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52 Family Time Ideas: Draw Closer to Your Kids as you Draw Your Kids Closer to God
Launch a Tradition of Love, Laughter, and Learning--Together
Is your family going five different directions at once? Do you long for quality family time--where everyone's together, away from the TV and computer, doing something fun yet meaningful?
With 52 Family Time Ideas and about 20 minutes a week, even the busiest of families can establish and enjoy regular times together that will have a lasting impact.
For each week of the year, including holidays, you'll find an easy-to-follow activity plan to help you and your kids discover and experience timeless principles for strong families. Through games and other activities, as well as short Bible readings and guided discussions, your family will be drawn together and closer to God.
Ideal for families with kids from ages 4 to 14.
Is your family going five different directions at once? Do you long for quality family time--where everyone's together, away from the TV and computer, doing something fun yet meaningful?
With 52 Family Time Ideas and about 20 minutes a week, even the busiest of families can establish and enjoy regular times together that will have a lasting impact.
For each week of the year, including holidays, you'll find an easy-to-follow activity plan to help you and your kids discover and experience timeless principles for strong families. Through games and other activities, as well as short Bible readings and guided discussions, your family will be drawn together and closer to God.
Ideal for families with kids from ages 4 to 14.
176 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2006
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May 22, 2019
If you are struggling to find a way to have family time and devotions and can’t find something to fit your lifestyle and time, 52 Family Time Ideas may be just your solution. These devotions are short, take about 20 minutes, and can drive home spiritual truth while engaging and entertaining your entire family.
Each session is headed by a Main Point, and the Materials Needed are listed. There is a Warm-up section with questions for discussion, then a passage from the Bible to read out loud. The next section provides questions to talk about the Bible passage (answers included), and a What Should We Do? question to tie the Bible story to our own lives. Finally, there is an activity that also has questions. Each lesson concludes with a short prayer.
Adaptations are given for younger children and for teens, as most of the sessions are geared toward families with kids from four to fourteen. Occasional “movie nights” are provided, with the family watching a video together and there are questions about the movie’s lessons.
One example of a session is one focusing on the main point of Rushing. The family takes a short trip to a store and looks at treadmills (or uses one they might have in the home) and discusses running, races, and Scripture talking about those things. Other sessions talk about priorities, perfection, recharging our batteries, the joy of learning, telling the truth, looking beyond the surface, and many other topics.
52 Family Time Ideas is an invaluable resource that will help families to connect and learn about God’s Word in a fun, non-studious manner. Learning will take place and kids won’t even realize it’s happening. Even non-Bible scholar parents will have fun doing these lessons as they leave nothing to chance. 52 Family Time Ideas is a great way to bring your family closer together.
Each session is headed by a Main Point, and the Materials Needed are listed. There is a Warm-up section with questions for discussion, then a passage from the Bible to read out loud. The next section provides questions to talk about the Bible passage (answers included), and a What Should We Do? question to tie the Bible story to our own lives. Finally, there is an activity that also has questions. Each lesson concludes with a short prayer.
Adaptations are given for younger children and for teens, as most of the sessions are geared toward families with kids from four to fourteen. Occasional “movie nights” are provided, with the family watching a video together and there are questions about the movie’s lessons.
One example of a session is one focusing on the main point of Rushing. The family takes a short trip to a store and looks at treadmills (or uses one they might have in the home) and discusses running, races, and Scripture talking about those things. Other sessions talk about priorities, perfection, recharging our batteries, the joy of learning, telling the truth, looking beyond the surface, and many other topics.
52 Family Time Ideas is an invaluable resource that will help families to connect and learn about God’s Word in a fun, non-studious manner. Learning will take place and kids won’t even realize it’s happening. Even non-Bible scholar parents will have fun doing these lessons as they leave nothing to chance. 52 Family Time Ideas is a great way to bring your family closer together.
May 27, 2011
52 Family Time Ideas provides the structure and ideas for the meaningful and fun family time you want, helping you to discover and experience God's timeless principles for strong families.
In just twenty minutes each week you will discover treasures right in your own family. You will also be building lasting memories for you and your children.
We had loads of fun with this book, making the web was hilarious as we got ourselves all wrapped up in love and laughter. The bible verses that one shares with the children are thought provoking and inspirational, and the children asked a lot of questions that we did our best to answer. I liked how each chapter was broke down by a warm up, a kind of question and answer period between family members. Then a bible reading is shared and discussed with each family member, there are questions for the younger kids as well as your teens, so that no one is left out. After the discussion, your lead to an activity time that takes the lessons you just learned in discussion and actively participate in the learning that they were trying to promote. As well, each activity has a quote for the day, which one is to reflect upon and use it to grow with.
The kids really liked the activities and there is a complete listing of all items required to participate, most are things you have around your house, like rolled socks, bowls, string, popcorn, some movies and you and your families participation. I would recommend this book for any Christian family looking for some rewarding fun, or those families that may have the right foundation and just need some guidance along the way. We enjoyed the book and look forward to participating with it some more in the future...the kids are looking forward to the popcorn and Incredibles movie night...LOL
In just twenty minutes each week you will discover treasures right in your own family. You will also be building lasting memories for you and your children.
We had loads of fun with this book, making the web was hilarious as we got ourselves all wrapped up in love and laughter. The bible verses that one shares with the children are thought provoking and inspirational, and the children asked a lot of questions that we did our best to answer. I liked how each chapter was broke down by a warm up, a kind of question and answer period between family members. Then a bible reading is shared and discussed with each family member, there are questions for the younger kids as well as your teens, so that no one is left out. After the discussion, your lead to an activity time that takes the lessons you just learned in discussion and actively participate in the learning that they were trying to promote. As well, each activity has a quote for the day, which one is to reflect upon and use it to grow with.
The kids really liked the activities and there is a complete listing of all items required to participate, most are things you have around your house, like rolled socks, bowls, string, popcorn, some movies and you and your families participation. I would recommend this book for any Christian family looking for some rewarding fun, or those families that may have the right foundation and just need some guidance along the way. We enjoyed the book and look forward to participating with it some more in the future...the kids are looking forward to the popcorn and Incredibles movie night...LOL
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