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Telling God’s Story, Year 1: Meeting Jesus Instructor Text and Teaching Guide
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The first in a series designed to guide young students through the Bible, Year 1 provides weekly lessons for young elementary-grade students based on the parables and the Gospels. Contains background information for the teacher, a biblical passage to read aloud, and a scripted explanation of the passage designed especially for young children to grasp with ease.
The accompanying Activity Book provides historically accurate coloring pages, learning projects, and group activities to fill out an entire week of home, school, or Sunday School study. When combined with the Activity Book, this Year 1 curriculum provides an entire year of religious instruction. For ultimate support, add in A Parents’ Guide to Teaching the Bible.
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Telling God's Story, Year 1: Meeting Jesus Instructor Text and Teaching Guide
Scripted explanations and important background information guide the teacher through each passage. When combined with the required Activity Book, the Year 1 Instructor Text provides a full year of religious instruction for elementary students in the parables and gospels. For ultimate support, add in A Parents’ Guide to Teaching the Bible.
Telling God's Story, Year 1 Activity Book: Meeting Jesus Student Guide & Activity Pages
The Activity Book combines with the Instructor Text for a full year of religious instruction. Coloring pages, craft projects, and group activities fill a week of home or private school study, with a core set of activities also provided for Sunday school teachers. Includes instructions for activities and one set of student pages.
Student Pages 1 for Telling God's Story
Print the consumable Student Pages with this handy PDF download. The Year 1 Activity Book already contains one set and is a required resource for using these pages.
Tessa Bryan –
Can you please give more information regarding your religious views? Do you have a statement of faith type thing? I want to be sure we agree on the major theological points before I purchase?
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Stephen Baxley –
Is there a way to get some sample lessons so we can look over before committing to using it?
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Pelham –
What age is the Year 1 for? I’d like to use it but can’t figure out the demographic (referring to Pete Emma’s telling gods story)
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Press Minion –
Roughly grade 1 and grade 2 (ages 6-8).
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DeeAnne Oldham –
The good and not so good (for OUR family):
This is what I was looking for. It has a great flow and order for teaching. I love the set up of these lesson, but we use them daily, not weekly. Even giving elaboration to the lessons, I have no idea how we could possibly stretch it out to a one week lesson. At this rate, we will be done with the whole series within the year (1st grade.) For example, the first lesson is 2 scriptures. Reading the same two scriptures everyday is boring to the kids. I like how the author gives the passage (we read it directly from the Bible)— then he gives a comparative story for the kids to get a visual. Due to the fact that the story is so well written, it really doesn’t need to be revisited all week, especially for elementary age kids… maybe preschool? There are activities available. I don’t love them, but with some being coloring pages, etc., it just isn’t something that you could expand all week and keep the kids engaged. I would recommend using it as a devotional… because it is pretty short and sweet. It is perfect for that purpose! The author IS great!
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Kirsten –
I would like to strongly caution anyone who is interested in this book and curriculum. I almost instinctively bought this just based on the fact that it’s from The Well-Trained Mind. Thankfully, I (at the last minute) decided to research the author’s beliefs. Based on the many things I read from sources that I respect, I now personally view Peter Enns as a heretic, which I do not say casually. Just to give an example of his beliefs that I don’t agree with, Peter Enns, who is a theological liberal, denies the inerrancy of the Bible. So I certainly wouldn’t want him to teach my children hermeneutics. I just wanted to warn anyone who might also be tempted to trust blindly.
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Kelly Hanson –
I use this in my very small Sunday School class and have been for years. It works well with a variety of ages, which is what I have, and it has a variety of activities for kids. With a small amount of planning, it’s a very adaptable lesson guide for my setting. I really love Pete Enns work and I’m very happy with this curriculum. It gives kids a strong foundation in Bible knowledge and explains many of the questions kids have. I’m on the third year with this curriculum series now and I use the previous years for our Sunday Night Kids club.
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Molly –
Is year 2 available? The purchase link takes me back to year 1
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Answer Desk –
The Year 2 link is working for me; try this: TGS Year 2 Instructor Text and Teaching Guide
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