Not sure how to start hymn study in your homeschool? Here’s everything you need to know to get started. Hymns have been a part of my life as long as I can remember. In fact, some of my earliest memories are of singing hymns in the little country church where…
This Amazing Grace Hymn Study includes everything you need to study the hymn in one easy download. Hymn study is a simple way to pass the heritage of hymns on to our children. Use this unit study to help your family learn more about the hymn “Amazing Grace.” Amazing Grace…
Learning hymns doesn’t have to mean endless drilling or rote memorization! Try these easy ways to learn hymns. The biggest goal of hymn study is to help our children learn the words and understand the meaning of some well-loved hymns. And let me tell you, it is SO worth the effort! I can’t…
Which hymns should you teach to young children? While kids really can learn ANY hymn, these children’s hymns are especially meaningful for little ones. Teaching our kids the great hymns of our faith is an important part of a Christian education. Even young children can learn the lyrics and absorb…
These hymn study resources will help your children develop a love for the great hymns of our faith. Some of my earliest memories are of the “old-fashioned” hymns sung in our little country church during my childhood. I vividly recall my dad’s enthusiastic singing. He sang with all his heart,…
I think it’s easy for us to assume that hymns are too deep, too difficult, or perhaps even too boring for children. I’m totally convinced that’s not true. Let me share a quick story with you. Every night my 3-year-old daughter has a ready excuse for why she can’t get…
Reginald Heber, author of “Holy, Holy, Holy,” was born April 21, 1783, in Malpas, Cheshire, England. At the age of seventeen he entered Oxford University, where he won a number of awards in English and Latin. Heber was ordained as a minister in the Anglican Church and served for sixteen years as…
Frances Ridley Havergal, “the consecration poet,” was born on December 14, 1836, in Astley, Worcestershire, England. An extraordinarily bright child, Frances began reading and memorizing the Bible by the age of four. At the age of seven she began writing poetry with the encouragement of her father, an Anglican clergyman. Although…
Anna Bartlett Warner, author of “Jesus Loves Me,” was born on August 31, 1827, in Long Island, New York. Her father, a wealthy lawyer, lost most of his fortune in the 1837 depression, forcing the family to move to their summer home near the Hudson River. Anna and her sister, Susan,…