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Creation Activity Pack

May 29, 2018 By AdThrive2017 Leave a Comment

Learning about the Days of Creation is always a fun lesson for your homeschool or Sunday School classroom. Today, we’ve released a special K-5 Activity Pack that includes TONS of fun for teaching the Days of Creation to your students.

This Creation Activity Pack is the perfect accompaniment to your Creation Bible lessons! K-5 students will find lots of fun hands-on activities, games, scripture tools, copywork pages, mazes, worksheets, activity pages, craft projects and more! Includes fun take-home resources for students to memorize the seven days of creation. 32pgs

This Days of Creation Bible Activity Pack is just one of many No-Prep, Holiday Bible Activity Packs available in our store. These are some of our best-selling titles for good reason! Each pack includes games, crafts, activities, worksheets, scripture copywork, take-home activities and more for multiple age levels. We get feedback from parents and teachers who continue to use these packs year after year with their thematic units.

Anyway, here is a peek inside our New Days of Creation Pack,

We’ve packed it full with tons of hands-on and interactive activities:

Days of Creation Worksheets: Creation Crossword Puzzle, Word Search and Word Scramble

Days of Creation Wheel

Students cut out and assemble to create their own story retelling set.

Creation BUMP!

Bump is a favorite game with my children and this version helps students memorize what God made on each of the days of creation.

Creation Puzzles and Mazes

Fun, thematic Dot2Dot and maze pages you can use when learning about the days of creation.

Days of Creation Necklace

Print one set each to make a necklace for students to take home.

Creation Bible Verse Copywork (KJV)

Each page features a different day in creation along with a key scripture references. These would be fun to use each day to build a book at the end of your unit.

A Cursive set is also available for older students, also KJV.

The Creation Game!

A fun, multi-player game you can use during your Creation Bible lessons. Collect each day of creation to WIN!!

All God’s Creatures Matching Worksheets

Each page offers a fun way to get your younger students involved in learning the days of creation.

God Made Me Bible Crown

Our Bible Crowns are LOVED by children everywhere, and we’ve added a fun God Made Me Bible Crown to this set. What a fun way for students to take home this important message.

Days of Creation Song

A simple opening song for circle time or for easily memorizing the days of creation.

This would pair nicely with holding up visual cues or by using the Creation bracelets for reference.

Days of Creation Bracelets

A simple way for students to retell and memorize what God made on each day of creation.

Creation Geo Art for Older Students

Days of Creation Bible Bookmarks

As you can see we’ve included so many fun games, activity pages, art projects, copywork, puzzles and more!

It’s ALWAYS a good time to learn about the Days of Creation, but this set pairs especially well with an Earth Day unit as well.

The Creation Activity Pack

$5.00

Love Bible Minibook for Kids

January 14, 2018 By Valerie Mcclintick 3 Comments

It’s almost one month before Valentine’s Day and today I’ve got a special Bible Verse minibook based on LOVE! This printable book is based off of 1 Corinthians 13, and shows children the character quality of LOVE in action.

Print LOVE Book Here

Printing & Assembly: This printable book is available in color or black and white and is intended to be printed on both sides of the paper. Be sure to choose double-sided, flip on the short edge in your printer settings. If you print with color be sure to use cardstock paper as the color bleeds through. Once printed, fold the booklet in half, and in half again (so that the cover is correct). You can then cut the page apart or trim the top, then staple together. (Don’t worry if that is too confusing you can just cut apart the pages, place them in order and staple together.)

Looking for more Valentine’s Day Fun? Check out our Valentine’s Day Bible Activity Pack

Thanksgiving Bible Activity Pack

November 8, 2017 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving is on the horizon and today I’ve got an amazing Thanksgiving Bible Activity Pack to share with you.

If you’re not yet familiar with our Holiday Packs you’ll want to check out these titles as well:

Christmas Bible Activity Pack

Valentine’s Day Bible Activity Pack

St. Patrick’s Day Bible Activity Pack

Easter Bible Activity Pack

New Release!!

Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Bible Activity Pack

This Thanksgiving activity pack reminds children that God calls us to have a thankful heart. Christ-centered activities point students in the right direction as they learn key scripture and ways to GIVE BACK to their community in this Bible-based, Christian Activity Pack. Includes 35 pages of multi-age activities, games, worksheets, songs, crafts and more. Designed to be low-prep and hands-on to keep little hearts and minds engaged.

Want to take a peek inside? Here is glance at what you can expect:

As with all of our activity pack, the first couple of pages outline the variety of games, activities, worksheets, and crafts. There are plenty of options for multiple grades and ability levels so this is a perfect fit for homeschooling families or small church settings. With this set you’ll have something for everyone to do!

Scripture Pumpkins

Scripture Memorization is fun with these printable pumpkin verse cards and coordinating pocket. This set features six different verses for students to learn. Available in color or black and white (print on orange paper). These make fantastic take-home items for your Sunday School kiddos.

Thanksgiving Bible Activity Pages

This set comes with three Bible verse puzzle pages; Thanksgiving Crossword, Thanksgiving Word Search, and Thanksgiving Word Scramble. Each puzzle sheet features key scripture about being thankful and grateful to God.

The Giving Back Game

Being thankful is more than just saying, “thanks.” We can show God that we are thankful with our actions. This Thanksgiving look for ways you can GIVE back to your community and begin to build a heart full of thanksgiving. When we help others we learn to be thankful for what we have. Students roll the dice and make their way around the board collecting different suggestions for ways they can make an impact in their community.

Thanksgiving Bible Verse Mazes

This set also includes two Thanksgiving-themed Bible verse maze activity pages. Younger children can practice their lettering by tracing the letters of each verse.

Compassion Cootie Catcher

Students catch compassion cooties with this fun foldable that encourages students to reach out and look for tangible ways to impact their communities. Pick and number and start to play!

Thanksgiving Acrostic & Bible Verse Dot-2-Dot

Two simple worksheets you can hand out to students during the month of November. The first is a Thanksgiving Acrostic for older students to think of things that they are thankful for starting with each letter of the word, “Thanksgiving.” The second is a fun activity page for younger students to complete the dot-2-dot and learn the bible verse.

Community Blessings Wreath

This is cut and paste paper plate wreath for older students. Each piece of the wreath features a way for students to give back to their community. Simply color, cut-out and glue to a paper plate. Staple a string to the back to hang on the door on in their room. Encourage students to look at the wreath for ways they can help others.

Roll a Turkey Activity Page & Turkey Circle Time Song

Students can play this super silly table side game with two dice and a sheet of paper. Each student takes turns rolling the dice and adding each turkey part to their paper. First one to roll a complete turkey (body, head, eyes, hat, 2 wings, 2 legs, beak, and at least one feathre wins!) Turkey Circle Time Song is a simple song to sing with younger students learning how to count.

Thankful Turkey Craft

A simple template for studetns to cut out and create their our thanksgiving turkeys. Each turkey reads, “Lord give me a thankful heart.” Students write things they are thankful for on each of the feathers.

Thanksgiving Feast Cut & Paste Craft

This is a simple craft for younger students. Students color and cut out each food item and arrange them on their Thanksgiving plate. They can write or dictate what they are thankful for on each item.

Fall Leaf Tracing Pages

For younger students we’ve included two different fall leaf tracing pages. These are fun for students color and it will build fine motor control skills as well. One page reads, ‘Thank you God,” and the other a verse from Ecclesiastes.

Thankful Heart Paper Plate Pumpkin Bible Craft

This is a fun craft if you don’t mind painting or even using Kwik sticks in the classroom. Students paint the pumpkin orange and cut out a construction paper leaf/stem. Seed templates are provided, each with their own suggestion for how to cultivate a thankful heart. Finish it off by gluing on some white string (as the pumpkin pulp).

Thankful Heart Bookmarks and Thank You God Minibook

Both of these are perfect for take-home resources for your students. The Thankful Heart bookmarks provide students with tangible ways they can cultivate and heart filled with thanksgiving. The Thank You God Minibook is just right for little hands to remember the story of Thanksgiving and why we celebrate.

Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Bible Activity Pack

Jesus Loves Me: Valentine’s Day Activity Pack

January 3, 2017 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

With Christmas behind us and Winter in full swing (we just got 10 inches of snow dumped on us here in Southern Oregon), I wanted to get a head start on planning out some upcoming holidays! Today, I’m releasing a brand new Holiday Activity Pack for Valentine’s Day.

Our Holiday Packs are some of our most popular teaching resources because they are NO-PREP, available in an instant download and include TONS of hands on activities, games, crafts, printables and teaching resoruces for K-5 students. Each set comes with special take home activities too, making them perfect for Children’s Ministry and Outreach.

You can purchase any or all of these sets in our Teachers Pay Teachers store here.

Here is a sneak peek inside our New Valentine’s Day Activity Pack.

Valentine Bible Verse Worksheets

This set features seven different bible verses and includes crossword, word search and word scramble.

Love Bingo Game

Each heart features a key Bible verse or quality of love as described in the Bible

Scripture Hearts Bulletin Board or Coloring Pages

7 Full size scripture hearts you can print and place in your classroom or send home with children. These make great coloring pages or cut outs to use on large heart shaped doilies.

Preschool Mazes & Tracing

Simple mazes and tracing activities for younger students

Jesus Love You Mazes

Fun and challenging mazes for older kiddos

God is Love Game

A fun game for children to play that focuses on the qualities of love.

Printable Valentine’s Day Cards & Bracelets

Each Valentine’s Day card features a simple message and fun maze for children to complete. Tape to a heart sucker and pass out for Valentine’s Day.

Cut apart bracelets and tape around children’s wrists. These are perfect to send home with children. Each heart features a quality of love reminding them of their lesson.

Valentine’s Day Art Project

A simple yet stunning art project for children of all ages.

3D Valentine Art Project

A dramatic new art project for older children

Small Scripture Hearts

7 Bible verse hearts just the right size for crafts and goodies.

Ideas: Tape to a heart sucker and pass out to students, Make a hanging mobile

Jesus Loves Me Crown

A fun take home project for young children to take home.

$5.00 Valentine’s Day Activity Pack

Christian Christmas Symbol Printables

November 23, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Christmas can be overwhelming…..and the true message of Christmas can often get lost in all the “Holiday” festivities. On our sister site we provide many free printables that teach children about the true meaning of Christmas. We also have snow and candy cane themes you can use to point children to Christ during the Winter activities.

Today we’ve added a new section on the website that covers Christmas Symbols and their Meanings. This is a great way to show children that all of the activities that take place during the Christmas holiday are intended to point back to Christ and the sacrifice he made for us.

The Tree points to heaven and reminds us that God is eternal.
The Wreath is a circle and reminds us that God’s love for us is also eternal.
The Candle shines brightly, showing us that Jesus is the light of the World
The Bells ring out a celebration to announce the coming King.
The Baby in a manger shows the birth of the Jesus, the Lord and Savior of the world.
The Candy Cane is shaed like a shepherd’s staff, reminding us that Jesus is our shepherd.
The Star was placed in the sky for the wise men to follow.
The Holly is sharp like the crown of thorns, the berries are red like the blood he shed.
The Cross reminds us of the sacrifice that Jesus made for our sins.
The Presents remind us of God’s gift to the world

Print Christmas Symbols Booklet Free Here

Find More Christmas Printables Here

Christmas Bible Verse Cards

November 9, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I shared some adorable new Christmas Bible Verse Coloring pages you can use to teach children the story of Christmas. Today, I wanted to follow up with full color versions of these same verses to make teaching these key scriptures a breeze. Christmas Scripture Cards for Kids. Each verse prints out crisp and clear on an 8.5 x 11 ” sheet of paper, making these verses just the right size for circle time or classroom display. Alternatively, you can print these with multiple pages per sheet to make hand held flashcards you can send home with your students.

Looking for fun Christian Crafts for Christmas? Check out our Christmas Activity Pack

Don’t Miss this Free Printable Advent Calendar for Kids!

Each ornament represents a special Name of Jesus and they fit perfectly on these wooden craft ornaments.

Find More Christian Christmas Freebies Here

Halloween Outreach Bible Printables

September 21, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Halloween presents a HUGE outreach opportunity for your Church. In our town we have a huge city wide Harvest Festival providing children a safe alternative to Trick or Treating. It is a night filled with treats, games, activities, and fellowship. The entire church parking lot is LIT UP in the middle of town and it draws people away from the darkness and into the light. This is a fantastic time to reach those in your community who might not enter the church building on a Sunday morning. These resources are created with these opportunities in mind:

Free Halloween Bible Printables

Pumpkin Prayer Printables

(HINT: Use alongside this adorable book)

Find More Pumpkin Printables Here:

Parts of a Pumpkin Nomenclature Cards

Parts of a Pumpkin Worksheets

Pumpkin Preschool Printables

Find Pumpkin Games Here

Pumpkin Crafts & Printables

Pumpkin Bible Verse Cards Here

Pumpkin & Gourds Matching Game

Pumpkin Prayer Printables

September 19, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

Over the years, the Pumpkin Prayer has been one of our most popular Fall printables. This year I was so excited to update this resource to include all new graphics in color and black and white.

For those of you now familiar with the Pumpkin Prayer, it is a simple visual prayer you can use with your children during October. Many families will be carving pumpkins around Halloween and this is a special way you can connect each step of the pumpkin carving to an important heartfelt prayer for your children. If you are involved in your children’s ministry this makes a great take home booklet to remind children to let their lights shine before men. This free set is available in color or black and white and you can print it here on our sister site ChristianPreschoolPrintables.com

(HINT: Use alongside this adorable book)

Find More Pumpkin Printables Here:

Parts of a Pumpkin Nomenclature Cards

Parts of a Pumpkin Worksheets

Pumpkin Preschool Printables

Find Pumpkin Games Here

Pumpkin Crafts & Printables

Pumpkin Bible Verse Cards Here

Pumpkin & Gourds Matching Game

Faith Like Joseph Preschool Bible Printables

July 29, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Joseph has always been one of my favorite Bible Heroes, and I’ve added my most favorite Bible verse (Jeremiah 29:11) to this new set for preschoolers!

God had BIG plans for Joseph!! Even if it didn’t seem like it along the way, Joseph played a very important role in History and his life story is loved and cherished by children everywhere.

Today, I’ve created some fun new teaching resources you can use to teach your children important truths we can learn from Joseph. I’ve titled this set, Faith Like Joseph and you can print it free from our sister site Christian Preschool Printables.

If you’re looking for more structure, be sure to check out our Bible ABC Curriculum!

Easter Bible Printables

March 6, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Easter is right around the corner and I wanted to share some newly updated resources with you!

On our sister site Christian Preschool Printables you’ll find a great collection of printable coloring pages, games, worksheets, and crafts you can use to teach your children about the true meaning of Easter. New this year, we’ve added in a a Resurrection BINGO game as well as some colorful Easter Matching Cards you can use to play table games. You’ll also find a great collection of Jelly Bean Prayer printables if you want to send children home with a special treat.

If you’re looking for an easy solution for teaching your Easter lessons this year, be sure to check out our Christian Easter Activity Pack:

Easter Activity Pack

Over 80 pages of printable resources at your fingertips this Easter season! This Bible Easter Activity Pack is filled with Bible games, worksheets, crafts and activity pages you can use to teach your little ones the story of Easter. This set is designed for the K-5 teacher or homeschool family and includes multi age resources to connect with different ages and abilities. Look Inside

More Christian Easter Teaching Resources:

New Easter Resources:

Easter Coloring Pages (above)

Color Your Own Bookmarks (above)

Easter Cross Bookmarks

Editable Easter Verse Cards

Most Popular Easter Resources

Bible Verse Easter Eggs

Cross Egg Craft for Kids

Cross Watercolor Art Project

Resurrection Egg Printables

Resurrection Lapbook

Easter Story Coloring Pages

Easter Story Folder Game

Easter Spin to Win Game

Bible Verse Printables for Easter

verse 1 verse 2 verse 3

Resurrection Crafts & Activities

Easter File Folder Games (Bible)

Easter File Folder Games (Eggs)

Jelly Bean Prayer Printables

Naturally Dyed Easter Egg Tips

St. Patrick’s Day Bible Crafts

March 1, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner I wanted to make a couple of new items you can use with your students this year!

Now, if you missed our facebook update or our newsletter last week, you should know that Christian Preschool Printables will be under construction during the first couple of weeks of March. (If you’re planning on grabbing anything for St. Patrick’s Day or Easter please get it downloaded ASAP as during the update some of the links might not be working and I don’t want anyone to be stuck scrambling right before the holiday).

With that out of the way, here are some adorable new St. Patrick’s Day printables for you!

Treasures in Heaven Bible Craft: A simple yet stunning Bible craft for children to complete this St. Patrick’s Day. Children add rainbow paper or streamers to create a beautiful rainbow coming from the cloud. A scripture card is glued to the back to remind children that their treasure is in Heaven.

St. Patrick’s Day Bible Verse Bookmarks: A set of colorful St. Patrick’s Day Bible Verse Bookmarks for children learning to store their treasures in heaven. Print on cardstock and laminate for durability.

St. Patrick’s Day Bible Verse Cards: These take home cards share a special Bible verse from Matthew 6:20, “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven.” There is room to tape on a small chocolate gold coin as a special treat.

3 in One Shamrock Coloring Page: A simple shamrock coloring page for little hands. Children can color and learn the rhyme, God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit……3 in 1

Free Bible Calendar Printables

February 7, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

If you’ve been following me on Instagram, you’ve already seen a little sneak peek of today’s freebie!

This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a LONG time. On Christian Preschool Printables we’ve always offered a free Bible Calendar set, but it’s needed updating for YEARS and I’ve never found the time (or the right clipart) to do it.

So I’m super excited to have finished this set of Bible Calendar Cards because I know they will look adorable in your classroom and you can use them to tie in many Bible themes over the years.

This is a 12 month set that includes month titles as well as 31 number cards and two bonus special day cards. Each month has been thoughtfully designed to coordinate with themes you might already be teaching in your Sunday School. The Calendar cards are 2.5″ x 2.5″ and they should fit a standard calendar chart or pocket chart.

Bible Calendar Card Set

September: Creation
October: Adam & Eve
November: Thank you God
December: Christmas Story
January: Miracles of Jesus
February: Jesus Loves Me
March: Shamrock Trinity
April: Easter Crosses
May: Noah’s Ark
June: Commandments
July: Daniel in the Lion’s Den
August: David’s Sheep

This is a special Subscriber Freebie only and you can download and print from here.

Be sure to share this offer with your friends!

Enjoy this clipart? Check out Kari Bolt Designs for more!

Christian Easter Activity Pack

January 31, 2016 By Valerie Mcclintick 5 Comments

We had such a huge response to our Christmas Activity Pack last year, that I thought it would be a good idea to put together a similar resource for Easter!

I know many of you are already planning your Easter lessons, so I wanted to get this out in January to give you plenty of time to put these resources to work for you.

And since it’s the 31st I can pat myself on the back for that goal met…. ha!

You can download our Easter Activity Pack from our Teachers Pay Teachers eStore

Want to peek inside?

This pack is filled with 80 pages of multi-level games, activities and resources to take all the work out of your Easter Sunday School Lesson planning.

Three Different Easter Bible Games:

Seven Easter Arts and Craft Activities:

(Five shown below)

Easter Story Wheel & Easter Story Resurrection Eggs:

Easter Cross Geometric Art Project for Kids:

Easter Story Eggs for Art Projects

(Wreaths, Storybooks, Easter Baskets….etc)

Easter Crowns for Take Home:

There are TONS of coloring pages and Worksheets:

Full Size Easter Egg Coloring Pages

Three Levels of Easter Mazes for Kids

Easter Crosswords, Word Scramble and Word Search

(these make great take home items!)

Easter Copywork

Print, Cursive and Blank available with NIV

You can download our Easter Activity Pack from our Teachers Pay Teachers eStore

Christmas Bible Coloring Pages

November 20, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 6 Comments

Christmas is such an amazing outreach opportunity for Children’s Ministry.

Many new students will be coming to your classrooms this Winter, and I wanted to make a few resources you can use or send home with children next month.

These are simple special reminders to children that God has created them unique, and loves them eternally. The pages are designed for little hands to color in, you might even add a little sparkle with some glitter or glitter gel pens.

There are some great books you can pair with these coloring pages if you want to make a theme in your classroom as well.

God Made Me Unique Snowflake Coloring Page

Snowflake Bentley From the time he was a small boy in Vermont, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley’s enthusiasm for photographing snowflakes was often misunderstood in his time, but his patience and determination revealed two important truths: no two snowflakes are alike; and each one is startlingly beautiful.

The Spirit of God Snowman Coloring Page

Frosty the Snowman is such a beloved tale around Christmas! Children love the magical story of a snowman come to life for a day and I thought it would be fun to make a Bible Verse coloring page you could use to tie in with this Winter story.

Jesus Loves Me Candy Cane Coloring

The Legend of the Candy Cane is such an amazing resource book around Christmas! I love books and tangible objects that can point children to God and serve as a reminder of his everlasting love for them. If you haven’t yet picked up a copy of this popular book, I highly recommend it, there is a Kindle version as well making is simple to add this book to your holiday collection. J is for Jesus is another sweet holiday story for children that uses the candy cane to represent the gospel message.

Thanksgiving Bible Coloring Pages

November 15, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 3 Comments

Thanksgiving 2015 is less than two weeks away and believe me my children are SUPER excited to take a holiday from school!

I know many of our readers are involved in co-op’s and children’s ministries so I wanted to make sure to add in some new and fun resources to use over the Thanksgiving break.

So here are three super cute and simple teaching printables just for you:

Candy Corn Bible Coloring Page

This is a simple coloring sheet that reads, “I will fix my eyes upon Jesus!” and shows the candy corn “pointing” and looking towards the heavens. The candy corn is three colors and can also be used to teach the trinity (3 parts one whole). Provide children with a few candy corns for color reference :)

Thank You Jesus For….. Coloring Page

This is a great page for little hands to color in and this can easily be laminated into a Thanksgiving placemat. Children write or dictate what they are thankful for at the bottom.

My Help Comes From the LORD Verse Bracelet

These are simple take home bracelets for children. Print and cut out in strips for children to color, then use a small piece of tape to affix them around their little wrists. They’ll be able to take home this key reminder that we can depend on God for our needs.

Give Thanks Unto the Lord Printable Set

This is a great set for older children and includes two coloring pages and two Thanksgiving card templates.

Thanksgiving is a great time to add in a little fun as well! Try these new Thanksgiving Bump Games free from File Folder Fun

Looking for some more fun? Try this free Thanksgiving Week Preschool Activity Pack for Math, Science, and Games free from Preschool Mom.

Looking for Thanksgiving Copywork?

Print this free set of Bible Verse Copywork of the Thankful Leper in Luke 17.

Or try this free set of Bible Verse Copywork on Thankfulness Here

You can even find a set of free Thankful Bible Verse Cards for children to take home.

Find SO MANY MORE of our Free Thanksgiving Printables here

Creation Bible Bookmarks

November 1, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 1 Comment

It seems like everywhere I look there are lots of Adult coloring pages, zentangles, and patterns for people to color in. I think these types of printables are so popular because there is just something about coloring that is so calming and therapeutic.

Plus it’s fun.

Today I created a Creation Story Bible Bookmark for Older children (or adults) to color in. This would make a great in class art activity (think: glitter pens) or just an open invitation for children to color when left on the dining room table. Each day of creation is depicted as you go down the bookmark so it makes a hand Bible study tool for children as well.

Print your Creation Story Bookmark Here

Days of Creation Bible Bookmark

Find More Creation Printables Here

Find More Bible Bookmarks Here

Pumpkin Prayer Coloring Page

September 5, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 2 Comments

Okay, I know it’s a tad early to start posting Pumpkin themed printables, but better early than late right?

Besides, I know many of you are NOT procrastinators (like myself) and I’m sure you’re already planning for the Fall months ahead.

So here is a simple activity page that features the Pumpkin Prayer, which is a step by step carving guide for explaining the message of salvation as you cut into and decorate a pumpkin this Harvest season. There is also a blank pumpkin for children to draw on their own pumpkin face, so these would make excellent take home items for those of you in Children’s Ministry or Daycare centers.

Print Pumpkin Prayer Activity Page Here

Pumpkin Prayer Minibook

Pumpkin Prayer Take Home Cards

Christian Harvest Printables

Thanksgiving Bible Printables

Bible Verse Pumpkins

Halloween Bible Tracts for Kids

History Notebooking Cover Pages

This is a set of free printable Notebooking cover sheets. I created these for children to use as time period dividers for History notebooks. This set coordinates with The Kingfisher’s Encyclopedia of World History so you can easily provide children with blank notebooking pages to help them build their own timeline notebook. Additionally you could use these within a three ring binder as dividers or as covers for a spiral bound notebook. For information on binding your own notebooks check out this photo tutorial.

Download History Notebooking Cover Set Here Use with our Free Bible Timeline Here

Includes 10 Dividers for:

The Ancients
Classical
Early Middle Ages
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Trade & Empire
Revolution and Independence
Unification and Colonization
World Wars
The Modern World

The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia

Each section includes biographies of important people and key features on the art, architecture, and technology of the period. No more hunting and pecking all over the internet for incomplete or un-vetted information. With 3,500 indexed references and more than 2,000 full-color illustrations, photographs, and source materials, as well as research-friendly back matter and index, this encyclopedia provides a beautiful, authoritative reference that is essential for any home, school, or library.

Learn to Read with a Bible

June 1, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick 7 Comments

Teaching your child to read is one of the most difficult but rewarding tasks of Homeschooling.

Starting with read alouds when children are very young builds many pre-reading skills that will set the foundation for your child’s reading career. As far as teaching a child to read, the best thing you can do with your child is read to them!

I’m currently teaching my third child to read so I’ve had ample opportunity to try out different reading curiculums and online software, some of which I couldn’t live without, but today I wanted to highlight some of my favorite Bible resources for learning to read.

Learn-to-Read Bible by Heather Gemmen

Who is this for? This Learn to Read Bible is for a child who is just starting to master letter sounds and blends. The child may or may not have memorized a few sight words, but they are showing readiness to move beyond letter sounds and into blending words.

Why use this Bible? Each page is filled with full color illustrations that will draw your young child into God’s word. Below the colorful pictures are two new words for children to learn, followed by three or four short sentences for children to read. The font is bold and easy to read, with the new words in a different color. Many pages contain short follow up questions you can ask your child after the reading.

How to use this Bible to Learn to Read: For each day teach your child the two new vocabulary words. Introduce the words to your child then work together to read the days reading, emphasizing the new words as you read. If your child is just starting to read words you might read the page first, moving your finger underneath each word accordingly. Next, read the page with your child. Again, as you read with your child hold your finger underneath each word you are reading and slowly sound out the letters together, blending the sounds to form the word. Slow and steady is the goal, it might take the entire lesson to read the first page and that is okay. After blending the word be sure to “recap” what you are reading to keep the words in context and move the story along. You might ask your child to copy their new words into a notebook, and choose a sentence to use as copywork and handwriting for the day.

Here is a free copywork page you can use specifically with this Learn to Read Bible. This would make a simple follow up to your short daily lessons. Children write their two new vocabulary words into the blank frames. Then using the Learn to Read Bible as a source, they can copy a sentence with one of their new words onto their paper. Children can then follow up by writing something they learned about God from the story. The Learn to Read Bible is very good at keeping God the center of the storyline, children will easily find sentences in their reading such as, “God is great,” “God does not lie,” “God was with them,” and “God had a plan.” Pages that don’t include such sentences provide children with an opportunity to dig deeper into the story to determine what they can learn about God from the days passage. You might even have children read their responses to you afterwards to reinforce reading and editing skills.

For children who are ready, you can expand these daily readings with Rocket Readers Bible Stories.

Each level includes multiple books for children to read with a specific goal in mind. For example Level 1 Rocket Readers work on alphabet sounds and beginning sight words, Level 2 teaches letter combinations, Level 3 brings in beginning writing skills…..etc. These books are small but provide children with a sense of accomplishment and don’t overwhelm the early reader.

Once your child can read more than a few sentences at a time, you might consider The Early Reader’s Bible. It was also one of our favorites and with the vocabulary word bank and follow up questions it’s very easy to transition your child to this next level.

Love Bible Verse Bookmarks

March 21, 2015 By Valerie Mcclintick Leave a Comment

Today I have some simple Love Bible Verse Bookmarks for children.

Each bookmark features a quality of love as described in 1 Corinthians 13, and the last bookmark reads, “God is Love” These are very simple yet beautiful and your older children might appreciate a few for their bookshelf. Use during Valentine’s Day or Easter or anytime you want to treat your children.

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