Friday, August 30, 2013

Exposing children to God's Word {Children's Storybook Bible Review}

Today I wanted to share our favorite children's Bible that we read to our 4 year old because I love it so much! It is called The Jesus Storybook Bible and I highly, highly recommend it! It is easy for kids to understand and it definitely does more than just present the stories of the Bible to kids. Every single story in the book points back to Jesus and to the love He has for us. It is really engaging and it even makes me want to dig deeper into my Bible to learn more. We started reading it to our
daughter when she was about 3 1/2 but I would say the ideal age range would probably be 4-8ish (obviously it just depends on your kids though). The stories are a bit long with more words than pictures so it does require a longer attention span. To make sure we read this book every day, I have made it part of her morning routine. We read two stories a day and once we finish we just start over and read it again. As she has gotten more familiar with the stories she has asked more questions and we have been able to discuss more things each time we read it!








The first children's Bible we got for our daughter was The Beginner's Bible. It is very simple
with nice illustrations and does a good job introducing some of the well known stories of the Bible. It does not go into much detail or very deep but it is definitely a good starting point for young kids.  

Right now reading from these children's Bibles is a great way to bring up things about Jesus that we want our daughter to know. We try to bring Him into everyday life as well by pointing her towards Him when she needs help (like with her attitude) and just talking about Him during the day. But I am curious to know how you expose your little ones to Jesus and Gods word. Do you read to them out of your Bible? Or do you do a family Bible study/quiet time together? I would love to hear what you do or any ideas you may have!   

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