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Name of Book:  Is There Room on the Feather Bed? Author:  Libba Moore Gray Illustrator:  Nadine Bernard Westcott Publisher:  Orchard Books Audience:  Ages 4-6 Summary: The story is that of a “wee fat man” and a “wee fat woman” who live in a very small house at the bottom of a

Union-PSCE will be closed tomorrow, Good Friday, and we are therefore posting the final two sessions in this series of lessons today.  Session 6 helps parents consider how to practice worship with children and session 7 demonstrates possibilities for Bible study with children.  A

Healing is the focus of this session in the Practicing Christianity with Children series by Kim Lee.  Miss Tizzy and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, as well as art works, help parents experience how to help their children explore this aspect of Christian life. Download session

The practice of prayer is central to the life of faith of most Christians.  Using a variety of children’s books, parents begin to explore their understanding of prayer and how to help their children develop their own understanding and practice of prayer. Download session 4 here.

This lesson, third in a series of seven about teaching Christian practices to children, focuses on the psychosocial development of children.   Designed to use with parents, this session (and the one on March 26, 2010) sets the context of children and Christian practices in a

An understanding of how children think and learn can be helpful in exploring how to engage them in Christian practices such as prayer, worship, Bible study and healing.  Today’s session, the second of seven, focuses on children’s cognitive development, utilizing the

For the next several days, we will be posting a series of lessons written for parents of preschool and elementary children at the South Mecklenburg Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, NC.  These seven sessions reflect  on the Reformed understanding of infant baptism and its

Name of Book: When Daddy Prays Author: Nikki Grimes Illustrator: Tim Ladwig Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Audience: Ages 4 and up Summary: A series of poems about prayer and what prayer says about life experiences. A series of poems that speak to life experiences

Name of Book:  Come Sunday Author:  Nikki Grimes Illustrator:  Michael Bryant Publisher:  Eerdmans Books for Young Readers Audience:  All Ages Summary:  Come Sunday is the story of a young girl’s joyful celebration through the Sabbath day. This book would make an excellent

Name of Book: Jason & Kyra Author: Dana Davidson Illustrator: Elizabeth Clark Publisher: Hyperion Paperbacks Audience: Ages 10-17.  I feel that both girls and guys can relate to this book equally because it shows the internal and external emotions of both genders. Teenagers