Beginning with God helps parents with young children to explore the Bible with their child. This book provides a simple way to start your child in a regular habit of reading God's Word and growing to know God, who loves them.

We hope this book will help you and your child to explore the Bible together. Along the way you will meet Moses; read about God's special family the Israelites; and be thrilled by the wonderful things said and done by God's perfect Son, Jesus. But most of all, we hope that reading God's special book, the Bible, will help your child to know God, who loves them.

In today's culture so much pressure is put on us to feed our children well. We pray that this material will help those of us with pre-schoolers to nourish them with the word of God. Each day is split into the following sections: The main course: read today's true story from the Bible; answer some simple questions; pray together; then stick in today's colourful picture of the story. Appetiser: an optional activity to grab your child's attention before the story. A snack for the journey: a conversation to have while out and about. Make it and munch it: optional craft activities to help your child remember today's true story. Beginning with God has been designed to work with The Beginner's Bible, but it can also be used with most other infant Bibles. Contents How to use this book True stories from the Old Testament - A baby in a basket - The burning bush - Ten plagues - The Red Sea - Food from heaven - Ten commandments - Twelve spies - Joshua and the spies - The battle of Jericho - Deborah leads the way - Gideon's battle - Samson - Ruth and Naomi - Hannah's prayer - A voice in the night True stories from the New Testament - Two miracles - The fishermen's net - Jesus feeds thousands - Jesus walks on water - Jesus heals a blind beggar - Money in a fish - The good Samaritan - Mary and Martha - The lost sheep - The prodigal son - Ten lepers - Jesus and the children - A short man - Lazarus lives again - A gift for Jesus Extras - Tricky questions - Tasty new words - Make it and munch it - A snack for the journey

Beginning with God: Book 2 by Alison Mitchell & Jo Boddam Whetham was published by The Good Book Company in September 2010