I have taught a homeschool teen bible study class for the past few years in hopes of teaching children to have their own quiet time. I personally found for "us" that the best prep for
"my boys" was doing it together consistently as a family until they were around 12. My children were not ready for the responsibility of quiet times. I mean they would read through children's bibles, but to dig deep and eat spiritual meat didn't happen until they got a little maturity under their belts. I share this because I wish someone had told me this. I really beat myself up and strived so hard to make little Oswald Chambers
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I tried so many things and had such high expectations on myself for my young children to have a daily quiet time. I think for us we found doing it as a family was modeling what they would need to do when they were older.
The things we have found successful were...,
1- Reading through a book of the bible from start to finish, not jumping around. (Once we finished a book we could go to any book we wanted)
2- Small readings so they could focus on personalization, interaction and content. (we scheduled 4 days of reading so we could enjoy Psalms or other options)
3- One memory verse per week
4- Journaling in their bibles- My goal was that all they need wherever they go is a pen, highlighter and their bible and how they can keep those bibles for years to come. This is what I do. They just date where they are beginning to read and make a note of anything they want. Errands, Occassions, Prayers, etc..,
5- Highlighting anything that they felt the Lord personalized for them.
6- Once a week we then share as a group what the Lord said to each of us.