The kids and I finished our study of Exodus this last week. I found some free downloadable studies on the tabernacle. I found them a little too late to thoroughly go through with them, but I did read excerpts as they build a lego replica. (The kit they have at the above site looks really neat, but the legos worked!) Their lego tabernacle was by no means elaborate, but it really did help to have to build each item. It was so neat to see what each item meant in relation to Christ. We read through the chapter’s so fast and we hadn’t taken the time to really delve into why God was asking them to build all these parts. It was great to hear “Cool!” over and over from my 12 year old as he learned of the significance of each part. I thought it was pretty cool myself.

I will admit that I haven’t done a great job of implementing discussion times with my kids. Yes, we do them but not at the level I would like. Of course, I have heard of the Socratic method. I know I am supposed to ask lots of questions. But seeing how that fleshes out is sometimes really hard. I found this great example online that I wanted to pass along.