As Mom to a 20-month old little girl, I am constantly trying to figure out how to teach her simple things relating to the Gospel of Christ. Easy things like folding your hands to pray, knowing who Jesus is, and how to sit still relatively quietly during church.
My mom sent Ava a framed 5″x7″ of Christ with a little child. I decided to hang it just above Ava’s changing table. Such a brilliant idea! Now every time I change her, we talk about Jesus and she points to His picture. It’s the beginning to her understanding.
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Great idea! A church I worked at also had lots of fun songs about Jesus to sing while looking at a picture of Jesus…you know to the tune of nursery rhymes…(I’m trying to think of one…oh! “Jesus loves Catie yes he does, yes, he does. Jesus loves Catie.” to the tune of London Bridge.)
By: ohamanda on January 2, 2008
at 9:05 am
I’ve sung songs to our 15 month old since she was born, one of them being “God Made Wendy,” to the tune of Frere Jacque:
God made Wendy, God made Wendy,
Yes, He did, yes, He did,
She is somethin’ special
She is somethin’ special,
Yes, she is, yes she is.
Silly, but it works for us, and it’s one of her favorites.
By: Jeni on January 2, 2008
at 11:28 am
The part about sitting quietly in church… oh my… I had no idea how hard it was until Micah became a toddler. Every Sunday you can find us out in the foyer running laps….
By: Laurie on January 2, 2008
at 11:37 am
LOVE WFMW!
I also have a toddler and a pre-toddler. We don’t have cable television, so we often listen to the Christian radio station during the day… or I will open an old hymnal and sing ‘Jesus songs’ as my toddler refers to them. They love to hear me sing- even if it doesn’t sound so great. Recently, my daughter has melted many adults with her own singing of some of the often sung, and now learned hymns!
By: mama2tlc on January 2, 2008
at 2:57 pm
As the nursery director at my church, I use pictures quite a bit in teaching the infants. I also believe that it is important to teach them as young as possible. What a great gift you are giving your baby! Blessings to you!
By: Janis on January 2, 2008
at 3:54 pm
Good tip!
By: Rebecca on January 2, 2008
at 5:32 pm
can any body help me , about wht to teach to the kindergraten babies in the church ., and usually they don’t know english but i’ve had to teach them in english so.. can anybody help me wht should i teach them .? thnx for the help.
cdartha
By: siddhartha on January 14, 2008
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