Plants Grown Up: Projects for Sons on the Road to Manhood

Religious_studiesGrades 4–18

About This Curriculum

A comprehensive character training curriculum offering hundreds of Bible study projects, reading materials, and practical activities to help train sons for godly manhood, organized around seven biblical virtues from II Peter 1:5-7.

What makes it unique: Lifetime resource that can be used with all sons from early childhood through marriage, with projects organized by difficulty level and integrated with academic subjects

Plants Grown Up: Character-Building Bible Study for Boys

Plants Grown Up: Projects for Sons on the Road to Manhood is a flexible character training curriculum organized around seven biblical virtues from II Peter 1:5-7. It offers hundreds of Bible study projects and practical activities designed to help parents train sons for godly manhood across a wide age range from elementary through high school.

Best for

Homeschooling families seeking a flexible, long-term character training resource for boys ages 4-18, particularly those wanting to integrate biblical virtues with practical life skills rather than formal theological study

Evaluation Criteria

4 neutral · 2 insufficient evidence

Teacher TrainingNeutral

The curriculum includes practical support materials but lacks comprehensive teacher training components.

Contains planning and organizing worksheets, character evaluation questions, and reproducible materials, but reviews don't mention teacher guides or professional development resources

Direct InstructionNeutral

The curriculum provides structured guidance with age-appropriate progressions but appears to rely heavily on independent project work.

Activities are arranged chronologically from younger to older boys with beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels, plus character evaluation questions for practical application

Theological KnowledgeNeutral

The curriculum builds systematic knowledge around seven biblical virtues but appears to focus more on character application than doctrinal understanding.

Organized around II Peter 1:5-7 virtues (virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, Godliness, brotherly kindness, charity) with topics like leadership, self-control, and relationships

Primary Text EngagementNeutral

The curriculum engages with Scripture through memory verse work and Bible study projects, though the depth of primary text analysis is unclear.

Reviews mention Bible study projects, a lengthy section of reproducible memory verses from KJV, and activities like reading 'How the Bible Came To Us' with written summaries

Historical ContextInsufficient Evidence

Limited evidence of historical context integration beyond basic Bible history materials.

One mentioned activity involves reading about 'How the Bible Came To Us' which could provide some historical background, but no other historical context elements are described

Vocabulary BuildingInsufficient Evidence

No explicit theological vocabulary instruction is evident from the reviews.

Reviews focus on character traits and practical activities but do not mention systematic vocabulary development or theological terminology instruction

Sources: cathyduffyreviews.com, halloffamemoms.com