11 Tips for Catechizing Children at Home

Catechizing children is not merely a task given for official church catechists to carry out - pastors and elders - but also for parents. As Matthew Henry put it, “Public catechizing will turn to little account without family catechizing.” But how do you get squirmy kids to memorize a catechism? How should parents go about catechizing? Are there "tricks of the trade" that can help parents? In this episode, Pastors Zac and Brandon give eleven tips for at-home catechesis. 

For more information, see: 

Catechized for Battle by J. Brandon Burks 

Rediscovering Catechism: The Art of Equipping Covenant Children by Donald Van Dyken 

Grounded in the Gospel: Building Believers the Old-Fashioned Way by J.I. Packer and Gary Parrett 

The Quest for Comfort: The Story of the Heidelberg Catechism by Bill Boekestein 

The Duty of Catechetical Instruction by Archibald Alexander 

More Catechism Needed by Cornelius Van Til 

Classical Christian Catechesis by R. Scott Clark 

The Early Church at Work and Worship: Catechesis, Baptism, Eschatology, and Martyrdom by Everett Ferguson 

Educating People of Faith: Exploring the History of Jewish and Christian Communities ed. by John Van Engen 

Essays on Christian Education by Cornelius Van Til