Back in the fall of last year I began sharing our family devotions on the blog. I had all the lessons typed up and ready to post and forgot to publish them. Along the way I discovered that there were some things that needed to be tweaked to work better for our family, especially now that we have a newborn! I am happy and excited to share our full 9 lesson unit of the Fruit of the Spirit for Preschoolers and Toddlers! || CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR FREE LESSON PLAN PDF FOR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT UNIT || Below are the Supplies + Resources for our Fruit of the Spirit Family Devotional Unit. Affiliate links are included for your convenience. The Jesus Storybook Bible The Good Samaritan (5 Minute Bible Stories) 9 Fruits Alive (GodCounts Series) Seeds Family Worship - Seeds of Character If you have any questions feel free to ask. This family devotion unit will always remain free, but I love getting feedback! Let me know what did or didn't work for you. The first … [Read more...]
Fruit of the Spirit (Family Devotion Unit for Preschoolers & Toddlers)
How We Do Family Devotions with a Toddler & Preschooler
Josh and I were both raised going to church but neither of our families had a specific time each week that was spent at home worshiping together as a family. We both really liked the idea of having weekly family devotions but didn't really have any clue where to start. So I went and looked where most 32 year olds go when they have a question, yep, I googled it. I googled books, websites, and blogs and I soon discovered that there wasn't very much available for families with a toddler and preschooler. Or at least there wasn't much that I thought our kids would have the attention span for. Since Josh and I had never experienced doing family devotions with our own families growing up we figured that as long as we were filling our home with Jesus and God's Word and including our children we didn't really need a book to tell us how to do it. But...we still needed to have a plan. First I decided that the Fruit of the Spirit would be a great starting place for our … [Read more...]
