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Beginning with God helps parents with young children to explore the Bible with their child.
Part of the Beginning with God series.
'Taste and see that the Lord is good.' - Psalm 34 v 8
Beginning with God helps parents with young children to explore the Bible with their child. This book provides a simple way to start your child in a regular habit of reading God's Word and growing to know God, who loves them.
We hope this book will help you and your child to explore the Bible together. Along the way you will meet King David; read about God’s special messengers to his people in the Old Testament; and be thrilled by the wonderful things said and done by God’s perfect Son, Jesus. But most of all, we hope that reading God's special book, the Bible, will help your child to know God, who loves them.
Beginning with God has been designed to work with The Beginner's Bible, but it can also be used with most other infant Bibles.
In today's culture so much pressure is put on us to feed our children well. We pray that this material will help those of us with pre-schoolers to nourish them with the word of God.
Each day is split into the following sections:
The main course: read today's true story from the Bible; answer some simple questions; pray together; then stick in today's colourful picture of the story.
Appetiser: an optional activity to grab your child's attention before the story.
A snack for the journey: a conversation to have while out and about.
Make it and munch it: optional craft activities to help your child remember today's true story.
Colourful sticker set included with book.
How to use this book
True stories from the Old Testament
- Israel's first king
- A good heart
- David and Goliath
- Best friends
- King David
- The Lord is my shepherd
- The wise king
- God watches over Elijah
- Elijah helps a widow
- Fire from heaven
- Chariot of fire
- Jars of oil
- Elisha's room
- Naaman is healed
- Boy king Josiah
- The brave queen
- Fiery furnace
- Daniel and the lions
- Jonah and the big fish
True stories from the New Testament
- The true king
- A poor widow's gift
- Washing the disciples' feet
- The last supper
- Jesus is arrested and crucified
- Jesus is risen!
- Jesus returns
- A net full of fish
- Jesus goes to heaven
- The Holy Spirit comes
- The first church
- The lame man
- A changed man
- Paul's journeys
- Earthquake in prison
- Jesus is coming!
Extras
Tricky questions
Tasty new words
Make it and munch it
A snack for the journey
Colourful sticker set
| Age range: | 2+ |
|---|---|
| Contributors | Jo Boddam Whetham, Alison Mitchell |
| ISBN | 9781907377419 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 152mm x 224mm x 8mm |
| Weight | 0.20 kg |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 96 |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
Bought the bundle for my 3 year old and so far can be adapted to use with a different children's bible which is useful. Well pitched for attention span with some fun ideas to engage, and stickers are always a win (although our book 1 stickers were not all present and correct, but hopefully this will not be the case for everyone).
Really good. Can do as much or as little as suits you. Kids love the stickers and great use of repetition for starting prayers & actions. Thoroughly recommend
'Beginning with God: Book 3' is excellent! We have been using it with our 3 year old and he thoroughly enjoys it. He loves to do the introductory task, answer the questions on the passage, put his hands up in the air with excitement about what we've learned about God (and say 'wow' very loudly!) and of course, put the sticker up on the wall to map out our Bible overview. Thank you GBC!
Our 2 year old daughter loves using it with her Bible.
We have been doing these beginning with God books with our 4 and 6 year old and they are fantastic! Good clear simple questions with a good introduction to get them interested. The questions and prayers get to the heart of the passage. Tremendously helpful!
Hard to find bible studies for pre-schoolers, especially ones which tell the bible as it is, so we really enjoyed this! Fab stickers, colourful, and relevant.
Thank you and God Bless the good work x
Hurray for another Bible study sticker book! We have found all three books hugely helpful in varying the format of Bible story time from time to time. We have just finished book 3 with our 3.5 year old and 18 month old. The former was thoroughly engaged and even the latter loved doing the stickers! The activities are brilliantly thought-out and the questions provide a great structure for ensuring the passage has been understood and applied. We can't wait for book 4.....!
We have thoroughly enjoyed using Beginning with God books 1 and 2 with our 31/2 year old, and were looking forward to book 3. It is good, but the questions are sometimes a bit difficult for this age. In the previous books, the summary sentance about the story was usually enough to give most of the answers to the questions, whereas that is not always the case with this book. Also, some summaries include 2 or 3 points, whereas they would be better with just one simple truth, and on occasion, extraneous points come through in the prayers (eg. Daniel and the lions - teaches 'Daniel only prayed to God and that God kept Daniel safe', yet the personal prayer is 'Help me to keep your rules which are always good'). However, I would recommend getting it - just be thoughtful as to what your child can manage to take in and perhaps alter the teaching point or prayer if need be.
