Would you like to teach your child more about Jesus?

The Bible tells that we all need to know about Jesus.

Listed below are different Bible studies for children.

> Gracelink Bible Study
> Online Bible study
> Correspondence Courses
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GraceLink is a series of Bible study guides for children of all ages. It meets both the spiritual and educational needs of your child. Every lesson is based on a Bible story that teaches the message of God's grace. It emphasises the unlimited, forever love of God that finds us and fills us with everything we need.

The Bible studies are bright, colourful and easy to understand. There are different study guides for each age group.

• Beginners (birth - 2 years) http://sspm.gc.adventist.org/ss/begin.html
• Kindergarten (3-5 years) http://sspm.gc.adventist.org/ss/kinder.html
• Primary (6-9 years) http://sspm.gc.adventist.org/ss/primary.html 
• Junior/Earliteens (10-13 years) http://powerpoints.adventist.org/ 
• Earliteens (13-19 years) http://realtimefaith.adventist.org/

You can attend a Bible study program with your child at a local Seventh-day Adventist church.

Gracelink Bible studies are held every Saturday morning, from 9.30am to 10.40am at your local Seventh-day Adventist church. (Church locator). There are different classes for each age group. Your child can meet other children their own age and get involved in singing and other fun activities.

The program goes for an hour and is divided into four segments, each one of which appeals most strongly to a specific learning style.

1. Readiness Activities - this segment of the program helps the students be in a state of mind to want to learn the lesson, capture their attention and focus their interest.
   
   
2. Bible Lesson - teaches the students the content in a way that involves them.
   
   
3. Applying the Lesson - gives the students a chance to explore how the lesson can be applied in a practical way in their daily lives.
   
   
4. Sharing the Lesson - gives the students a change to plan a specific way to carry out the application, and to develop ways that they can share their new idea with others.
   
   
5. Prayer and Praise - includes singing, prayer, mission, offering, birthdays etc. It may be used at any point during the program; however, it is recommended that you begin with Readiness activities, even while some students are still arriving.

Each quarter's Bible study guide is based on four central themes which are rotated monthly and repeated throughout the entire curriculum:

• Grace - God's gift - undeserved and unearned.
• Worship - our response to God's wonderful gift of grace.
• Community - the graciousness demonstrated when people who love Jesus get together.
• Service - the acts of grace Jesus would be involved in if He were still here in person. 

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• Kids Bible Info - http://www.kidsbibleinfo.com/
  A great site which includes stories and lessons on different Bible topics.
  
  
• Gracelink -
  Beginners (birth - 2yrs) http://sspm.gc.adventist.org/ss/begin.html
  Kindergarten (3-5yrs) http://sspm.gc.adventist.org/ss/kinder.html
  Junior (6-12 yrs) http://sspm.gc.adventist.org/ss/earliteen.html

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Correspondence Courses

Let's Begin - 15 booklets
Biblical principles are the basis of a child's character building. The series includes stories and activities. For ages 7-9 yr olds.

Let's Explore - 15 booklets
Designed for the young inquiring mind. It leads the child step by step in easy lessons through the great fundamentals of the Bible. For ages 10 - 12 yr olds.

These guides are available from the Adventist Discovery Centre. You can contact them by -

Email: info@amcdiscovery.com.au
Phone: 61 2 9487 1844
Fax: 61 2 9487 1659
Post: Adventist Discovery Centre, PO Box 15, Wahroonga NSW 2076, Australia

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Resources

Books

• Why Nobody Learns Much of Anything in Church and How to Fix it, by Thom and Joani Schultz
• Children's Ministries: Ideas and Techniques that Work, by Ann Calkins (ed)
• 52 Easy Program Ideas for Kindergarten Sabbath School, by Noelene Johnsson, Review and Herald
• Student Bible Study Guides and Leader/Teach Guides - for Beginners, Kindergarten, Primary, Junior, Earliteen - Signs Publishing Company

Videos

• Beating Boredom with Active Learning, Group Publishing
• Introducing GraceLink, General Conference Sabbath School Department

Song Books

• He Is Our Song, Review and Herald
• Sing for Joy, Review and Herald
• Little Voices Praise Him, Review and Herald

Contact the Children Ministries department to find out how to acquire the resources.