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Is the King James Version too hard for young children?

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It is hard for a young child to read alone, which is why in Letters & Devotion's King James Bible courses a parent reads short passages aloud, the child tells each one back in ordinary words, and they learn one verse. The early lessons ask you to read slowly, the old words included, because a young child does not need to understand every word to know it is the real thing.

Kindergarten to grade 2: the parent carries the text

In kindergarten you read a short passage aloud, your child tells it back in ordinary words, you learn a verse and do one small thing. By Grade 2 a lesson is a short King James passage read aloud, told back, one verse learned, three questions and one thing to do.

Grades 3 to 5: the child begins to read

In Grade 3 the child is reading some of it aloud. In Grade 4 your child reads part of each passage aloud, tells it back and writes a few sentences of it. Grade 5 reads Paul's letters as real letters to real churches.

Grades 6 to 8: learning to read it well

Sixth grade starts with how to read the Bible: that it is a library of narrative, law, poetry, wisdom, prophecy, gospel and letters, and that a proverb is not read the way a law is. Seventh grade reads Acts to Revelation, and eighth reads the Old Testament through the New, watching the New Testament writers quote the Old.

High school, and memory verses

High school Bible stays in the King James Version through doctrine, church history, worldview and ethics. Memory verses are King James too, in every grade.

Test it on your own child

Every Bible course is published in full, and each opens a complete lesson you can try with no account. The first unit of every grade is also a free printable PDF, so you can read the old wording aloud to your child before you decide.

What this is not

It is not a choice of translations. Every course uses the King James Version only, so there is no modern translation to fall back on.
The tradeoff is real. A child who reads independently and struggles with older English will find the text hard, and the answer here is reading aloud and retelling, not an easier text.
It does not replace you at the table. Many early lessons expect a parent to read, and a child whose church uses another translation will hear different wording on Sundays.

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Questions parents ask

Is the King James Version too hard for a kindergartner?

A kindergartner does not read it. The parent reads a short passage aloud, slowly, and the child tells it back in ordinary words.

Does my child have to understand every old word?

No. The lessons say a young child does not need to understand every word to know it is the real thing, and the retelling is in ordinary words.

Can I use a different Bible translation with it?

The courses themselves are King James only, including memory verses. There is no modern-translation edition.

How can I see how it sounds for my child first?

Every course opens a full lesson with no account, there is a sample lesson at /sample, and the first unit of each grade is a free printable PDF.

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