Faith Builders Bible Review

I remember my very first Bible.  My mom had picked it out for me.  It was pale pink and she wrote a little note to me on the inside cover.  It was so special.  I had that same Bible for most of my childhood until I became a teenager.  It was for this reason that I was so excited to use Faith Builders Bible from Zonderkidz as part of our daily Bible reading.  I wanted my kids to have a Bible that was for them and written on a slightly younger reading level.

 

Faith Builders Bible is a unique Bible, featuring Lego style brick building creations of popular Bible stories.  It is written in New International Reader’s Version which is perfect for elementary aged kids.  The NIrV is a version based on the NIV but it is written using some shorter words as it is written on a 3rd grade reading level.  Because my 11 year old has dyslexia and struggles to understand more complex text, this version is right on his reading level and perfect for him to do his own Bible reading.

 

My kids have truly enjoyed this Bible.  Other than using it as part of our Bible reading, I also let my kids explore this Bible on their own.  My 11 year old son, 8 year old daughter, and 5 year old son worked together to create some of the same scenes found in this Bible.  They are huge Lego building fans, so naturally, they had fun recreating Peter and Jesus walking on water, Samson in jail, and part of the 23rd Psalm.

I like that after we read through the story of Samson they had a visual to show how his story ended.  This Bible would be an especially good fit for kids with either a visual or kinesthetic hands on learning style.

I loved that it seems very well constructed, which is very important if it is being given to young kids.  It has a hard cover and good quality pages on the inside.

 

One of my favorite aspects is a two page spread of the different books of the Bible and what type of book they are.  For instance, it states which are “Law” books and which are “History”.  They also state which are “Poetry” and which are “Gospels”.  I like this visual representation of the books as stacked building bricks.  This even helps me sort through the various books of the Bible.

Another thing I like is that each glossy brick building page features a “Building Block Verse” on the bottom.  This special verse has a direct correlation to the building block creation that is shown on the page.  I think this would be a fun way to teach Bible memory: have your kids build the creation as they are learning a memory verse.  For some kids this is just the concrete solution they need to get these verses ingrained in their mind.

 

I definitely recommend this Bible if you have a Lego fan in the house!  It is a great value and has made for a lot of fun and some good Bible study in our home.

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