God's Unfolding Story for Babies

The articles listed below are related to God’s Unfolding Story for Babies or teaching babies at church, regardless of which curriculum the church is using or if it’s not using curriculum at all.

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A Biblical Identity Model

A biblical identity must, by definition, reflect what the Bible says (or assumes) to be true about people. (The Bible is not always overt in its teachings. When the Bible assumes something to be true, then we can be certain that is the case.) Creating a model of biblical identity provides educators, ministers, and publishers…

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The Surrounding Environment and Identity

As we have seen, there are a variety of major factors that will impact the development of a child’s identity. These include the God of the Bible, significant individuals, and the community within which the child is living. We would be unwise, however, to minimize or ignore the impact of a child’s surrounding environment that…

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The Power of Community in Shaping Identity

The Nature of Community At some point, children begin to develop an understanding of the nature of a community. A community is different than an individual and is more than a mere collection of individuals. A community has its own identity that can be shared and acquired by the child. A community typically has values,…

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What’s Coming with God’s Unfolding Story for Babies

If you’re reading this, you probably are receiving the free God’s Unfolding Story for Babies Newsletter, which means you have expressed interest in the curriculum, whether or not you are actually using it yet. Thank you for that interest! We know the curriculum is new and people will be curious about where it’s going. So,…

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The Power of the Individual in Shaping Identity

From the very beginning, God Himself declared that “it is not good for the man to be alone” (Gen. 2:18). Then, because of that need, God created Eve and brought her to the man. It’s interesting that while God COULD have met the man’s need in any number of ways, He ultimately chose to provide…

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Attachments and Identity

In the article on Identity and Self, we saw that the Self is weighing information that is coming in through the child’s senses. Parents and teachers can influence how the baby processes this information by forming meaningful attachments with the child. Attachments are happening in young children at two levels; a neurological level, and a…

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Identity and the Self

Somewhere in the early stages of life, we begin to become aware of ourselves as distinct. This awareness fosters self-reflection; the ability to think about ourselves in the third person. Self-reflection is an important and healthy skill for all people. It gives us the capacity to carry on conversations with ourselves and actually form an…

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God’s Unfolding Story for Babies Curriculum

God’s Unfolding Story for Babies is a free, undated, downloadable curriculum resource for use by churches to help babies begin building biblical identity through an attachment to people in the local church. Thousands of churches have used God’s Unfolding Story for Older Preschoolers in recent years. Now the free curriculum system is expanding to include…

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Is There A Scope and Sequence for God’s Unfolding Story for Babies?

The phrase “scope and sequence” generally refers to WHAT is being studied (the subject or “scope”) and the “sequence” of lessons that are planned through the life of the course. In ongoing Bible study classes in a church, the scope of study is understood to be the Bible itself. The sequence of studies will then…

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