Little Blessings Bible Lessons - The Bible Through a Young Child's Eyes
From SPARK
One-sentence summary
Chronological Bible lessons for preschool children.
Description
These lessons were written for preschool children. They can also be used with older children. The fifty-two lessons are available on-line. The web address is: http://lbbl.homestead.com/ The lessons are also available in English and Spanish on a CD which can be purchased for $15.00 US. The lessons begin with creation, and end with Jesus' coming back for all believers. Each lesson has a class outline, a Bible verse activity, a Bible story, three supporting stories and four crafts. They all help young children learn by seeing, hearing and doing. Different bright and colorful visuals are provided both on the CD and on the web site.
Each week a new lesson is available in both English and Spanish on the website. These lessons are for those who work with children in countries where currency exchange, customs, mail service or persecution make it difficult to obtain a copy of the CD. Permission to print the lesson for home or ministry use is given. Do not reproduce the material for any other use.
- A computer with Microsoft Windows 95 or newer
- A CD-ROM drive and printer
- white paper
- colored paper
- crayons
- children's stickers
- 1/8 inch wide ribbon
- glue and a few other craft materials.
The activities used include songs, action poems, pretending and questions.
Considerations
- The lesson sections are short as needed to keep the attention of young children.
- The crafts use simple materials.
- The colorful visuals are available for printing with a color printer.
- The Bible stories are true to the Bible text.
- Each lesson is focused on one truth in the text.
- All stories, crafts and activities reinforce the lesson focus.
- The short Bible stories and additional stories are meant to be told in story format. This fits in well to the culture of oral societies.
- Some stories have western cultural themes. They can be omitted or replaced with appropriate cultural stories.
- Many of the stories and visuals will need to be adapted to individual cultures and language groups. They could be substituted with appropriate material from a particular culture.
- Some colors in the colored visuals may not be appropriate for a certain people groups and languages. The visuals could be copied in black and white and colored correctly for that culture.
- Some craft materials may not be available in some language groups.
- A summary of all 52 Bible lessons is available online.
Limitations
Guidelines for Use
- The price of the Little Blessings Bible Lessons bilingual CD is $15.00 (US) The CD contains a complete curriculum of 52 lessons in English and Spanish. Each language version has over 550 pages of printable stories, crafts, class outlines and instructions. Each version has over 200 printable color images of completed sample crafts.
Where to Obtain
Link to Producer or Source Organization
Little Blessings Bible Lessons
Cost
bilingual CD is $15.00 (US)
Producer/Owners
Author/Artist/Producer
Current copyright owner
Little Blessings Bible Lessons
If you are interested in translating these lessons into a vernacular language you will need to contact the owners/copyright holders. You can suggest an agreement using the Creative Commons License found below.
Other Information
These lessons are intended for those working with children in countries outside the United States where currency exchange, customs, mail service or persecution make it difficult to obtain a copy of the CD. Permission to print the lesson for home or ministry use is given. Do not reproduce the material for any other use.
