Bible Resources for Parents

If you’ve found yourself deep in internet searches for tools and plans to raise up your children in faith, you know it can be both challenging and overwhelming. We wanted to take some of the work off your shoulders so you can focus on loving on your kids and teaching them instead of looking for resources to support you. We’ve compiled a list of several of our recommendations below. We have not personally tried all of the options, but we did our best to look for high-quality, easily accessible resources to provide a wide range of options of different types of content (videos, books, music, other tools), as well as both free and paid content. We’d love for you to share any other ideas in the comments!

Babies & Toddlers (0-3)

• Songs from artists like RendCo Kids, Ellie Holcomb’s Sing (albums drawn from Scripture), Little Harmony Club on YouTube, Listener Kids on YouTube
• Taste and See books (Bible-based books like Indestructibles) 
• Early Bibles (examples: The Beginner’s Bible for Little Ones, My First Read and Learn Bible, Jesus Storybook Bible)
• Bible coloring pages (like these Easter ones from Bible Story Printables)
• VeggieTales, Psalty [if you can find them on DVD or on YouTube]
• My First Bible Verses & My First Bedtime Prayers sets from Tiny Theologians
• Slugs and Bugs songs and show 
• The Biggest Story ABC By Kevin DeYoung
• Found: Psalm 23 by Sally Lloyd Jones
• Baby Believers Series

Preschoolers/Kindergarteners (4-5)

• Early Bibles (examples: The Beginner’s Bible for Little Ones, My First Read and Learn Bible, Jesus Storybook Bible)
• God Made All of Me by Justin S. Holcomb (and the rest of the series)
• My First ABC Book of Bible Verses by Jonathan Gibson
• Big Theology for Little Hearts series by Devon Provencher
• Bible podcasts like Hey-O Stories of the Bible, The Bible for Kids Podcast
• Bible coloring pages (like these Easter ones from Bible Story Printables)
• VeggieTales, Psalty [if you can find them on DVD or on YouTube]
• Posters with books of the Bible, Bible timeline, the Lord’s Prayer, promises of God, 10 commandments, 7 days of creation, armor of God, fruit of the spirit
• Little Bible Stories content (audio files to play from your phone, from their speakers, or to load onto creative Tonies; they have coloring pages you can print as well)
• Everyday Discipleship: Questions to Help Families Grow Together (cards from Tiny Theologians that have questions written for different age groups)
• The Gospel Changes Everything Family Devotional Cards from Tiny Theologians
• ABCs cards from Tiny Theologians
• Bible timeline puzzles (Old & New Testament) from Tiny Theologians
• My First Bible Verses & My First Bedtime Prayers sets from Tiny Theologians
• Video, coloring sheets, and parent guides for different Bible stories from The Bible App

Elementary School Students (1st-5th grade)

• Bibles: The Promises of God Storybook Bible by Jennifer Lyell
• The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd Jones
• Bible podcasts like Hey-O Stories of the Bible, Truth Seekers Bible Stories for Kids, Adventures in Odyssey, God’s Big Story, Bible Stories, Tiny Theologians podcast
• Bible coloring pages (like these Easter ones from Bible Story Printables)
• Everyday Discipleship: Questions to Help Families Grow Together (cards from Tiny Theologians that have questions written for different age groups)
• The Gospel Changes Everything Family Devotional Cards from Tiny Theologians
• ABCs cards from Tiny Theologians
• Little Pilgrim’s Progress by Helen L Taylor
• Bible timeline puzzles (Old & New Testament) from Tiny Theologians
• Workbooks from Tiny Theologians (Apologetics, Systematics, Bible Survey, Church History, Baptism, Communion)  
• Girls Who Seek God guided journal / Boys Who Seek God guided journal from Tiny Theologians
• 77 Memory Verses Every Kid Should Know by Christian Art Kids
• The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson
• The King and the Dragon by James Shrimpton
• The Promise by Jason Helopoulos
• The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us Back to the Garden by Kevin DeYoung
• The Biggest Story Bible Storybook by Kevin DeYoung (there are verse cards, curriculum packages, and posters, too!)
• Indescribable: 100 Devotions About God and Science by Louie Giglio
• The Dead Sea Squirrels by Mike Nawrocki
• Tales that Tell the Truth Series
• The Biggest Story Family Devotional
• One Year of Dinner Table Devotions by Nancy Guthrie
• Read it, See it, Say it, Sing it by Hunter Beless
• The Kingdom and the King Storybook Bible 
• God, You Are: 20 Promises from the Psalms for Kids by William R Osborne
• Do Great Things for God Series

Middle Grade Students (6th-8th grade)

• Everyday Discipleship: Questions to Help Families Grow Together (cards from Tiny Theologians that have questions written for different age groups)
• The Gospel Changes Everything Family Devotional Cards from Tiny Theologians
• Workbooks from Tiny Theologians (Apologetics, Systematics, Bible Survey, Church History, Baptism, Communion)  
• Girls Who Seek God guided journal / Boys Who Seek God guided journal from Tiny Theologians
• The Wingfeather Saga by Andrew Peterson
• The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
• The Dreamkeeper Saga by Kathryn Butler

High School Students (9th-12th grade)

• Student study Bible
• 10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity by Rebecca McLaughlin
• Transformed by Truth: Why and How to Study the Bible for Yourself as a Teen by Katherine Forster
• Disciplines of a Godly Young Man by R. Kent Hughes, Carey Hughes
• Free Bible classes from Bible Project
• Switch curriculum from Life.Church Open Network

Resources for Parents

• Books:
  • Praying the Scriptures for Your Children by Jodie Berndt
  • Show Them Jesus by Jack Klumpenhower
  • Prayers for My Children by Truth and Light
  • Praying Through the Bible for Your Kids by Nancy Guthrie
• Podcasts:
  • Pardon the Mess 
  • Raising Boys and Girls Podcast with Sissy Goff and David Thomas
  • Family Discipleship Podcast

Easter books:

• Berenstain Bears Easter Story (Mike Berenstain, Jan Berenstain)
• The Garden, The Curtain, and The Cross (Carl Laferton, Catalina Echeverri)
• Easter is Coming! (Tama Fortner!)
• God’s Big Promises: The Story of Easter (Carl Laferton, Jennifer Davison)
• A Very Happy Easter (Tim Thornborough)
• Veggie Tales: The Great Easter Egg Hunt (Melinda Lee Rathjen , Greg Fritz , et al.)
• The Donkey who Carried a King by R.C. Sproul

Christmas books:

• Mortimer’s Christmas Manger (Janet Chapman & Karma Wilson)
• Room for a Little One (Martin Waddell & Jason Cockcroft)
• The Christmas Promise (Alison Mitchell & Catalina Echeverri)
• Itsy Bitsy Christmas (Max Lucado)
• Silent Night (Lara Hawthorne)
• The Stable Where Jesus Was Born (Rhonda Gowler Greene)
• The Legend of the Candy Cane (Lori Walburg)
• Santa’s Favorite Story (Hisako Aoki)
• Humphrey’s First Christmas (Carol Heyer)
• The Crippled Lamb (Max Lucado)
• Song of the Stars (Sally Lloyd-Jones)
• Sounding Joy (Ellie Holcomb)
• Unwrapping the Names of Jesus for Kids (Asheritah Ciuciu)
• Who is Coming to Our House? (Joseph Slate & Ashley Wolff)
• Nativity flap book (Usborne)
• Little Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens, Joe Sutphin)
• The Biggest Story Advent (Kevin DeYoung, Don Clark)

 

References:

https://gominno.com/blog/best-christian-podcasts-for-kids/