Spring Idea List For Teaching The Bible

We plant seeds. We celebrate Resurrection Sunday and Pentecost, the birthday of the Church. Plants are sprouting and blooming. We spend more time outside with our children. These activities give us chances to teach our children the Bible in daily life. We can use what our children see and experience in daily life as visuals and reminders of God's Word.

15 Coloring Pages About God's Love - Short and Sweet

Goal: For your child to think about God’s love while doing a coloring page. 

Parent preparation: Print out pages, gather crayons, markers (or watercolors). Read the context of the verse that relates to the page.

A-B-C and 1, 2, 3 in the B-I-B-L-E - Short and Sweet

 

Preschoolers and kindergartners are daily discovering and learning letters and numbers. This provides a great opportunity to open the Bible and have our children start to recognize what is inside! 

 

Goal: As your child learns the alphabet and numbers he or she will see that these help us learn the Bible.

 

Parent preparation: Look for times when you child is interested in letters and numbers. Be ready to show your child the letter or number in the Bible.

Use Stickers When Teaching The Bible - Short And Sweet

 Kids like stickers. Long before I ever had kids of my own, when working as an occupational therapist, if I want to get a child’s attention I would pull out stickers. With my own children I’ve continued to see joy, excitement, and interest when I pull out stickers. This can be a great starting point and also a time of and reinforcement when teaching the Bible.

Goal: Use what your child is interested in as a starting point for teaching your child something from God’s Word. In this case it is something as simple as stickers. 

 

Parent preparation: As you look in God’s Word and pray about what to teach your child, think about if that topic lends itself to using stickers.  

Draw Psalm 148 - Short and Sweet

Verse: Psalm 148:13a "Let them praise the name of the Lord,"

Goal: For your child to praise God. 

Parent preparation: Read Psalm 148, print out Bible verse, and and gather crayons/pencils/markers. For further reference read Exodus 3:13-15.

What Is A Gift?

Goal: For your child to know that we don't earn the gifts God gives to us. 

Parent preparation: 

• Read these Bible verses and pick out one to share with your child: John 3:16, Ephesians 2:8, Acts 2:38, and Romans 5:15-17. 
• For further reference read: Luke 11:11-13, Romans 6:20-23

What to do:

• Talk with your child about the types of gifts he or she is hearing about right now. This might be from songs, kids at school, Christmas movies, or Christmas books. 
• Talk about that some of these things are called "gifts" but are earned because someone is good enough.  Or other times a "gift" is exchanged because you give something of equal value.
• Read with your child the Bible verse you chose. 
• Talk about how God doesn't give to us gifts because we earned it by being good enough to deserve it. He doesn't watch us to see if we are bad or good to then decide whether to give us good things. He gives because of His great big enormous love for us. 
• Pray together and thank God for His great love for us in giving Jesus Christ.

"Short and Sweet" are short blog posts that share ideas of how to teach the sweetness of God's Word to your child.
©Brigette Hill, 2015 

Boast In The Lord - Short and Sweet

"Mom, what is boasting?" my 5 year old asked from the backseat of the van. We were listening to a song called "Boast In The Lord" on Joel Micek's CD "Alive Unto You". As my girls and I talked about boasting, I realized that boasting is something that my kids are starting to hear on the play ground and around the lunch table.

 

Verses: Jeremiah 9:23-24 "Thus says the Lord: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.” ESV

Goal: To learn that boasting in God is the best thing to boast in.

Make "Give Thanks" Rocks - Short And Sweet

Verses: "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." 1 Thessalonians 5:18 

Goal: Make a craft that helps to remind your child to give thanks to God.

Act Out Psalm 139 - Short and Sweet

Verses: Psalm 139
Goal: For children to think about God's care for them where ever they go in life.
Parent Preparation: Read Psalm 139. Pick which verses you want to teach to your child.
What To Do: Read the verses with your child. Have your child act out motions as you read the verses. Talk with your child about how much God cares for us no matter where we go.

Ideas for motions:
Verse 1: fingers in circles on eyes, then point to head
Verse 2: sit down, get up, point to head
Verse 3: walk, lie down, reach arms out big
Verse 4: cup hands around mouth
Verse 5: reach around, point in front, point in back
Verse 7: arms out in a question
Verse 8: point up, point down
Verse 9: arch arm rising, arch arm setting
Verse 10: hand holding

"Short and Sweet" are short blog posts that share ideas of how to teach the sweetness of God's Word to your child.

©Brigette Hill, 2015

Bible Verse Journal: God Gave His Son Part 1

A Bible Verse Journal is a collection of Bible verses you have learned as a family.  It is a chance to do an art or craft that reinforces part of the record that your child learned.

This Bible verse journal, "God Gave His Son", is focusing on the life of Jesus Christ.  Part 1 is Jesus Christ's birth and childhood. See Jesus Christ's Birth and Childhood Teaching Ideas Overview for teaching ideas while making this journal.

Give Thanks to the LORD Week 3: With All My Heart

Giving thanks to God should be from our heart, and not just something we are obligated to do.  Here are Bible verses, songs and teaching ideas to teach your child leading up to Thanksgiving and teach thankfullness all year long. The leaf craft can be used to decorate your house, that you have what my 4 year old daughter calls "having a Bible house"!

 Theme Verse: "I will give You thanks with all my heart" Psalms 138:1 NASB

Give Thanks to the LORD Week 2: In Everything

We can teach our children to be thankful all year long, in every situation. The reason is that we have a good God. Here are Bible verses, songs and teaching ideas to teach your child leading up to Thanksgiving and all year long. The leaf craft can be used to decorate your house, that you have what my 4 year old daughter calls "having a Bible house"!

Theme Verse: 1 Thessalonians 5:18a "In everything give thanks"

Related Activities:

Give Thanks to the LORD Week 1: Because He is Good

We have a reason to teach our children to be thankful, because we have a good God!  Here are Bible verses, songs and teaching ideas to teach your children to give thanks to God. The leaf craft can be done in the Fall to decorate your home leading up to Thanksgiving.

Theme Verse: "Give thanks to the LORD because He is good" Psalm 136:1 NASB

With your child read this verse at least once a day throughout the week. See if you can memorize it as a family. Pick some of the related activities to help grow in giving thanks to God.