When I saw the Good Book Company was launching a ‘God’s Big Promises: Easter activity book and board book, I had to pick them up to review.
We recently picked up the Spanish version of the ‘God’s Big Promises’ Storybook Bible (you can read my thoughts about it on my round up of The Best Spanish Storybook Bibles.
But these just seemed like fantastic resources to continue our Easter learning. And what do you know? I just happen to have a couple of kiddos in the target age group for these resources. So we tried them out, and below I’m breaking down our thoughts.
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God’s Big Promises: Easter Activity Book
My Kindergarten was ecstatic as I pulled this out of the Good Book Company carton, and excitement only grew as she saw it’s a sticker book. Flipping through this workbook, I was thrilled to see that the activities are right at her skill level. There’s an assortment of reading comprehension activities, jigsaw puzzles, simple math, tracing, and even social-emotional exercises.
The workbook moves through Holy Week:
Palm Sunday, sharing about Jesus at the temple, the last supper and the garden of Gethsemane the crucifixion, the Resurrection, Jesus’ revelation
- Palm Sunday- I love the simple reading comprehension activity paired with this story, affirming God promised his people a king, peace, and happiness. This promise was fulfilled in Jesus.
- Jesus at the temple- I appreciated how they approached this one. They talk about Jesus Flipping tables and being angry at people making money in the temple. Parents may have to dig in with their kids on this one. I for one was a kid who was terrified of asking church people to support my soft ball team by buying chocolates, because I knew God was going to smite me from reading this passage. Later (like in college later) I learned Jesus was mad at the people oppressing the poor and taking advantage of people in the name of God. I like that they don’t leave the story there. I like that they discuss that the religious leaders were angered after this incident, because children were saying that Jesus was the Messiah. I feel like this is a crucial part of the story that often gets missed. We say that Jesus turned tables, but do we don’t talk about how this revealed Jesus as the Savior, so that even little children knew.
- The Last Supper and Arrest- I have always thought of these as 2 separate stories, but I like the continuity this shows, because this all did happen on the same night. The activities used here are a code and word search, a little above my Kindergartener’s current skill set, but I think will be a fun activity to do together. These are both right at my 2nd graders skill sets.
- Crucifixion-I appreciate how the images for this story are fairly vague and not graphic at all. I have been really shocked at the level of graphicness some children’s products bring to this story. This one I feel handles it fairly well by showing a silhouette of the three crosses. Note there is also a close-up image of Jesus talking with the theif next to him. Not graphic, but parents should be aware. I’m sharing photos of the crucifixion scenes in this post so you can decide if this is a good fit for your family.
- Resurrection- Things I love about this are the pictures of the ladies and the angels. I also love the social emotional activity paired with this story. I mean how many emotions did the ladies feel from Jesus’s death to discovering the empty tomb to learning Jesus is alive!
- Jesus reveals himself to his disciples- My 7 year-old really enjoyed the activities on this page. The word search was right up her alley. Meanwhile my 5 year-old liked the word tracing activities.
- The Ascension and Pentecost- Again, I have always thought of these as two different stories, but I like that they put them together for continuity, showing how Jesus Ascension and Pentecost were the beginning of the church.
God’s Big Promises: Easter Board Book
I was so excited to swipe this board book up for my tiny book-destroyer. My 2 year-old LOVES to read, but he is so hard on books right now. His reading (and destroying) habits were the whole reason we had to invest in a new storybook Bible. Having a board book option he can interact with during family devotions has been a game-changer. It invites little man to participate, without having to offer up a book to the trash bin. I particularly love how simple the text is in this board book, as well as the pictures they use. All are age appropriate, and bright, giving a larger focus to the Resurrection, which is what we are celebrating. Below I’m sharing some pictures of the illustrations so you can make sure it is a good fit for your family.
I am always so impressed with the offerings of the Good Book Company, their God’s Big Promises series is no exception. It’s a fantastic tool for sharing the Biblical narrative and how to follow the over-arching theme as a whole. One big story that points to Jesus.
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