Resources for Training Children (submitted by Mark Friedrick of
West Houston Bible Church,
Houston, TX)
Transcripts of Robert Dean’s lessons:
http://www.divineviewpoint.com/sane/dbm/index.html
- One of our teachers who teaches the teen class highly
recommends Firm
Foundations material and the
Children's Ministry Resource Bible:
The Firm Foundation series of lessons can be found here:
http://www.ntmbookstore.com/bible-studies-s/1814.htm
The Children's Ministry Resource Bible is put out by
Child Evangelism Fellowship:
https://cefpress.com/Children-s-Ministry-Resource-Bible.html
New Tribes Mission also has the Firm
Foundations lessons at
www.ntmbooks.com.
- Child Evangelism Fellowship is one of
our favorites
for flannels and lesson plans. www.cefonline.com
- www.biblicaldiscipleship.org has the
wonderful Incredible Creatures videos.
- www.answersingenesis.org
The Answers in Genesis website.
- www.icr.org
Incredible Creatures DVDs are also available
at the Institute for Creation Research (ICR).
- Nest Entertainment has good videos with coloring books that
go along with the story
http://www.nestentertainment.com/24-animated-old-and-new-testament-dvds_p42998.aspx
- We all like Standard Publishing material. Below
is a note from one of our teachers:
The coloring
books we like and use are
Bible
Stories to Color
and Tell
illustrated by Len Ebert, Standard Publishing (www.standardpub.com)
and Bible
Story Coloring Pages
illustrated by
Chizuko Yasuda, published by Gospel Light. Both are reproducible.
- www.goodseed.com
(GoodSeed
International) Stranger on the Road
to Emmaus
is a great book.
- ABEKA
curriculum – they have great large picture cards
for Bible lessons. The artwork is
fantastic. You order ABEKA materials
through Pensacola College.
http://bookstore.floridacollege.edu/store/category/4/15/Abeka-Visual-Aids/
- When I taught the days of creation I brought books
from the public library on mammals, plants, stars, solar system,
birds, ocean creatures, dinosaurs, dragons, etc. I used these
for pictures (which the kids loved) and we talked about "kinds"
and also I would sometimes read a statement "billions of years
ago" "big bang", etc.; and we would discuss it. I think this
helped them to connect what they were learning at church with
what they see in school, at home on TV, etc. I also
purchased (less than $5) a solar system poster at a teacher
supply store. I used this as a picture when we talked about Day
4. Same thing could be done with books about cultures, races,
languages for lesson on Tower of Babel.
- Book:
Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers
– This
is a series that teaches the
Trinity,
Scripture,
and the Gospel to small children. The author is
a DTS grad and these might be worth purchasing.
- Book:
Big
Truths for Young Hearts,
by Bruce
Ware.
Heard about this on the radio and thought it
might be worth checking out regarding training children and/or recommending to parents for teaching
their kids at home. You can preview the
contents, intro, and chapter 1 at Crossway, but
Amazon has the better price.
Equips parents to guide their young children
through all major doctrines in an
understandable, chapter-a-day format.
Sure, it’s easy to teach your children the
essentials of Christian theology when you’re a
theology professor. But what about the rest of
us?
With Big
Truths for Little Hearts, Bruce Ware (you
guessed it!) a theology professor, encourages
and enables parents of children 6–14 years of
age to teach through the whole of systematic
theology at a level their children can
understand. Parents can teach their children the
great truths of the faith and shape their
worldviews early, based on these truths.
The book covers ten topics of systematic
theology, devoting several brief chapters to
each subject, making it possible for parents to
read one chapter per day with their children.
With this non-intimidating format, parents will
be emboldened to be their children’s primary
faith trainers—and perhaps learn a few things
themselves along the way.
Basic Teaching
Basic Things Parents Should Teach Kids
Key Events in History
Essence of God