How Much Can Your Child Learn?

Adults are often unaware of a child’s capacity to learn. Yet, children usually learn a new language faster than their parents. By the time they are four years old, some speak two or more languages. Last year, Rhonda, a woman from Auburn, Washington, U.S.A., who had questioned a child’s capacity to learn, wrote: “Thank you for allowing me to admit that I was truly wrong.”

Rhonda explained that she had come across an experience in the August 1, 1988, issue of The Watchtower, our companion magazine, and stated: “On page 13, there is a comment from a mother of a boy four and a half years old who said that when she was reading from My Book of Bible Stories and paused, her son continued the story word for word. She added that he had memorized the first 33 stories of the book, including difficult names of places and people. I have to admit that at the moment, I thought to myself that it was impossible. Well, I was wrong. I am now the mother of a four-year-old daughter who has herself memorized many of the stories from the Bible Stories book.”

What have you done to encourage your child to learn? You can request a copy of My Book of Bible Stories, a 256-page book with 116 stories that feature people and events in the Bible. Just fill in the accompanying coupon and mail it to the address shown on the coupon or to an appropriate address listed on page 5 of this magazine.

□ Without obligation, I request a copy of the book My Book of Bible Stories.

□ Please contact me concerning a free home Bible study.