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Giveaway: The Beginning Reader’s Bible {Great Easter Gift}

I’ve talked before about how Emma’s at this in-between phase of reading that makes choosing a Bible for her a bit of a task. We want one that she can comprehend, but we also want the stories to be interesting and challenging for her to read. The little storybook Bibles she’s been using seem to be getting a bit juvenile for her.

So I was thrilled to receive a copy of The Beginning Reader’s Bible from Tommy Nelson. This one may have hit it on the nose for the type of reading level we’re looking for. The Bible stories are written in a more Bible-esque (is that a word?) format with the chapters and verses labeled. Not every single chapter and verse of the Bible is included, but having them labeled is a great way to get kids ready for reading a grown-up Bible.

I think my favorite feature of The Beginning Reader’s Bible is the set of hands-on activities in each story. You’ll find a Remember God’s Word memory verse, a Pray God’s Word prayer, and a Do God’s Word call to action. For example, at the end of the creation story, the kids are challenged to go outside, look at what God created, and draw a picture of something they’re thankful God created. What a great way to cement what they just read!

We usually do Emma’s Bible reading before bedtime, but I’m thinking about using this Bible as part of her homeschooling activities. That way we could do the activities right then and there instead of reading them at night and doing them the next day.

Want to win a copy?

Tommy Nelson is offering a free copy of The Beginning Reader’s Bible to one Saving & Giving reader.

To Enter: If you are reading via email or in a reader, please click through to the site to enter.

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Entries will remain open until Friday, March 18 at 9 p.m. EST. One winner will be randomly chosen.

Disclosure: In exchange for this giveaway, I received a copy of The Beginning Reader’s Bible from Tommy Nelson. All opinions are – as always – honest and my own.

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Comments

  1. I would absolutely love to win this for my daughter. She is almost 5 and beginning to read words on her own, and we are working through the 2nd time on her current bible devotion book. when trying to help her memorize scripture we break it into small segments and make her repeat them back and then do it all at once a few times.

  5. I like to help my kids memorize scripture by making a little song out of it. I’m sure we sound crazy but it works like a charm 😉

  6. I would love to be able to give my 4 year old a bible that he can use while learning to read! It would be awesome to win one!

  7. I have to admit we havent made it to the bible yet with our kids – ages 4, 3 (tomorrow!), & 1. We are however teaching our son some prayers. We do want to start soon on teaching the bible so this would be perfect!

  10. I have to admit I am not good at having my kids memorize scripture. I am not good at it myself.

  12. We have a different verse we try to memorize as a family every week. One way we make it fun is by playing a game. We go around the room, one person says the first word, the second person says the next word and so on.

  15. Songs are great to help memorize the names of the bible and treating them with something special always a good way for them to learn verses 🙂

  25. I would love to teach my daugter by reading her scriptures that are easy for her to memorize that is why I think this book is a great tool. Pick me please!!!!!!!!

  26. We have our 3-year old daughter in the Awana’s program at our church to have a program to help us teach her specific age-appropriate Bible verses.

  30. I’m an email subscriber. Would love to win this. My six year old grandson is a great new reader and he would love to read this to us!

  31. My boys are a little young to be memorizing bible verses just yet; but they definitely have their prayers down pat!!

  39. We are teaching/learning Scripture using songs. We have a couple cds that are Scripture songs and he loves it!

  47. We play a lot of memory games…one in particular is putting each word of the verse on a different index card, mixing them up and putting them back in order.