Preparing Your Primary Participant for the NBBC: The Basics

So, your 7-10 just qualified for the National Bible Bee Competition for the first time. Congratulations! But now what do you do? This guide for parents will walk you through how to prepare your Primary participant for the competition. From selecting cross references to organizing the memory passages, I hope that these audio recordings will be a helpful resource on your Bible Bee journey.

While listening, please keep in mind that these are my personal views and thoughts about the competition. They do not reflect what will be on the Multiple Choice Test or the Oral Preliminary Rounds. As always, I am just a parent who enjoys making study materials that I can share and I also like talking all things Bible Bee prep.

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Introduction + The Scripture Passage

I introduce myself and this series and give some ideas about how systematically approach learning the NBBC Scripture Passage. Listen here.

Original Language Terms (Hebrew and Greek)

I discuss how to simply and systematically learn and review original language terms. Listen here.

Cross References

I talk about the importance of introducing and discussing cross references in the context of the NBBC Scripture Passage and also give ideas about how to simply and systematically review cross references. Listen here.

Background and Context

I talk about how to organically incorporate background and context study with your Primary participant. Listen here.

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