Even though we grew up states apart, my husband and I grew up with the same children's devotional. Both of our families used the The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes book. I know of other families who used this devotional as well. The author, Kenneth Taylor, founded Tynale House Publishing and was best known for creating The Living ...
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Review: The Beginning Reader’s Bible
We have used The Beginner's Bible for many years with our children. After reading through it multiple times, Daddy was excited to see that I had a new Bible to review. He began immediately using the The Beginning Reader's Bible with our children for Bible devotions. This children's Bible is a sturdy, hardcover book sized 9"x10". A red ribbon ...
Kids Understanding of God
I had a person tell me that kids don't really understand anything about God or the Bible. So sad...because this person was sadly mistaken. It says in Mark 10:14-15 - "Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these children. I tell you the truth, anyone who doesn’t receive the Kingdom of God ...
Craft: 10 Lepers
If this is your first visit to our blog, welcome! We hope that you will stay awhile and check out the rest of Parenting to Impress blog as well as our Free Preschool Curriculum website - ABCJesusLovesMe.com. Thanks for stopping by! When teaching the Bible to children, I constantly try to think of ways to make the story applicable and age ...
Teaching the Wordless Book with Flannelgraph
The Betty Lukens Through the Bible Flannelgraph set has almost every Bible story that you would want. There are even sets to tell about the 2nd Coming of Jesus and Heaven. And if there is a story you want to tell but it isn't included in the manual, simple tweaking can you usually get you what you need. Even to teach the Wordless Book! Using ...
Creation Bible Story with Flannelgraph – Weeks 1-4
Since I realize that flannelgraph may be new to several of you, I want to share boards for Creation, used in the 2 and 3 Year Curricula. Using the Betty Lukens Bible Felt collection along with the Teacher's Manual, I came up with the following boards: Sweet Pea and Little Man had so much fun playing with the pieces. After telling the story ...
Using Flannelgraph on a Tight Budget
Click to see an updated post on this topic... When I started looking into using flannelgraph, I emailed my aunts and Mom for suggestions as they have used this form of Bible teaching for years. Thank you, Aunt Karla, for these suggestions! Purchasing flannelgraph sets can be very expensive. But there are ways to create your own! - ...
Personal Bible Time
On our last "Talk to Me Thursday", the question was asked: I would love to know what Bible time looks like at your home with the little ones. AND Is that your Bible time as well, or do you have another set time for devotion?? I totally misread the question when I answered it here. Thankfully "Our Family is His" wrote a comment and helped me ...
Telling a Bible Story Using Flannelgraph
Here are some specific suggestions to help you tell a Bible story using flannelgraph. 1. Be prepared. If you are not prepared, this will not be successful. You may need to practice a couple times before telling the story to children. 2. Before Bible time, collect the flannel board, scenes, characters, and props needs. 3. In a stack, lay ...
Using Flannelgraph and Props to Teach the Bible
This is the third post about using flannelgraph to teach the Bible. Read the 1st post here. I have talked before about my utopia childhood. Another element of that was my Pastor and his amazing wife, Susan. To say that Susan was near sainthood would be an understatement. She taught me the Bible in ways that most kids could only dream of. One of ...