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Old Testament Days: An Activity Guide

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Nancy I. Sanders has compliled a wonderful book of activities that will greatly enrich any child's Bible education. Sanders briefly explains concepts/stories from the Old Testament (starting with the days of Abraham and ending with the days of Nehemiah)and then gives a simple enrichment activity to help recreate a moment from Biblical times. A few of the fun activities include making a lyre, building a salt-dough map, creating a seal and reinacting a day at a market in Jerusalem. If you want to bring the Old Testament to life for children, this book is a must.

We are using this book during our study of Ancient History. It is really wonderful to be able to help our childen understand the Sumerian or Egyptian culture by having our children create a clay tablet with cuneiform writing or by making a wooden "paddle doll" as the Egyptian children may have done. We have eaten meals that the Hebrews may have eaten in the desert, and will be making a bee hive that is based on one they may have used. Our kids love the projects in this book. The projects are easy enough for very young children to do, and most can be done with materials you have around the house, or could be purchased easily and inexpensively. The text is very informative, too, and can be used as a read-aloud with younger children in order to throw a little more light on the culture of the peoples we are studying.

This is a fantastic resource for use with children. This resource helps children learn realities about life during bible times. It also has a wide variety of activities, not just the same activity done different ways. The activities take some time and may be a little messy but they are excellent for involvement and for learning.

This is a great resource. Although billed as Old Testament Days there are activities in here that would appeal to teachers who are not teaching 'old testament times' but teaching about that period of time. There are crafts for Egypt for example. Very fun and very easy crafts and information.

My kids have really enjoyed using this book to supplement their unit on ancient Eygypt and Old Testament studies. It appeals to my first, third and fifth grade children, and many of the activities are such that they can open up the book and do the projects themselves - start to finish. I also like that it has a page or so of historical information to give some context and/or background to the projects. This is easy and fun for the kids to read on their own, but also great for me to share with them in a group setting. An excellent choice for homeschooling, or for just doing home Bible learning with your kids (like family devotions). Great for Sunday schools too.

I got this for homeschool purposes. I am able to use it not only at home but also for church purposes. This crafts and the information provided within the book are wonderful to help young children understand how day-to-day things were so different in the ancient world than they are now. All of the crafts are child appropriate.

I bought this book to supplement activities from a Biblical Perspective to go with Story of the World, Volume 1, Ancient Times. Although that book is somewhat 'Christian' I wanted to provide additional activities. This book has a nice choice of things that we can use both for that, and also for later 'just for fun' or other activities. They are different ideas than are suggested other places, and provide nice background information to go along with the activities. For example, we've had a 'nomad feast' that was easy to make, and the kids LOVED. I would recommend for a variety of uses.

Great book to help teach Biblical history. The choices in this are seem so few, as if the world is denying the existence of the Hebrew people. (Imagine that.) Wonderful activities that allow children to see basic concepts of life in early history. Also helpful for teaching life in iron age/bronze age culture for the non-religious. My children enjoyed stomping in clay to make bricks and a least one of them enjoyed the lentil stew. I highly recommend adding this to your curriculum.

This book is AWESOME! I purchased this as part of a homeschool curriculum suggestion, and am VERY glad that I did. It takes the challenge of encouraging kids to learn about the old testament to a whole new level. This book has tons of fascinating interactive ideas to draw kids and adults alike into reliving the Old Testament Days....and having fun doing it! It certainly makes learning history much more enjoyable when you are encouraged to have fun and be creative.