Q & A: Children's Books and Preschool Curriculum
Q. "We have been trying to find some good children's Bible story books, also. Do you have any to recommend? -Tammy"
A. We have searched and searched for good children's books and find they are far and few between, especially Bible story books. We don't want ones that have cartoon pictures or nonBiblical accounts of Bible stories. That about rules all of them out. So far, we've mainly just stuck with reading the Bible to her. We also have a Bible verse book which we read to her from Scripture Memory Fellowship (Bible Forget-Me-Nots ) and the catechism cards we are doing with her.
For other wholesome reading material, we haven't found much, but here are a few books I can recommend for preschool-aged children:
Little Pillows and Morning Bells
The Lord Builds the House
Bless the Lord
I also really like the Rod and Staff Preschool Curriculum and this Preschool Workbook Set.
Videos (straight Bible stories, no goofy entertainment or cartoon characters): Mr. Fixit Bible Stories
Puzzles from Timberdoodle
ReadyWriter
Other recommendations, please? I know there are some great things out there for young children, I just am still trying to find them!
A. We have searched and searched for good children's books and find they are far and few between, especially Bible story books. We don't want ones that have cartoon pictures or nonBiblical accounts of Bible stories. That about rules all of them out. So far, we've mainly just stuck with reading the Bible to her. We also have a Bible verse book which we read to her from Scripture Memory Fellowship (Bible Forget-Me-Nots ) and the catechism cards we are doing with her.
For other wholesome reading material, we haven't found much, but here are a few books I can recommend for preschool-aged children:
Little Pillows and Morning Bells
The Lord Builds the House
Bless the Lord
I also really like the Rod and Staff Preschool Curriculum and this Preschool Workbook Set.
Videos (straight Bible stories, no goofy entertainment or cartoon characters): Mr. Fixit Bible Stories
Puzzles from Timberdoodle
ReadyWriter
Other recommendations, please? I know there are some great things out there for young children, I just am still trying to find them!
posted by Crystal Paine at 3:46 PM
8 Comments:
I don't know how easy these are to obtain in the US but we like the books by BA Ramsbottom published by the Gospel Standard Trust. There are several titles e.g. "Miracles of Jesus" and "Parables of Jesus". These are very reverent as are the pictures.
For slightly older children, the "Bible History" by John Vreugdenhil is a three volume translation from Dutch. The translation creaks a little at times but the content is good. This covers parts of the Bible that are often left out of children's Bibles e.g. Job and also teaches as well as telling the story. My children learnt about "types" from this.
This can be obtained from www.heritagebooks.org.
Annaelisabeth
Good Night Moon is Austyn's favorite. My parents used to read it to me when I was growing up.
I think all parents of pre-schoolers should get from the library or buy something like If the World Were a Village; something that talks about other cultures and religons. It is vital in American today!
(ps I got some pictures up of Austyn and myself at my blog, everyone is invited to check them out!)
I have been enjoying reading More little visits with God to my boys lately. It is really short stories with little lessons and a short bible verse for them. There are questions to ask to see if they really learned what they heard. It is nice!
I also really like other Rod and staff story books for lessons too. Tattletale Sparkie is good too.
I have a couple of bible story books. One that is nice is an older one Taylor Bible story Book 1973 Tyndale House and another one called Theirs is the Kingdom by EEdmans from 1986
So, basically look for old bible story books!
Have you been to the Keepers of the Faith site? This link here had some children's books: http://www.keepersofthefaith.com/Catalog/BookandMusicIndex.asp . I actually haven't ordered anything from them but it looks like they might have some good materials.
~Lindsey
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Wow! Rod and Staff! That brings back a lot of memories. I did Rod and Staff one year for homeschooling but didn't like it. Are they the Mennonite based curiculum? Or am I thinking aobut Christian Light Pub? Whatever it was, I learned world history from a Mennonite perspective which is a very interesting way to learn world history. Two years later I learned world history from a Babtist perspective.Then I learned about Church history from a Reformed perspective. A lot of that strongly contradicted the content of the Baptist and Mennonite history. Though, I think it was a little biased I'm glad that I learned from a Christian perspective because I know things that my husband, being public school educated, never learned. He never learned about the bullit proof George Washington and other stories about Christian men and women in history.
It is hard to find reverent Christian kid books. I don't mind some of the cartoons. Especially if they are the cardboard pages so he can look at them himself. I have a friend who doesn't have any children books that show Jesus. Every picture of Jesus his face is blank (which , I think looks a little creepy).
I am very relaxed with teaching my son. I probably won't actively start until kindergarten. Boys learn differently than girls and I don't want to frustrate him. Ofcourse I read to him and play with him but I don't call it school. We are just having fun. I guess I've never been a big proponent of early childhood education. I think George will be just fine doing everyday toddler things with Mommy.
-Zan
For a children's Bible story book, we love The Children's Bible, by Golden Press. It is an abridged Bible rather than a story book, so it's very faithful to the text. It contains far more selections than the typical children's Bible story book. Since it includes nearly all the narrative portions of the Bible, children will learn the more "obscure" stories too; not just Jonah, Joseph, Noah, and Jesus, but also the various judges and kings of Israel, the prophets, and the journeys and adventures of the apostles.
The illustrations are beautiful and reverent. It does include pictures of Christ (which many may object to) but they are distinctly masculine - not the effeminate doe-eyed Jesus that we see so often.
This is the children's Bible that we have worn out and replaced over and over with our children.
My parents got me Bible Stories for Children when I was growing up. It has beautiful non-cartoon illustrations, and it was one of my favorite books.
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