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Keeping Focused on Christ in the Christmas Season: Devotional and Bible Ideas for Children

Throughout our official homeschooling years, holidays always presented the same dilemma: How could we truly use them as a time to focus on the Lord instead of getting lost in all the worldly trappings?

Opinions on how we should (or if we should) celebrate Christmas vary drastically among Christians. Some have huge celebrations, while others have virtually no celebration at all. Some of us glow with excitement when we think of the holidays, some of us cringe, and some of us don't know what to do or think of it all. But regardless of your personal view or participation in Christmas, this time of year provides special opportunities for you as a teacher.

After all, like it or not, the sights and sounds of the holidays fill the air, so to speak. It is impossible to go anywhere or do anything without observing the changes in the environment around us. Why not take advantage of the season's uniqueness to explore with your children new depths of God's truths? There are hundreds of ways to use the season as a training tool with your children.

If you're wondering where you could find time for this, let me just assure you that taking advantage of the season doesn't have to take a lot of time. What you do can be adjusted to fit the time God has given you. I've also found that I often need to readjust my priorities so that I can spend the time I need on what's really important--God's kingdom.

Below are a few ideas to get you thinking about teaching God's truths to your children in new and refreshing ways through the Christmas season. Of course, they are just ideas. As you read them, ask God to help you think of what might work for your family.

Christmas Bible Ideas

Resources/Links

While the above suggestions and resources only scratch the surface of the limitless possibilities of ways you can teach your children through the Christmas season, I hope they will get you started. Be sure to ask God how to use the Christmas season to teach your children more about Him. That is what you really want them to learn.

--By Cris Loop

This article was adapted from a homeschool tip published in Christian Perspective's November 2004 newsletter. Be sure to sign up to receive Christian Perspective's e-newsletters each month, and check out our family-friendly Christmas devotional!

Christmas Devotional/Bible Study - Includes a Craft for Kids!

Jesus: the Promised OneLooking for a way to keep focused on Christ this Christmas season? Need a fun devotional your whole family will love? Jesus--The Promised One is a Christmas devotional designed to start December 1st and finish Christmas Eve. The devotional traces God's plan of salvation from the very beginning of time, laying the groundwork for Jesus' birth and explaining the foundations of the Christian faith in a simple way even a child can grasp. This Christmas season, watch God's plan unfold and realize anew the importance of Jesus' birth.

NEW! This Christmas devotional is now available as both a physical kit AND an e-book (physical kit shown; e-book does not have stickers or gold pen. E-book child booklet is also larger and includes more coloring).

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Children make their own books!
Every day, children work on their own little books! These books are

Pricing Information

Jesus: the Promised OnePhysical Kit
The physical kits include an envelope ring with stickers for many of the days, gold pens, and a little comb bound book, as well as the devotional booklet. Cost: $13.99 plus shipping for the Devotional Kit (includes devotional and supplies for one child). Have more than one child? Additional child sets, when purchased with the kit, are just $3.99 ($4.99 if purchased separately).

 

Christmas DevotionalNEW! E-book
The e-book version is basically the same as the printed version, except the child's craft has been modified to work in an e-book format. The e-book includes instructions on how to print and make a child's book to go with the devotional. Every day, children color one page in their book that reinforces the day's lesson. All the instructions and pages to print are included--the only things you need are paper, scissors, glue, a hole punch, ribbon (or string/yarn), and crayons/markers.

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