Illustrated Family Bible Mapping
Illustrated Family Bible story mapping make Bible reading easy to track. Divided into four 6 week quarters, for an easy family or homeschool resource.
In the fall of 2024, as we began our study of Ancient History for the first time, I was feeling overwhelmed by trying to “keep up” with the preplanned curriculum we were using. While I loved the day by day layout, It seemed we would be reading ahead in some subjects, and not always getting to others. By the time October rolled around we we’re doing assignments in three different weeks of the planned curriculum and it wasn’t working for us.
As I sat on a friends patio, she suggested that I try making a chart, and just checking off each day we got done. When I left that day, I was encouraged anew to try something that worked for us, and I am so thankful for that suggestion.
Planning 6 Weeks at a Time
Planning 6 weeks at a time in blocks was the way to go. We could track our progress, but it wasn’t assigned to any particular day. If we read ahead, that’s ok. If we were a little behind pace, that works too, because I had 6 weeks worth of reading mapped out, and knew I was working toward our goal. A visual grid allowed me to see our pace and keep an eye on what was coming ahead. I loved it!
Illustrated Family Bible Mapping
The Illustrated Family Bible was the first resource I set about mapping. I wanted to keep track of our (almost) daily Bible reading. In some ways, this was a nod to the beginning of what would become Fig Tree Library in just a few short months.
Buy the Illustrated Family Bible
How to Use the Mapping
The stories in the Illustrated Family Bible are mapped out in a grid form. Each row represents a week. I have not included all the stories, and have tried to keep them grouped by character or theme. Some weeks will have fewer stories to cover than others. This allows for margin and personal freedom in using the mapping.
We all know we want to do family devotions consistently, and that doesn’t always happen so I didn’t want to fill the week completely up with “assigned” reading. Nobody needs to feel stressed or shamed that they didn’t get a perfect week of devotions or homeschooling in.
If you do want to press ahead and work at a faster pace there is nothing holding you back. Ignore the week headings and just move from story to story.
Marking Your Progress
I actually mark each box with a slash once we finish it, but you could use stickers or color in each square.
Download the Mapping
Click the box below to download the Fig Tree Library Illustrated Family Bible Mapping.
Illustrated Family Bible Chapter Mapping PDF
Can I use this resource with other story Bibles?
Actually, the Gospel Story Bible by Marty Machowski follows a very similar mapping and could be adapted very easily to use with this resource. The page number’s won’t align, or course, but it follows nearly the same route story by story.
