RESOURCES FOR PARENTS

KNOWING JESUS In A New Way

(A 7 Video Series from The Easter Season)
The season of Easter helps prepare us for the coming of the Mystery of Pentecost. This period is a transition between Jesus’ earthly ministry and the coming of the Holy Spirit. It’s a time when the disciples and others began to know Jesus in a new way.

ASSORTED GODLY PLAY VIDEOS

(A collection of other various Godly Play story videos)

SCRIPTURE READINGS:

• 1 John 4:18

• Proverbs 14:23

• Matthew 5:37

• Psalm 34:4

• Jeremiah 29:11

FOR PARENTS:

• Honey for a Child’s Heart + Honey for a Teen’s Heart by Gladys Hunt — [978-0310242468] & [978-0310242604] – These books are a wonderful resource for choosing books for your child that will encourage, teach and challenge them. They are sorted by genre and reading level.  I have returned to these lists over and over, even for my own reading.

• Godly Play at Home by Jerome Berryman — [978-0898690491] – This is a resource for learning to use selected Godly Play stories in your own home.

• Remember the Time: The Power and Promise of Family Storytelling by Eileen Kindig — [978-0830819652] (available used)
  To Be Told by Dan Allender — [978-1578569519] – This book will help you understand the power of knowing and telling the story of you and God’s work in your life.

• Windows of the Soul: Hearing God in the Everyday Moments of Your Life by Ken Gire — [978-0310203971]

• Discovering Your Children’s Gifts by Don & Katie Fortune — [978-0800791513]

FOR HOLIDAYS/SEASONS:

• Google “Advent Calendar Box” to see ways you can create your own daily advent countdown – I filled mine with small objects that told the story of Jesus through the Old Testament and into the new – with the pieces of our nativity scene being in the drawers for the later days in the month.

• Advent Jesse Tree – Another way to mark the days during advent – there are many resources out there for these activities/ornaments.

• Unwrapping the Greatest Gift by Anne Voskamp — [978-1414397542]

• Resurrection Eggs by Family Life resources — [1602006512]

AUDIO AND VIDEO

• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis – available in many formats, including a wonderful set of audio books by Focus on the Family Radio Theatre.

• Adventures in Odyssey Radio Series from Focus on the Family – (available on CD and download. They also have a series of early reader chapter books called the Imagination Station series.)

• Rain for Roots (https://rainforroots.bandcamp.com/) – Wonderful, scriptural music.

• Veggie Tales (https://www.veggietales.com/) – My adult children still sing these songs!

• Kelley Spainhour recommends Wonderkids – for traditional, Sunday School songs that young children easily learn and love. (https://www.mywonderkids.com/music)

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN/TEENS

• I could list a million but here are a few favorites…

• The Treasure Tree: Helping Kids Understand Their Personality by John Trent — [978-0849958496] (This is the companion to his book for adults called The Two Sides of Love)

• Adam Raccoon (Book Series) by Glen Keane

• The Song of the King by Max Lucado — [978-1433542909]

• You Are Special by Max Lucado — [978-0891079316]

• Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Brett & Alex Harris — [978-1601428295]

• Ephesians 4:6

• Hebrews 12:28-29

• Hymn singing

• Galatians 5:22 – the fruit of the Spirit as a model for your children of how Jesus lived.

• Celtic Daily Prayer — [978-0060013240]

• Praying In Color by Sybil MacBeth — [78-1640601642]

• Jesus Calling by Sarah Young — [978-1591451884]

• Pilgrim Walk in the Woods by Susanne Hassell  — [978-0982609897]

• Pilgrim Walk by the Sea by Susanne Hassell — [978-0990508106]

• The Message Bible translation by Eugene Peterson — [available in many formats]