to see the events of Scripture isolated from history. We wanted knowledge of history and knowledge of the Bible to be integrated. When reading the story of Joseph, students should know that he lived just prior to the Hyksos’ invasion of Egypt. When reading about Jesus’ early life, students should understand the Roman world into which He was born.

The Veritas Bible program integrates with the first two series of Veritas History: Old Testament and Ancient Egypt and New Testament, Greece, and Rome. Children can see how the various timelines fit together. Like Veritas History, Veritas Bible is a five-year program, 2nd–6th grades. Each year covers 32 events, 160 events in all.

In the grammar stage, we help children memorize all this information so they can access it throughout their lives. For each of the 160 events, they memorize a date and a Scripture reference so they can find it in the Bible. Memorization isn’t enough, though. We want to bring the word to life so that children embrace what they are learning. God uses stories to tell us about our history and the world He created. We do the same thing in our Bible program.

Before beginning Veritas Bible’s five-year program, children go through two biblical surveys: the Old Testament in Kindergarten and the New Testament in 1st grade. This abbreviated telling of the story of God’s word is perfect for their age and prepares them for the depth of study to follow.

Join us in rebuilding a biblically literate generation.

Self-Paced Course

LEARNING GOD'S WORD FROM THE BEGINNING

With the Genesis to Joshua, Self-Paced Course students will work at their own pace covering 32 important events from Creation to Joshua's Last Words. Teaching is interactive with clever games and striking video footage. Abigail, working playfully with her brother, Asher, co-host the course, along with Teb, an aloof cat, and Tizzy, the pesky gnat, and will keep the student engaged the entire year. Your children will learn the Bible beyond your wildest imagination. We guarantee it. This is so much fun that you'll find it hard to pull your child away. No one needs to be told how important it is for us to learn the Bible. Yet, most of us fail to make it happen. Now it has become not only possible but easy.

Parents that Choose Self-Paced Bible Courses:
- Have one less subject to teach
- Don't have to grade any assignments
- Can see their students progress at all times
- Have kids that are excited to learn
- Free up more time in their day

Students that take Self-Paced Bible Courses:
- Have so much fun they don't know they're doing "school"
- Can work wherever there is internet access
- Progress at their own pace
- Enjoy learning that is as fun as a video game
- Will master what they are learning

With this purchase, you are receiving 1 year of access to the course from the start date that you will choose after purchase.

You Teach

You Teach is our term for those who take our curriculum and teach it themselves, whether at home or at school.

The course kit includes all the materials for the teacher and a student for teaching our Genesis to Joshua course, the first of three in the Old Testament. The resources, flashcards and timeline notebook together help build unmatched biblical literacy.

Course Kits are offered as a discounted package. However, you may only need some of the books. Select the ones you need below for easy ordering.