Last week I wrote a quick review of the All-in-One Bible Fun Curriculum from Abingdon Press. We liked the preschool edition and have used it twice in a preschool class at our church. It is definitely a useful resource to have on hand, especially if you need to hand something off to a last minute substitute.
These books are only $10 each – a great price for 13 weeks of lessons for Sunday School or Children’s Church. You can read a sample on the Abingdon Press or Cokesbury websites.
This contest is now closed, thanks to everyone who entered. Look for more giveaways soon.
The Giveaway: All-in-One Bible Fun
Abingdom press wants me to select three winners. Two will choose either elementary or preschool editions of the “Stories of Jesus.” One grand prize winner will win all four books in the curriculum series.
How To Win
To enter this contest, leave a comment below and share your favorite Bible Story to teach kids. On September 30, I will randomly draw 3 winners from the comments left on this post. If this is your first time to leave a comment, it will take a few minutes to appear. Make sure you use a real email or I won’t be able to contact you. The prizes can only ship to US addresses.
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One of these days, I plan to win something from your site.
My favorite story recently wa teaching about Solomon and the two prostitutes. The sight of a 1st grader wielding a sword over top of a baby doll and just begging for me to let him cut it in half is priceless.
Our church is planning to start a youth program in January (Christmas play practice starts October through December). We are a small country church with limited resources, and this would definitely enhance our curriculum. Thank you!
I have been very blessed by having signed up for this newsletter. I am an assistant Pre-school Sunday School teacher. We have some new children in our class (praise the Lord) and I truly believe that we can lead them to Christ and the knowledge of His teachings with help from this wonderful website.
Thank you for all of your hard work in helping further the Kingdom of God!!!
Jesus Loves You
Sarah H.
My favorite Bible story is the parable of the mustard seed.
One of my favorite ones to teach is that of Adam and Eve being tempted by the snake in the Garden of Eden. The kids always love acting it out and it’s funny to watch!
Peace,
Heather Rummel
Hey this is a great Idea. I would love this book. I teach 1st – 5th grade Sunday School, work in the Nursery, the youth, and Children’s Church. What a great way to delve deeper into the bible with my kids.
My favorite so far has been teaching the 5/6th graders about trusting what the Lord tells you to do and that He will not put you into harms way-Joshua. I took a chapter out of a Halloween party or slumber party and put together different textured foods (such as cold, canned green beans) and turned out the lights, blindfolded the children, and had them taste the diffent things in the bowl telling them to trust me that nothing they eat will harm them and they have most likely eaten the items before. Very funny!
We recently revisited the story of Noah’s ark for a group of our student who will be participating in a Bible Bowl. Isn’t it interesting that Noah and his family were actually on the ark for more than a year (371 days)!!
Thank you for your newsletter and website!
My favorite Bible story for teaching children is David and Goliath. Little boys seem to be fascinated with David’s slingshot and killing Goliath with just two of the stones. Thie story demonstrates how strong we can be when God is in control of our lives.
It is very hard to pick just one because I love all of the Bible stories and I love it when I see a light go off in the children eyes that tells me they got it. There are times that it is hard to reach them but occasionally you have a Sunday where one or two are so into the class and we want to keep going but then time runs out. I can not pick just one, I am sitting here thinking of the different ones that I taught and I have fond memories of each lesson. Joseph –I picked up one of the kids and tossed him into the crib (to represent Joseph being thrown into the pit. King Solomon choosing to divide the baby in half and the girls in my class eyes got so wide. There were a lot of questions that day. The armor of God-I had around 15 or so that day and the room is small so we all stood and pretended to put each piece on and then I explained what each piece meant. Be Ye Doers of the Word–We talked about how this applies to us and how we should love our enemy and turn the other cheek. One little boy said what if there are two boys fighting you and one hits you and you turn the other cheek and the other boy hits you. What do you do then? I told him don’t get yourself in that situation. It takes more courage to stand for God’s word than it does to fight a boy.
One of my favorite stories I taught was about the widow and her two mites. I used an old tin and some change to help the children understand how it sounded when those that gave “lots” put their money in the treasury. Then we compared how it sounded when the widow dropped in her two mites (I used pennies). That sound comparison was very effective at teaching them that God knows about your heart and about giving all that you have.
I would love to win this curriculum! My favorite story is more in line with a favorite verse – Psalm 23. My husband and I co teach the class so for 2 months we went through the Shepherd’s Psalm making a book with each of the children, using activities and skits to impart to them that the Lord is their Shepherd, He will not leave them in want, He will feed them, restore them, allow them to rest.
This curriculum would be an answer to prayer. Recently our church has had to cut all expending of money and our staff (my hubby and me included) have had to take a 5% cut in our pay. I buy a lot of materials myself, but am unable to do so now due to finances. SO, that said….this would be an answer to prayer.
We have a new preschool program going on Wednesday night and this would aid that ministry greatly.
My favorite Bible story to teach is … anything. I just love teaching the kids. They are so eager to learn. Right now on Wednesday nights (with Grades 1-6) we are teaching them about being BOLD witnesses using Joshua 1:9 as our base! Lovin’ every minute of it.
I think my favorite story to tell the kids is about the wall of Jericho tumbling down. Their eyes get so wide and they sit really still to hear about how God helped them knock down the wall just by walking around it, blowing their trumpets and giving a mighty shout.
I love to teach the my preschoolers the story of Jesus and children from Matthew 10. I read it and then we act it out every September. I love verse 16 ” and He took them in His arms and blessed them”
Good Day All!
One of my favorite children time lessons was teaching how Jesus washed away our sins with his blood. I used two poster boards- one black stating sinful and lost, the other white stating clean and whole, some red fabric, and different methods of cleaning. First, one child tried a paper towel, next another tried a wash cloth, then we all tried with a big sponge together when that still didn’t work our pastor step in let us know only one thing would work. He took the red fabric, placed it over the black poster, and told us the blood that Jesus shed was the answer. Once he removed the fabric the clean and whole poster was showing. The kids loved it and they loved being involved. It was a good remember to the adults, too.
Thank you this opportunity. May God bless and keep everyone, family, or church that reads this.
In Christ Love, Cynthia
My son is doing Children’s church now once a month. He would love some extra resources. I could use some new ideas in Sunday School too. Don’t have but 4 regular students. Pray that I will get kicked out of my SS room soon which is the Youth pastor’s office. We are currently and it seems eternally looking for a youth pastor. FYI: Our basement (SS area classrooms)is undergoing major improvements due to water damage.
Ruth,
I know how you feel about having a little room. I used to have only 3 regular kids in my 1st-5th grade class and now I have 8 regular students, and ocasionly I have as many as 13 in my small 10x 10 room. We had to take the table out that we used to work on when we do crafts so we have enough room for me, my husband, and all the kids. I have been using a series of lessons from another church and the kids love the fact that they get to do all kinds of activities, we even almost every sunday run over into church time. My oldest Daughter(15) keeps telling me I should just call my class the Chldren’s Church since they are the mostly the bulk of our Children’s Church.
PS: Oops, one of my favorite Bible stories for children is the story of the Prodigal Son. When children (first/second graders) say, “I’ve heard that before,” I remind them that they eat the same breakfast every morning and I try to add information to the details they remember from the short clips they’ve heard in K and Pre School. Sometimes, I start with “What do you remember about the story of Jesus and ______? Then build from that.
As a child, I was fascinated by the Bible. I was saved at age 10 and received my 1st Bible on my 11th Birthday. It became my little StoryBook and has been my favorite book ever since.
My favorite story that I like to teach is the Story of the Three Hebrew Boys (Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego) in the fiery furnace. And trying to get them to say, “King Nebuchadnezzar” is always a joy….but they always get it!!
I love story-telling!!! It brings the pages of God’s word to life, through the eyes of a child. Capturing the attention of the smallest child while holding the attention of the oldest is priceless!!! It’s like planting a seed and watching it grow.
It would be a joy to win something. I have never won anything in my life. I am a Children’s Church teacher in a wheelchair. Some parents are happy to see a teacher with a disability teaching their children and there are some who don’t. My favorite Bible story Joseph and his brothers. They were not being good to their brother. While they were being honery, God had a plan to make the situation turn out in a praise way that brought the brothers close together. I have done this lesson several times in different ways.
One of my favorite characters to teach to children out of the Old Testament is the judge Ehud. Opening their eyes to the fact that the Bible is full of every type of story is so much. They do not realize that they do not need all of the worldly stuff to thrill them. The Bible has it all. Of course age appropriate for them to handle. The story of Ehud is very cool how God delivered his message to King Eglon. The book of Judges is so much fun because they are just ordinary people who God chooses to lead in his extroardinary acts.
I really like story- telling especially because I think it’s the most effective way for pre-school children! The children are fascinated by new bible stories because I must say i did have the ” we know this story”… but I think we then should be creative and tell the story differently… this is not easy though:)
I think the children really like stories from the old testaments… especially because they don’t really know them and some of the favorite stories I like to tell are Moses and Noah’s Ark…
I love teaching the children God’s word. My favorite lesson is teaching the children about praise and worship. Praising God means to tell him how wonderfull you think he is. Worship is found in righteous and obidient living. We read the bible verses Psalm 100, Colossians 3:12 – 17. Our thought for the week is Praise God because He is God and we are his people. The children are really starting to understand what it means to praise and worship God and that is important.
My favorite Bible story to tell is one of the miracles. Feeding the 5000. I have the kids gather round then tell the story as I use goldfish crackers and mini loves of bread to bring the story home.
My favorite story to teach the children is about Adam and Eve. They love to reenact the story and can’t wait to see who will be Adam, Eve, and the snake. We would love to win this drawing and use this curriculum to enhance our ministry.
i love teaching children about the bible it’s a wonderful and loving way to help children to grow , i really put myself into them because these children are our fellowers for GOD when they come of age. all children should know about Jesus.
I’m the new Nursery Director at my very small church, and I was pretty excited to find your site! I basically have one student, my own little boy.
My favorite Bible story is Esther. I’m studying this passage in a women’s Bible study, and FREQUENTLY watch the VeggieTales version with my son. (You know how insistent 2-year-olds can be!) It’s just amazing how God worked through this entire story, yet His name is never mentioned.
Thank you for your ministry!
Hi, my name is Timmy Brister. I have always been a big fan of Rev. Mr. Tony Kummer. His insights on children ministry are amazing. I’ve seen his Nascar laptop in person, though I confess to covetousness.
Anyway, I like to tell the story to children of how their best efforts to be a good kid can lead them to become grown-up Pharisees who rely on their good works as a substitute for the gospel. Easier to teach them repentance for self-righteousness now than when they are 18.
My favorite story to tell is Jesus calming the storm. It was a favorite of mine and my siblings when our dad would tell the story and it has become a favorite of mine to tell as the children get so drawn into that account of the power and love of their Savior.
The Good Samaritan is a classic story for the kids. You can always use the kids to act out the parts. First you can have some kids “beat up” the one left for dead. Then, you can have three play the parts of priest, Levite, and Samaritan. You can even have someone play the donkey and the innkeeper. They will visually enjoy the lesson and have something to talk about to others.
Story of Jesus healing the blind man Jn 9
my fav Bible story to teach is about Elijah on Mt Carmel.
Noah and the ark is always “a winner” when telling of God’s care for His people. One time I dressed as “Mrs. Noah” as I told the story from her point of view. One of the parents later told me that when they asked about the class her child was “in awe” that Mrs. Noah had visited them!
I am looking for good bible based curriculum for 2 and 3 and 4-6 year olds. Hope I win this and cna try it out
I love to teach our preschoolers about David and Goliath. Out God is so Big so strong and might, there is nothing my God can not do!!!! So blessed to have been taught the David and Goliath song years ago, I’m not a singer but with that one, I don’t care!!!
Teaching pre-k and Kindergarteners is so much fun! My favorite story to tell them is Noah’s Ark. I get one of them to be Noah and then give them a play hammer and piece of wood to build the ark. I then add items for them to hold on to. First goggles to protect their eyes when building, an umbrella because it started to rain. Next comes the animals, as many stuffed animals they can hold on to. Usually they want to put something down and I won’t let them. I ask them is this easy? Well it wasn’t either for Noah either. I also spray them and all the other kids too with a spray bottle. Anyways I finish the story and we have alot of laughter.
I would like to be entered for a chance to win.
I DEFINITELY wanna win this one!
My favorite story to teach my little ones is the Resurrection story. I love how the kids are so eager to learn!
I love the Christmas story! It was one of my favorites as a child. And the children seem to love it as well. How awesome Jesus came as a babe!
I like teaching the kids about the Prodigal Son.
I teach preschool on Sunday and we also have a kids club on Wednesday nite. This lesson book would really be a blessing to our church.One of my favorite stories to teach would be Jonah and the whale, how God is a God of second chances .I cut out a whale from a sheet of gray foam and taped it to a party favor and on the end of the party favor I tape a picture of Jonah. We would blow our party favors and it would represent the whale spitting Jonah out on dry land. My kids really had fun with these.
I have just started teaching a childrens Sunday school class at our small country church. Your website is an inspiration
Blessings!
Because so many of our kids have siblings, it seems that the Prodigal Son is often the application of the day. We often find ourselves in that story, putting ourselves in the places of the father and the two sons, when jealousy or rivalry or “daddy’s favorite” or “mommy’s favorite” or “he did this” or any other family situation enters the discussion.
The youngest in my care, 5 and 6 year olds, are the most innocent in both relating the situation at home and receiving inspiration from the story to take home. Because of their utmost sincerity and transparency, the hearts of the parents are so easily touched when the kids share their lesson at home and begin to act out what they have learned.
The 7 to 9 year olds have the most fun with it, being more imaginative and creative; this group seems to have the easiest transition from learning to applying the lesson. I say “applying the lesson” because it seems that they share what they learned with the family with the understanding that they are now teaching others how things should be handled. Student to teacher in one great step! And that innocence once again reaches parents effectively.
The older group, from 10 to 12, is the more reflective, being able to internalize the lessons so that the lesson is lived from theirt hearts outward to others. Accountability and repentance are quickly evident as we put ourselves into the story and see how our own actions are affecting everyone else.
Be blessed Today!
I teach the childrens minstry at Hmong Central Luthren Chruch in Saint Paul MN. Last sunday I taught them from the book of Genesis. I believe it is important for them to know what happened in the beginning and how the Lord created everything. Your book will be helpful in teaching them more. Thank You.
I am at a small church that was started about two years ago and we are trying to develop a Sunday School program. I have recently come across your website and have found it to be very help to me as I work on developing a Sunday School curriculm. Thank you for the time and effort you take in putting this together. I know that God is glorified by your great efforts.
This is my first year in charge of Sunday School at my church. I am looking to create my own curriculum with God’s help and instruction. This book would probably help guide me in the planning of this year to come. Thanks for this opportunity.
God loves you and so do I.
I would love this book. I teach Sunday School and I do an Awana program and sometimes I am looking for something different to do.
My favorite Bible story to teach is the calming of the storm from Mark. I teach the children how to observe what is being said in the passage and how to interpret bible truths from those observations. It is a great passage to do that with.
i would love this book all the children are always looking for some thing different for gifts for mothers day and farthers day and grandparentsday and special gifts like homes for older people.
this would help me and my helper in our sunday school class with a lot more infornmation and different lessons and verses etc.
Hello!
As far as a favorite Bible story to tell….. I have so many to choose from, the Bible is so very fascinating to me! I do believe, I would choose a lesson on FAITH!!! I love to tell children about Jesus and the disciples being on the boat and a BIG storm comes up! Well…. the disciples get so very scared! Then they realize that Jesus is sleeping! YIKES! They wake him up in a panic… they think they are going to die! Kids just absolutely love hearing that story! How Jesus is just so calm, and the disciples are crying in fear to HIM! It teaches them not to get so upset when things come their way! GOD is with them ALL the time!
Yes, that is my favorite Bible lesson!
Looks like another great resource!
There are so many favorite stories…I love Joseph, it’s a great story to teach about persevering and leaning on God!
My favorite story to teach the children is “Jesus feeds the 5000″. The children actively participate by sitting on a brown sheet and I feed them “loaves (small pound cake) and fishes” (gold fish crackers). The kids love it!
I appreciate your lesson ideas and would love to win the curriculum to help with our lessons. We are a small church and the teachers have to “come up with” their own lessons.
Thanks
I taught my favorite lesson just last Sunday! We as a class learned about the Bible. The students basically answered questions after reading Psalm 119:105. We have decided as a group to use our Bibles as our lights this year as we treasure Hunt our way through the Bible stories following Mark into the new year.
We are short on curriculum as we are a small church with few children, but we still manage to run Sunday School through the help of some very creative teachers who try very hard each Sunday to make each and every lesson fun no matter whether we have 1 child or 10. Some days that is just how things work out.
Thanks for all the ideas you have provided from your web site, we will continue to use as many as we can incorporate, while mixing in a few of our own.
Lisa
My favorite so far has been Adam and Eve, and that may be because it’s the first one that my 3 year old has learned and really taken to heart. At this age we’ve been really dealing with obedience and this story has really helped me explain and him to understand the importance of obeying.
This resource would be wonderful. I’m trying to get a nursery ministry going at my church and this would be a definite blessing.
My favorite story was when we taught about bible heroes. We had all the kids think of an action figure for each hero and what that character would do. They had to draw their characters and write a description about each one. Then they had to act it out in front of the class sort of like a commercial to advertise their action figure. Then at the end of the night the class would choose which figure they would “buy” based on it’s action and commercial presented. We had a blast and the kids really enjoyed doing this activity. They came every week prepared with actions for the new hero of the week.
I can’t pick one story over another, they each have their importance. On Wednesday night, we have a Bible Club (Matt. 5:16 is the theme verse) for children grades 1-6. We teach the children about each book of he Bible, they are learning to say the books of the Bible through various games and activities. But most of all they are not just learning Bible stories, they are learning that the Bible is a guide for their life and how to let their light shine at school.
We are about to start a new program like your Bible Club. Do you have any suggestions for teacher resources/books to help with this. I’m really looking for something that I can learn from while teaching my kids how to use their Bible as a guidebook not just a “story” book. Thanks so much!!
I follow an outline I found at http://www.calvarychapelutahvalley.com. This inspired me to teach one book per week, giving them an overview of what the book is about. I have them find the book in thier Bible and a verse that we focus on for that book. Other resources/books I use are “The Smart Guide to the Bible” by Larry Richards; “Talk Thur the Old Testament” by Kenneth Boa; and a CD “Book by Book” from “Walk thur the Bible”. We also make a notebook with clipart from ://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/bible.htmd I pray this is helpful for you. God bless you and your children’s ministries.
My favorite Bible Story at this time is Noah. Just think – God gave directions to Noah to do something totally new and not making any sense. Then once the ark was built – God helped them to figure out the tremendous amount of food needed to feed all these animals for so long. Noah must have really wondered what he was doing but he was still faithful – and God was faithful as well.
My favorite Bible story is to Love thy neighbor. That is a very important lesson. If you do not have Jesus in your heart is hard to love. I teach preschool sunday . I know your curriculum would be a blessing to our church.
I love your website. I am trying to start the youth ministry at my church. I would love to recive this book as It would be alot easier. I currently use the craft book praise God with a paper plate too. I love your website and all your ideas. It has saved a lot of time.
Favorite bible story to teach our preschoolers is about Paul and Silas. We worshiped together just like they did. My husband made me stocks out of the cardboard and we all had fun “being” Paul and Silas imprisoned. Then we had snacks just like they did at the jailors house.
Just recently my mom heard a man from China speak – he was in prison for telling about Jesus. God has miraclously led him out of the prison (and the country) by opening the door on the prison and making him invisible to the guards. And that man is alive today. That was a great illustration for my 5 year old son!
God bless you!
I have two favorite lessons. I was teaching the teens about King Solomon wanting to split the two babies so that each Mom would get half. I was bombarded with questions. That was a very interactive lesson.
The other lesson was teaching about Giddeon. When the angel called him a mighty man of valour, it was prophetic–not a lie or a joke.
I really like this lesson series. I wanted to use it for the elementary kids. Thank you.
Hi. After leaving a job of 4 years so I could get involved with church, because I prayed for a ministry, God blessed me with a Toddler/Preschool class. I have a 2 year old and a 3 year old. The three year old was unchurched. I’ve been striving to help her learn, but she wants to play, not pay attention, a lot of the time. My most successful time I’ve had with her in the past few weeks was Noah’s ark. She really tries to sing ‘Who built the Ark’, by herself while she roams aound the room or colors. When I’ve asked her who was Noah, she can tell me about the ark and the animals. They have to be a girl animal and a boy animal. When she told the pastor about it, it made my heart beam. (smile) I felt blessed.
This sounds like something that will totaly benefit me as a soon to be pre-school teacher.
My favorite bible story for children is Noah’s Ark. It teaches beleif and faith in God.
I love teaching the Bible story of when “Jesus Calms the Storm”. The children and I act out the storyand they become very animated, making sounds of the water swishing around , rocking in our chairs like we are on the boat, and then best of all calling on Jesus to wake up and calm the storm.
One of my favorite Bible stories to teach most recently was the story of Jesus as a young boy staying behind at the temple. We talked about if they were ever lost in a store, how it felt to their parent’s and I shared a personal experience when our daughter was lost. They got into the story and understood better how it felt for Mary and Joseph but also why Jesus stayed behind. We tied it together with them taking away that God calls each one to a mission and that we should be passionate about that mission.
Daniel in the Lion’s Den is a favorite…
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My favorite Bible lesson is David and Goliath. I love this because you can get the whole class involve in the lesson. I actually taught this lesson about 4 weeks ago and the kids loved it. This story has a lot of lessons within itself. I hope I win….Thanks!!!!
Wow. Pick only one bible story that I like? Well I think it is Joshua and the walls of Jericho. I love this story and when I teach this lesson to my chuch kids they love it. They enjoy playing the parts of walking around Jericho and then blowing horns. I have varying ages in my Wednesday club and it is challenging to find ways to keep it interesting.
Hi,
I’m from Sri Lanka and I’m preparing myself to start a small Children’s group in my neighborhood (for Christian and non Christian children) and share the love of Jesus with them so that they may come to know Jesus as their Savior. Winning a book such as All-in-one would help me a lot to bring the best to these kids.
Thanks and may God bless you!!
The Story of Joseph and his trials an being raised up by God to help save His people! SO many applications to draw upon!
Story of Samuel–even children can hear God’s voice!
I hope I’m not too late for the drawing. I did not get the e-mail until today! I would love to have a chance to win.
Random.org selected winners are comment #28 and #49
Grand prize winner is comment #36
Thanks to every one who entered, and sorry I’m a day late closing it! Life happens to me too.