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Scripture Songs

Singing Bible verses is arguably the best way to commit them to memory. Years later, at crucial times, these texts will surface in the memory. Help your kids to hide God’s Word in their hearts. The best recordings will have easily understood words combined with a memorable tune.

• Sing a Bible Verse by Wayne Hooper are now available for purchase at Feeding His Lambs Ministries. You can purchase both the DVD’s and songbooks. 
• Memory Verse Songs by Janet Sage are also found on the same site. 

• Scripture Songs from MyBibleFirst Illustrated Scripture books include an audio CD of children saying and singing the passages.

Singable songs for the very youngest!

Books, Albums and Individual MP3’s for Sale:

His Song in My Heart – Scripture Songs from Young Disciple Ministries – the same folks who offer the Young Disciple Curriculum for Juniors and Teens. You can buy the DVD or play the songs online with an Amazon Music Unlimited membership. 

Janet Sage songs classic songs for Cradle Roll. These are simple, singable songs, and you may have heard some of them in one Cradle Roll class or another. 

And we found Lots of Bible verse songs on Amazon.com – mostly audio CD’s, but some MP3’s and videos. Check them out. Usually you can listen to samples. (If you’ll look at “related” products at the bottom of the Amazon page, you may find even more.)  Some are suitable for sing-along use in Sabbath School. We think you will be able to download digital content from most areas of the world. Let us know whether or not it works for you.

For Stories for all ages, see our Stories Page

Felt Illustrations

While computer animations and PowerPoint presentations are popular, there’s still much to be said for old-fashioned “felt sets.” The advantage of felt sets is that they engage young learners without the hyper stimulation of TV. Both teacher and children can be directly engaged in the stories, thus providing a clear focus for the class and holding the children’s attention. Additionally, the felt experience is different from what they usually experience and thus has a special attraction, if the teacher uses the felts correctly. (Be sure to read the instructions in the accompanying book!)

• The Classic Betty Lukens Felt sets (the ones you’re used to seeing many years ago, but improved) include backgrounds and overlays, figures for Bible stories, as well as science stories and other stories.
• Little Folks Visuals offers a variety of felt sets and backgrounds, including a tabernacle set.
• Storytime Felts offers a wide variety of felt sets, including Bible stories. These felt figures are in a very different style from the Betty Lukens series.  You might not want to mix them for the same purpose. But they can be used on bulletin boards and other areas, as well as stories. 

NOTE: Since different publishers use varying artists and styles, it is best to choose Bible sets from a single publisher to ensure that the figures are appropriately sized and visually cohesive. Examine the styles and select one that appeals to you.

Beginner to Primary Sabbath School Lessons

Gracelinks Curriculum

This is the current standard curriculum for Seventh-day Adventist churches.

• Beginner Lesson Resources in English, French and Spanish.
• Kindergarten Lesson Resources in English, French and Spanish.
• Our Little Friend Magazine (Ages 1-5) Lessons, Games & Activities, Stories.
• Primary Treasure Magazine (Ages 6-9)
• Combined website for Primary Treasure and Our Little Friend includes lessons for Beginner, Kindergarten and Primary.
• Primary Lesson Resources in English, French and Spanish.

My Bible First Curriculum

This curriculum is designed for leaders and teachers who prefer more structured lessons than the Gracelinks curriculum offers. Materials and stories contain true-to-life graphics instead of cartoon graphics. Resources include theme materials, visualized songs, teaching aids, and memory verse aids. My Bible First was started to help parents establish daily family worship. Children can understand the plan of salvation and the theme of the great controversy. All Bible lessons tell the Bible stories in the order they happened. Each week’s lesson builds upon what was learned the previous week to help children understand how God has been at work in history and the consequences of their choices. 

• Cradle Roll Lessons: My Bible Stories is a 1-year cycle designed for children aged 4 and under. The first two quarters cover the Old Testament, and the last two cover the New Testament. There are 52 lessons in 4 bound quarterlies.
• Cradle Roll Teaching Helps
• Cradle Roll Theme Programs – included in Teaching Helps. Includes detailed instructions, as well as easy-to-copy 3×5-inch program cards with the script.
• Picture Books & Cards
• Memory Verse Flip Charts
• Visualized Songs, printed on cardstock, with included MIDI files.

• Kindergarten Bible Lessons and Resources
  
  

  Image © Darrel Tank from GoodSalt.com

  
  My Bible Lessons is a 3-year cycle designed for children aged 4 to 6. It presents the plan of salvation in chronological order, from Genesis to Revelation, within the context of biblical stories.
• Kindergarten Teaching Helps
• Picture Books & Cards
• Memory Verse Flip Charts
• Visualized Songs, printed on cardstock, with included MIDI files.
• Music, including Scripture Songs

• Primary Lesson Resources 3-year cycle for ages 7-9. My Bible First is designed to help the early reader start a personal devotion time. The three-year cycle enlarges and expands the great controversy and plan of salvation theme introduced in the kindergarten lessons. Both one-time orders and standing orders are accepted.
• Primary Teaching Helps: Detailed program outline and instructions for the entire Sabbath school class time (75+ minutes) with a complete materials list. Includes text of weekly lesson, reproducible activity sheets, and a large Nature Corner booklet coordinated with My Bible Pictures.
• Primary Activity Sheets: Individually printed activity sheets (not needed if you have Teaching Helps and a way to photocopy the activity sheets).
• Primary Memory Verse Cards
• Visualized Songs include MIDI files for each song.
• Scripture Songs include illustrated Scripture books and audio CDs of children saying and singing the passage.

Help! I’m New! What to do?

• Children’s Sabbath School Leader Ministry Description
• QuickStart Guide Children’s Ministry Kit
• Children’s Sabbath School Teacher Ministry Description

Other Resources

• Children’s Ministries of the General Conference
• Online Bible Lessons for Children
• You can get The Bible in Living Sound (MP3) – dramatized Bible stories for kids of all ages – in podcast format on Amazon. But the best place to get them might be the dedicated website: The Bible in Living Sound. 
• Adventist Missions.org offers a wealth of mission resources, including all the stories in the “Mission Quarterly,” maps, PowerPoint presentations, and additional stories with a mission emphasis for both children and adults.
• Adventist Kids Ministry Ideas – ideas for crafts and activities. Some videos & posters.
• Missionaries for Jesus – videos & coloring book for kids
• Children’s Mission Magazine: Stories for kids about missionary kids.
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  12-pack Kids’ craft aprons on Amazon

  
  12-pack Kids Aprons – great for messy crafts in VBS and maybe even Sabbath School. Mothers will thank you for providing these!

• Sunday School Materials and Teaching Resources – helpful aids for teaching Beginners, Kindergarten and Primary classes,

• Coloring Pages for Children on another Christian site.

• Project Creation Kid Zone – Stories, coloring pages and more on another Christian site.
• Also check out Christian Coloring Books on Amazon. A huge selection!
• Discovery Mountain Resources at the Voice of Prophecy store. 

Juniors-Teens

• Click here to go to Juniors-Teens page

High-school Age (14 – 18)

• Click here to go to the Youth Page

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