Children’s Resources
PARENTING
- In Our High Schools…
“Imagine this scenario—a transgender student, a biological boy who decides that he wants to identify with the female gender, and yet he acknowledges that he has a girlfriend, he acknowledges that he is sexually attracted to girls,” said an attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom (a Christian legal group), addressing Kentucky education officials as a roomful of parents and students listened. “The question is, are parents supposed to be okay with allowing such boys to use the girls’ restroom?”
- God has designed a parenting tool that’s often overlooked. It’s the tool of “Time.” But it’s not just any kind of time. It’s a strategic use of hang-out time between a parent and a child. Those times happen. We just need to know how to use them. We’ve prepared six ideas to help you get the most from unstructured time with your child.
- One of our goals as parents must be to manage our own thought bubbles so that we can be a model for our kids.
We’ve all seen the cartoons and comics where a character’s thoughts are revealed inside of cloud-shaped thought bubbles. Imagining our own thoughts as thought bubbles can be a great way to examine what is happening inside our minds at any given moment and can give us power over our negative thoughts.
- “Inward, outward, upward and onward,” Rhonda DeYoung says to her children, and they know exactly what she means. She continues, “When the kids were little, we used these words to encourage them to show who they were on the inside by being godly on the outside, through taking the high road upward and moving on from a situation — not being dragged down by it.”
BIBLE MEMORIZATION IDEAS
Bible verse memory can be fun! Especially when you use Bible memory verse games that kids love. They’re an essential part of teaching children about God. I’m sharing my favorite Bible verse memory games plus other memory verse activities. (hint: You can even use these Bible memory games to help your kids memorize important scriptures, such as Bible verses about love)!
Kids are like sponges. I’m amazed at what my kids manage to soak up from the world around them (sometimes good, sometimes not so good), and even more amazed by what they remember, especially during the times when I don’t even think they are paying attention.
CRAFTS
This tin foil Easter egg art is vibrant and colorful and it’s a great opportunity for children to let their creativity shine by creating a unique design on their egg.
We love salt dough crafts here and Easter is no exception to make some salt dough ornaments! If you have an Easter Tree these are perfect to make as DIY Easter tree ornaments.
Getting kids involved in DIY projects at an early age will help them gain confidence and skills they will put to good use later in life.
FAMILY DEVOTIONALS
You Have a Purpose!
Items Needed: Assortment of objects (kitchen utensils, items from the bathroom, and cleaning supplies)
Lay all the items on a table and invite the children to sort them into categories. Ask them to explain why they chose certain categories.