Little Readers – B&H/LifeWay Bible Activity Books

I’m so very excited about the Bible Activity books I’m sharing with you today. Ryan and I love having a variety of engaging ways to share the Bible with our kids. Our kids love doing a variety of activities and when I saw these books available, I decided they were a perfect addition to sharing The Word with them. We use them throughout the day and I use them when they join me on the mornings while I’m still having my morning quiet time with my own Bible. I hope you all enjoy these options, as well!

BIBLE STORY COLORING & ACTIVITY BOOK* $6.99

Filled with more than 200 coloring pages and more than 150 activity pages for young children, this Bible Story Coloring and Activity Book from The Big Picture Interactive provides hours of fun. Here are some of the great activities your kids will love:

Word searches
Mazes
Connect the dots
Hidden messages
Fill in the blank
Secret code
Matching
Find it
Unscramble
and more!

Our thoughts on the Bible Story Coloring and Activity Book

Bible story activities are something that our family really enjoys doing together. It opens up an additional way to learn and retain the information of the bible by adding in a hands-on approach to learning. This book has 384 pages of activities that create a variety for a variety of ages. This allows multiple children in the home to utilize the book based on their own learning level or activity preference OR utilize the book in additional ways as they grow up.

That said, there is a lot going on in this activity book and really displays a lot of characters of the Bible that are less commonly known than the streamline people that are commonly discussed in these types of activities. Most children, or even adults, will struggle with knowing several of the names mentioned (Samson, Naaman, minor prophets such as Naham, Amos – to name a few) in the activity book that they are supposed to correlate stories to or identify in some of the activities. This are all excellent avenues to teach the depth of the Bible and all of it’s characters.

My biggest complaint among the entire activity book is there is no key for answers. Having such a variety of content in the book, I feel like this would be a value. We’ve encountered a couple things in the book that we felt could be one answer or another but would have loved to know the intended answer. However, I wouldn’t say the book is lacking much outside of that and it’s completely a personal preference.

The coloring pages and several activities along the way do have correlating Bible verses to explore and learn more about what is going on that picture. I love the ability to pair the activities with the Bible right there on the pages. This feature allows parents to engage at an additional level with their children adding value and depth to the activities for the younger children. It also adds a level of study independence for the older children that are learning to explore their Bibles and look things up. I feel like this would be a good fit for ages 4-12years old.

LOOK & FIND BIBLE STORYBOOK* – $10.00

Look, Find, and Learn! In Look and Find Bible Storybook, you’ll read eight adventure-filled stories from the Bible and explore each extra-busy scene. Learn about…

Creation
Noah’s Ark
The exodus
David & Goliath
Jonah
Jesus’ birth
Jesus’ miracle of feeding the 5,000
Easter and the ascension

Then open the large flaps to explore each story’s scene and reveal a look-and-find checklist. You can search for dozens of people, animals, and objects. Use a write-on wipe-off marker to search over and over again and enjoy hours of look-and-find fun!

Our thoughts on the Look & Find Bible Storybook

We absolutely love look and find books in our home. A is shockingly good at them and I really enjoys doing them. We also enjoy doing them as a family. That said, when I saw this book was available, I had to jump on it knowing that this would be an excellent way to add a level of hands on learning when teaching the kids about the Bible. We were right!

The book is a large 8.3 x12 book with a hard cover and pull out flaps. The cover is a “soft” like hardcover that makes it a squeezable texture. While this is a nice touch tactile wise for little hands, it does effect durability a bit making it easier for dents and issues throughout the cover edges. The pages are rounded which I really like for this book, the only downside to that is the three panel flap curves upward into the middle making a little more vulnerability for tearing. I feel like this is

The pages itself are well done with bright colors and beautiful illustrations. The first page is a paraphrase story of the Bible Story that gives the core details of that section of the Bible in a manor that is short and easy for the child to understand and remember. Once you are done reading the story, you pull that flap out to discover the items to find in the illustration.

The hide-and-find pages make it fun for your child to look deep into the illustration and find key parts of the story, as well as, fun extras. The list of items to find is able to be used with a dry erase marker for easy tracking. Having the ability to cross of the items adds an extra level of appeal to this book, especially with the ease of wiping them off for the next time.

The items for discovery are presented in two ways. Some of the items to find are images, which is perfect for those that aren’t quite reading yet and are doing the book alone. This also gives the child a visual idea of what they are looking for. In addition to the images your child is looking for, there is a list of items in word form for them to discover. I feel like the variety makes it fun and versatile for the age groups allowing this Bible Look and Find to be good for ages 4-10.

*We received both of these activity books complimentary from B&H/LifeWay to share our thoughts and opinions. It’s never required to give a positive review. All opinions and photography belong to Joyfully Smitten.*