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Somerwell Apologetics for Kids
Somerwell Apologetics for Kids
73 weeks, one lesson each. He learns it. You learn it with him.
📖 The why behind all 73 books
🕊️ You learn it right next to him
⏱️ Fifteen minutes, no teaching
📓 One lesson a week for 73 weeks
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60-DAY SOMERWELL GUARANTEE
60-DAY SOMERWELL GUARANTEE
Take a full 60 days with it. Do the first ten lessons with him at the kitchen
table, one a week or ten in a weekend, however it fits your family. If he cannot
answer questions he could not answer before you started, email us and we refund
the price of the book. You do not mail anything back. You keep the copy and he
keeps everything he has already learned from it. A real person reads every
message and answers within one business day. That is the whole policy, in plain
English, because that is how we would want to be treated.
Product Details
Product Details
Somerwell Apologetics for Kids is a 73 week workbook that gives a child one
question, one answer, and one book of the Catholic Bible every week. All 73
books, in order, including the seven that Protestant Bibles leave out: Tobit,
Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and 1 and 2 Maccabees.
Every lesson is three pages and follows the same shape, so he always knows where
he is:
Page one. The Question. The real question a nine year old asks or gets asked, set
in the book of the Bible where the answer lives.
Page two. The Three Clues. One clue from Scripture, one from what the Church has
always taught, and one from plain reasoning he can follow.
Page three. Say It Yourself. He writes the answer in his own words, so it becomes
his and not something he is repeating. Plus Why This Matters, a line to remember,
and where he will hear this book read at Mass.
The front of the book has a page to write his name and yours, and a map of all 73
books he checks off as he goes.
This is a workbook, not a curriculum. There is nothing to enroll in, no class to
drive to, and no teaching experience required. You sit down, you open to this
week, and you read it together.
Physical details:
10 x 10 in
232 pages
Spiral bound so it lays flat on the table between the two of you
Heavy cover stock built to survive a backpack
Type sized so a child and a grandparent can read the same page at the same time
Ages 8 to 12
Reviewed for doctrinal accuracy by a practicing Catholic before printing. Works
alongside any Catholic translation you already own. It does not replace his
Bible. It teaches him how to answer for it.
One Question a Week. That Is the Whole Method.
No curriculum to teach. No class to drive to. You open to this week's lesson,
spend fifteen minutes together, and he walks away with an answer he can say out
loud to anyone who asks.
Hear It From Them
Got Questions?
Is this actually Catholic, or is it a Protestant book with a cross on the cover?
Is this actually Catholic, or is it a Protestant book with a cross on the cover?
Fully Catholic. All 73 books of the Catholic Bible get a lesson, including Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, and 1 and 2 Maccabees. There are lessons on the Eucharist, confession, the Mass, Mary, and the saints. Every page was reviewed for doctrinal accuracy by a practicing Catholic before printing. Protestant kids apologetics books cover the half of the faith we share and go silent on the half your grandchild will actually be asked about.
I do not know enough to teach this. Can I still do it with him?
I do not know enough to teach this. Can I still do it with him?
Yes, and most people who buy this feel exactly that way. You are not teaching. The page teaches. You sit next to him and read it together, and you will learn it at the same time he does. There is no preparation, no answer key you are supposed to have memorized, and nothing you have to know beforehand.
My grandson is nine. Is this too advanced for him?
My grandson is nine. Is this too advanced for him?
It is written for ages 8 to 12 and the reading level sits around third to fifth grade. A nine year old is right in the middle of it. Each lesson is one question, three short clues, and a few lines for him to write. If he is a strong reader he can do it alone, but it works better with someone sitting next to him.
Will he actually use it, or will it sit in a drawer?
Will he actually use it, or will it sit in a drawer?
It is built as a case to solve, not a chapter to get through. One question, three clues, and he writes the verdict himself. Fifteen minutes a week, once a week, with no homework and no test. That is the format specifically because a book that does not get opened does not do anything for anyone.
His parents are not practicing. Is this going to cause a problem?
His parents are not practicing. Is this going to cause a problem?
It is quiet by design. There is no program to enroll in, no class, and nothing anyone has to sign him up for. It is a book you and he read at a table. Plenty of people buy this precisely because it is the one thing they can still do without asking permission or starting an argument.
Is this going to teach him to argue with his friends?
Is this going to teach him to argue with his friends?
No. Every answer is framed as where our faith comes from, never as why anyone else is wrong. The goal is a child who is confident about what he believes and kind about it, not one who is looking for a fight at the lunch table.
Does this replace CCD or Confirmation prep?
Does this replace CCD or Confirmation prep?
No, it runs alongside them. CCD has an hour a week and a lot of ground to cover. This gives him one question at a time, in your home, at your pace, with someone who loves him sitting next to him. Many parishes use it as the thing that happens between classes.
Is this a good gift for a First Communion or Confirmation?
Is this a good gift for a First Communion or Confirmation?
It is one of the most common reasons people buy it. There is a page in the front for his name and yours and the date you gave it, and the spiral binding and heavy cover are chosen so it survives being used for a year and a half and still looks like something worth keeping.
How long does each lesson take?
How long does each lesson take?
About fifteen minutes. Three pages: the question, the three clues, and the part where he writes the answer in his own words. Most families do it once a week, often on Sunday after Mass.