Reading the scriptures regularly with your children is one of the best gifts that you can give them. It develops a love for the scriptures, a solid knowledge of gospel principles, and a testimony of Jesus Christ. It also improves their reading skills!

What is the Discover the Scriptures Program?
The Discover the Scriptures program systematically introduces children to the beautiful stories of the Book of Mormon and the Bible. These materials have been developed by professional educators for children who are just beginning to read as well as those who are confident reading on their own. Families can also use this program with younger children as a resource for family scripture study or Family Home Evening. Older children can work independently through the program.

What are the Goals of the Program?
The goals of the Discover the Scriptures products are twofold. First is an increased familiarity with the stories of the Bible and Book of Mormon and a greater ability to approach reading and studying them alone. Children will have a positive experience with the scriptures.
The second objective is educational. As children work through the materials in this program, they will be practicing skills that will help them in a variety of academic ways:
• increased reading fluency and comprehension
• greater word recognition (for younger students)
• better penmanship
• improved concentration
• ability to express ideas through illustration and oral presentation
• enhanced memory skills through memorization
• better spelling skills

What Products Are Available?
Discover the Old Testament includes 286 pages of text, projects, memory verses, copy work, maps, and timelines that will lead your children through the Old Testament. This workbook is great for children who are old enough to read scriptures independently. It can also be used for family scripture study or family home evening. The twelve units include copy work, scripture memorization, writing tasks, and some puzzles and games! Visit our Old Testament page for more information and sample pages.

Discover the Life of Christ will be available in December 2008. It's full of the great stories that we all love from the life of Christ. It has Memory Verses, creative writing assignments, hands-on projects, and Family Home Evening presentations for your kids to give. Mapping exercises and a timeline will also help your kids understand where and when all of these great events occurred. Discovering the first four books of the New Testament will help your children develop a greater appreciation for the life and mission of Jesus Christ.

Discover the Book of Mormon is available in two levels. The workbook for grades 1-3 works together with the Church produced "Book of Mormon Stories" reader to help younger children and beginning readers approach the stories of the Book of Mormon for the first time. The workbook for grades 4-7 is complete with projects, crosswords, memory verses, LDS artist spotlights, and more. Perfect for confident readers to adults! You can even use this for your family scripture study. Visit our Book of Mormon page for more details and sample pages.

Discover the Latter-day Prophets contains unit studies on the childhood and accomplishments of each of our prophets in the last days. It will introduce your child (and you) to some great heros! Your kids will love learning about the various near-fatal accidents of Wilford Woodruf, the childhood dreams of John Taylor, and how Thomas S. Monson inherited three yellow canaries! Help your kids build faith and testimony as they work their way from Joseph Smith to Thomas S. Monson .Download a sample unit on the life of Joseph F. Smith.

Scripture Notebooking is great for quiet Sunday activities, as a supplement to Discoverworkbooks (listed above), for homeschool, or as a follow-up to family scripture study. 157 pages for younger writers feature guided handwriting lines with an illustration box for kids to draw what they have learned. More experienced writers can use the 157 pages for older writers (plain lines, illustration boxes). Covers Old Testament, New Testament, and Book of Mormon. Visit our Scripture Notebooking page for more details and examples.

Upcoming products for 2009 include series of workbooks on the apostasy and restoration of the gospel including events from early church history to the present-day global church. Check back here often for updates!