The best children's books are to be enjoyed, repeated over and over, and used to bridge a child's interest, motivate learning, hook kids into listening, and then build a connection to new knowledge. This book has SO much potential to do just that! The educator in me loves this.
I would use this book in a public school for story time, lesson intros or hooks, and lessons that are focused on character. I would use this book in a kids club, Sunday School, bible teaching lesson hook. I could see it connecting to science lessons, self esteem/character lessons, as a model for writing lessons, and a discussion of how a concept, in this case light, has multiple meanings. I think with a little bit of thought this book could turn into a VBS curriculum alone or with Matthew Paul Turner's first book, When God Made You.
My full review I shared last week here.
Bible Concepts: Light, walking in the light, the glory of the Lord, Creation, Jesus is the Light, gospel message
I asked Matthew Paul Turner, the author, what verses he thought of or connected to the story as he wrote it. Here's what he shared.
Let your light shine before others...Matthew 5:16
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you...Isaiah 60:1
But now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. Ephesians 5:8
He also shares at Ann Voskamp today! 5 ways to encourage your child's light to shine!
Lessons from the Word of God that involve light:
Ministry to Children has a Fruit of the Spirit Series. Lessons Two and Three are on Shining as Light
I searched for "light" and there are lots of lessons, object lessons on this page. Here are some direct connections I found:
- New Year, Let Your Light Shine, complete with a Mandy Grace printable coloring page. To download and use. Pictured to your left.
- Lesson for older kids on Ephesians 5. Walking in the Light, teaching on living a life that focuses on Jesus, the Word, and Prayer, and touches on the role of the Holy Spirit in the believers life as we strive to live in the light, not darkness.
- Bible Puzzle the Light of the World. A printable page with images of lamps, and a lesson on Matthew 5:14-16.
Bible Fun for Kids has some lessons as well.
- Teen Lesson on Let Your Light Shine with a printable bible verse page Matthew 5:16
- Lighthouse Themed Lessons focused on Ephesians 5. Thinking about characteristics that are the ways our lights shine. Compassion, Responsibility, Fairness, Perseverance, Respect, Trustworthiness,....there are ten, and each uses a different Bible Story to share how that person modeled a characteristic.
- Here is a search for light. There are lessons on creation, Paul, Saul, ...
Bible.org shares teaching for adults:
- Here's a teaching on the Ephesians 5 passage, and the book bridges you into these concepts,so easily. You could use this book to introduce a sermon, to teach about living as believers in the world but not of the world, ...
- Bob Deffingbaugh teaches on Jesus Relationship to the World and includes Isaiah 60:1 and Matthew 5:16 references. Here he teaches on Ephesians 5:7-14 and Isaiah 60:1.
- A word and phrase study on Isaiah 60 is here, and it's helpful in knowing the meaning of the text.
You could add light verse coloring pages.
Ministry to Children has coloring pages. You can print as a pdf and they make an editable download as well.
- Matthew 5:14 coloring page. .
- Isaiah 60:1 A nativity page with this verse.
Let your light shine, cute free coloring page.
Super Coloring has several here. Mathew 5:14, John 1:4
Sweet To The Soul Ministries did a 31 day study on Letting Your Light Shine and here are printables that include 31 verses to study, bible journal images, and journaling pages for your own study.
Let your light shine Valentines, how cute is this! with glow sticks!
And I've only scratched the surface of a two of my favorite children' s ministry resources, my favorite adult teaching resource, and then a few from a Pinterest search. Up next connections to content areas!
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