Generation to Generation

Practical and Creative Ideas for Raising Kids to Know and Love God

by Wayne Rice

Someone else may know the Bible better. Someone else may be a better mentor. But no one knows your children better than you. Pastors, teachers, youth workers, friends, and the media all impact the spiritual lives of your children.

But the fact is, no one is in a better position to lead your children to a living and active faith in Christ than you.

In this intensely practical book, author, parent, and youth ministry expert Wayne Rice challenges you to enjoy your role as primary spiritual caregiver and find:

• Creative ways to communicate lasting values through family traditions and everyday family routines
• Tips for leading family devotions that won't make your kids groan
• Ideas for encouraging your children to grow in faith in their teen years
• Useful tips to help blended and single-parent families share their faith and values
  
  

Spiritual Parenting

by Michelle Anthony

It's hard enough to train kids to behave, but good behavior isn't what Jesus calls for in the Bible. God wants hearts and souls that are shaped in vibrant faith and love toward Himself and others. In Spiritual Parenting, Michelle Anthony calls us as parents to depend upon God for our children's spiritual and moral development, urging us toward a heart posture of surrender and faithfulness. The end goal is a vibrant faith that is passed on from one generation to another.

Already Gone

Why Your Kids Will Quit Church and What You Can Do to Stop It

by Ken Ham & Britt Beemer

If you look around in your church today, two-thirds of the young people who are sitting among us have already left in their hearts; soon they will be gone for good.

This is the alarming conclusion from a study Answers in Genesis commissioned from America's Research Group, led by respected researcher Britt Beemer.

Already Gone reveals:

• Why America's churches have lost an entire generation of believers
• The views of 1,000 twenty-somethings, solidly raised in the church but no longer attending - and their reasons why
• Relevant statistical data effectively teamed with powerful apologetics

The study found that we are losing our kids in elementary, middle school, and high school rather than college, and the "Sunday school syndrome" is contributing to the epidemic, rather than helping alleviate it.

Though the statistics reveal a huge disconnect taking place between our children and their church experience, Already Gone shows how to fight back for our families, our churches, and our world.

10 Building Blocks for a Solid Family

by Jim Burns

This honest and insightful book, written from one Christian parent to another, is a challenge to catch a vision for your family’s health and happiness, as well as a handbook of tips and techniques for making that vision a reality. You will hear personal stories from parents and family experts that explore every aspect of disciplining with consistency, form learning to play together to handling the influence of media and youth culture. You will also find discussion questions and tools that can help you identify problem areas, and guidance for addressing difficulties in a way that builds up, rather than tears down, your child.

Parenting Children for a Life of Faith

Helping children meet and know God

By Rachel Turner

Nurturing children in the Christian faith is a privilege given to all of us whose prime job it is to raise children. God's desire is that our parenting should guide each child to meet and know him, and to live with him every day through to eternity. Parenting Children for a Life of Faith explores how the home can become the primary place in which children are nurtured into the reality of God's presence and love, equipped to access him themselves and encouraged to grow in a two-way relationship with him that will last a lifetime.

The basic principle behind the ideas explored is that we need to model for our children what it means to be in a relationship with God rather than just equipping them to know about him - helping our children to be God-connected rather than just God-smart.

Passing the Baton

Guide Your Child to Follow Jesus

By Grant Edwards

If you’re a parent, you want your child to have a growing friendship with Jesus. And if you’re a Christian education leader, you want parents to be successful!
But what do parents do? What do they say? Where do they start?

START HERE
Theses ten 45-minute, do-them-at-home sessions cement elementary-age children into a deeper relationship with Jesus. Included are…

• Step-by-step directions so parent know exactly what to say and do. And sessions aren’t just based on talking – there are also fun activities and do-them-together games!
• Scrapbook pages that help parents document their child’s faith milestones! This book becomes a treasured reminder of a family faith adventure.
• Fun extras! From movie suggestions to activity pages to games, parents are ready to reinforce the week’s lesson - all week long.
• Launch and Wrap-Up Parties! Churches get complete party plans to tie this parent-child discipling program to their children’s ministry.

God Made Your Body

by Jim Burns

Children's curiosity often prompts them to ask questions you, as a parent, don't feel ready or able to answer. But it doesn't have to be that way. Dr. Jim Burns, family expert and award-winning author, offers a valuable resource for those uncomfortable - even dreaded- conversations.

With biblical, age-appropriate information and illustrations, God Made Your Body introduces children ages 3 to 5 to the basic idea that God created our bodies. Addressing topics such as how boys and girls are different, it also emphasizes how each child is unique and special to God.

Grand Days

Ideas for sharing faith moments between grandparents and grandkids

If  you have grandchildren – or are the stand-in “nana” or pop-pop” for a young person in your church or neighborhood – this book is for you.

Whether your grandkids are across town or across the country, you can have a great relationship. This practical book shows you how.
Inside you’ll find age-appropriate..

Projects to make together
Outings that let you explore the world together
Cooking and eating suggestions that help you taste the world together
Storytelling that connects the generations together
Books and movies to enjoy together
Engage your grandchildren in natural, fun opportunities to grow closer – and to share yur Christian faith!

The Hair-Raising Joys of Raising Boys

by Dave Meurer

Raising boys is a monumental, multiyear battle, says frazzled dad Dave Meurer. But there's also an industrial-sized dose of laughter just waiting to escape. The Hair-Raising Joys of Raising Boys explores many meaningful reflections (a.k.a. laugh-out-loud occurences and been-there-done-that moments) that only dads can truly understand.

Educational Travel on a Shoestring

Frugal Family Fun & Learning Away from Home

by Judith Waite Allee & Melissa L. Morgan

Packed with practical information, "tales from the road," and hundreds of resources, Educational Travel on a Shoestring is your essential road map to family fun and learning - across the country or around your own hometown.

Here you'll discover:

• Ideas for memorable - and inexpensive - vacations and field trips
• How to find surprising sources for travel money
• Ways to build closer family ties with your children and teenagers
• And more!

Dude, That's Rude!

By Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick

Kids today need manners more than ever, and Dude, That's Rude! makes it fun and easy to get some. Full-color cartoons and kid-friendly text teach the basics of polite behavior in all kinds of situations—at home, at school, in the bathroom, on the phone, at the mall, and more.

Compass

A Guide for Character and Spiritual Formation in Children

by Vernie Schorr

Compass: A Guide for Character and Spiritual Formation in Children is a fresh, relevant, twenty-first century source of information and materials for integrating character and spiritual formation activities into family, school, sport, and church curriculum. In these pages, Christian educators, parents, and other leaders of children will find the rationale and resources they need to help children become people who reflect God's Character.

Movie Nights for Kids

25 Fun Flicks to Inspire, Entertain and Teach Your Children

Movies speak to kids in our culture - and now you can use them to teach powerful lessons right in your home. Movie Nights for Kids highlights 25 thought-provoking films to get you and your children talking and learning about life, faith, and family - while having fun. Here are just a few of the popular movies you'll enjoy: Spy Kids, Ice Age, Stuart Little 2, Tarzan, Toy Story 2, The Rookie, The Black Stallion, Anne of Green Gables.

The Survival Guide for Kids with
ADD or ADHD

by John F. Taylor, Ph.D

This book is written in a format that children with ADD or ADHD could easily read. With its kid-friendly language and practical strategies for everyday situations, it is an extremely valuable resource for kids, parents and adults that work with children.

Some of the areas covered are:

• What ADD and ADHD mean – and don't mean
• Ways to make each day go better at home, at school, and with friends
• How to deal with strong feelings like anger, worry, and sadness
• The lowdown on medicine many kids take for ADD or ADHD
• The dish on foods that can help you manage your ADD or ADHD
• Fun quizzes that will help you remember what you're learning
• And much more

Pray & Play Bible

Group Publishing

14 favorite Bible stories spring to life with beautiful illustrations...easy, child-friendly language...and fun play that helps children enjoy and remember God's Word!

BONUS: With each story you get 3 full pages of faith-building activities! Simple songs...quick crafts...scrumptious snack ideas...games...service projects kids can do...and meaningful prayers - your children will love them all!

Understanding Your Preteens

Inside Their Hearts and Minds

They're all heart…no, all head…no, all hormones…
Who are preteens? They're all over the map!
You can't minister effectively to preteens until you understand them and their world… and here's your cheat sheet for making those connections.
You get clear crisp insight into how God's wired your preteens socially, spiritually, intellectually, physically, and emotionally.

Educating Your Gifted Child

by Vicki Caruana

"Every child is a unique and precious treasure from God. And while each one has been given talents and strengths, some children are more obviously gifted academically. If you've been blessed with one or more gifted children, you know that this joy also raises plenty of questions and concerns. What will keep them challenged and best meet their needs? Will traditional schools suffocate or stimulate their gifts?" These and other questions are addressed as well other topics such as, characteristics and myths about gifted kids, matching teaching and learning styles and handling family dynamics.

Prop Box Play

by Ann Barbour and Blanche Desjean-Perrotta

Ideal for Preschool or Church Ministry

Encourage more dramatic play in your classroom with Prop Box Play. Children love to express themselves and exercise their imaginations, and props to inspire different roles, help them interact with each other and cultivate important social skills. Set the stage for hours of dramatic play and creativity with 50 themes that include lists of props, easy extension activities, vocabulary and children's literature.

Creating Rooms of Wonder

By Carol Seefeldt

What children see around them affects what and how they learn. Displaying children's artwork with thoughtfulness and care benefits children, teachers, and families. Ceilings, floors, table-tops, windows, doors- it's all useful space to display the beautiful works of children, enhance the learning process, and communicate to parents what their children are experiencing in school. Learn how to create rooms of wonder using the basics: color, line, texture, composition, focal points, and rhythm.

ADHD in the Young Child

By Cathy Reimers, Ph.D, and Bruce A. Brunger

Ideal for Preschool or Church Ministry

ADHD in the Young Child is a must have resource for understanding ADHD in the young child. It starts with a day in the life of an ADHD pre-schooler and offers techniques to manage behavior, build self-esteem and improve social skills. Typical problems and remedies that occur at home, school and other situations are discussed. Chapters also include Assessment and Treatment of ADHD.

Transforming Children Into Spiritual Champions

By George Barna

Regal Books

Top Pick by Children’s Ministers

A brilliant resource for children's ministers, pastors, Sunday school teachers, and parents. Includes statistics from Barna Research on what effective churches are doing to reach the largest hidden mission field in America-our children!

Reclaim your School!

10 Steps to Practically and Legally Evangelize Your School

By Brad and Susanne Dacus

Pacific Justice Institute

This book is an excellent tool for those who recognize the need to share Christ in our world. Written for students, parents, teachers, and pastors, it is an effective motivator for those who want to impact the public school system in powerful, legal ways. Offers ways to legally share Christ in the public school system, and gives excellent explanations and resources.

The Kid Book

By Vicki Barnes

For Kids Only, Inc.

Age: Adults

Excellent resource for both parents, teachers, future parents, and ministry leaders; will help them understand their own personalities as well as the children they are impacting. Uses four different colors as personality types and refers to the best methods for dealing with each of the different personality types.

Also check out The Kid Book Surveys for personality types.

The Kid Book Surveys

By Vicki C. Barnes

Vicki Barnes Seminars

Age: K-3

Quick, easy survey that children can fill out to discover their individual personality types. Personality types are given a name, symbol and color and are described for adults to go over with kids.

Price$3.00 Now $2.00!

The Five Love Languages of Children

By Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell, M.D.

Sometimes parents speak different love languages than their children.  This book can help you to discover your child's primary love language: quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service and physical touch.  Learn what you can do to effectively convey feelings of respect, affection, and commitment that will resonate in your child's soul.

Learning In Spite of Labels

by Joyce Herzog

This book shares practical strategies for working with children with learning disabilities. Included are chapters on What Does it Feel Like to Be Learning Disabled?, Learning Styles, The Law, Learning Problems in History, Attention Deficit Disorder, Speech and Language Development, 25 Teaching Techniques, Individualized Education Plan (IEP), and more.