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Jesus visits people’s homes story series

Model of a flat roofed house

The series “Jesus Visits People’s Homes” features stories suitable for toddler groups. These narratives highlight relatable home settings for young children, making Bible stories easier to grasp. Six stories depict various homes Jesus visited, including Simon’s, Levi’s, and Mary and Martha’s. Each story is linked to craft ideas, such as creating home collages from shapes. Additionally, play activities are suggested, like setting up a home corner to encourage imaginative play related to the stories.… Read More Jesus visits people’s homes story series

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Making and exploring with texture

Making and exploring with texture is our final look at craft ideas based on three key area – colour, shape and texture. Thinking of these three key areas can help us as we plan creative crafts for young children. Sometimes it’s easy to get into a way of doing things and it’s really good to… Read More Making and exploring with texture

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Making and exploring with shapes

Making and exploring with shapes is just some ideas of how we can introduce children to shapes during craft time. We’ve already though about making and exploring with colour. Have you ever looked back at the craft activities you’ve set out for children and discovered that most of them involved a piece of A4 paper?… Read More Making and exploring with shapes

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Making and exploring with colour

Making and exploring with colour. When we plan crafts for children it can be helpful to think about three basic things; colour, shape, and texture. This post is all about colour. How can we include an experience of colour (or the lack of it) in our craft times with young children? Here’s some ideas.. Coloured… Read More Making and exploring with colour

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Jesus feeds four thousand people

Jesus feeds four thousand people is a story from Mark 8:1-10. A large crowd has gathered to listen to Jesus and have stayed so long that they have no food. Jesus shows his compassion and feeds everyone from a small amount of bread and fish. Jesus feeds four thousand people story idea Jesus was talking… Read More Jesus feeds four thousand people

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Black paper collage

Black paper collage

Black paper collage to make those colours pop! There is nothing wrong with using pastel coloured sugar paper or the off white recycled sugar paper but black paper makes a great alternative. You can really enjoy the colours of the collage. They stand out and the collage looks vibrant. All you need to make a… Read More Black paper collage

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