Part of the XTB series.
There is a free memory Verse card included in this issue that splits into four ways of learning Memory Verses from Exodus, Matthew and Acts.
One piece is a jigsaw puzzle, another a little mobile of planet earth, another piece folds into a picture frame and the last piece becomes a helicopter that is ready to fly in just two folds!
Issue Four of XTB is called Travels Unraveled. Three months of Bible readings to help you explore the very first Easter in Matthew's Gospel, wander through the wilderness with the Israelites in exodus, and join Paul as he travels to Rome in Acts. We'll dip into some of Paul's letter as well.
| Age range: | 7 - 11 |
|---|---|
| Author | Alison Mitchell |
| ISBN | 9781873166109 |
| Format | Saddle stitch |
| Dimensions | 8.3" x 5.8" x 0.2" |
| Case quantity | 40 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 80 |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
XTB (eXplore The Bible) is a series of daily Bible reading notes for children of the 7-11 age group, with puzzles, pictures and prayers.
XTB is beautifully presented with full-color illustrations and is a series of 12 books which, if used on a quarterly basis, will help a child cover all of the main books, themes and characters of the Bible in 3 years.
Look out for Table Talk - a book of daily Bible times for families with children aged from 4 upwards. The Bible passages are the same each day for XTB and Table Talk - so you can use the two books together, or on their own. Whichever suits you best.
My 7 year old who is a confident reader loves doing his XTB each morning. He loves how they teach you through different books of the bible and the fun exercise are really engaging and help him to remember what he has learnt.
My 8 & 6 years old love using this material. It taught them to read the bible (actual bible) themselves in a bitesize and thinking through what it says. They love the exercise that comes with it too.
I got the entire series for my 8 year old daughter for her quiet time and have seen that she starts her day with her own bible reading and a short prayer time and enjoys all the activities in them as well. It is a great help for her to read her actual bible and she has read a few chapters of Acts and Genesis already!! (-in 20 days...These were part of a birthday present for 9th of June). Praying that she grows into spending a regular time in the Word of God and prayer on her own and it is a habit that starts now. Praise Jesus for this timely resource.
My 9 year old loves these. We’ve struggled to find daily bible notes that are manageable for him but these are great. Short, concise and clear - with great and biblical truths. He can happily do them in his own - but we do them together at bed time. The little quizzes are fun, and the addition of stickers etc works very well. I think they would suit most children aged 7-11 (younger ones would may need a little help).
The XTB collection is a great fun easy way to study scripture with children. The activities, puzzles and stop think and pray are a brilliant way to get children thinking and talking about God. The studies are age appropriate and help parents to explain bible passages and Christian living to children.
These are outstanding resources for meditations and devotions for all ages. We have our elementary-aged, middle school-aged, and high school-aged children all doing daily devotions that are based off of Scripture in light of the big picture of the gospel! My wife and I also are using this for us. Best resources I have found for family individual meditations on Scripture that are theologically sound.
My son is 8 years old and he really enjoys doing his own quiet time with this resource. He loves the puzzles and codes and finds the prayer suggestion at the end really helpful. My husband and I tend to support him as he does it but he is capable of doing it by himself. It has really helped his understanding of the books of Exodus and Acts. A great resource!
A really good resource for reading the Bible with your kids :)
I bought these for my seven-year-old as an introduction to reading the "real" Bible (as opposed to a storybook one). They're well pitched to the right level, and he mostly enjoys the activities - once or twice he's called one of them "boring", but that's probably because it's not a computer game or Pokemon-related! On the whole he focuses fairly well. The studies are the right length - short enough not to lose his attention - and the "extras" that come with some issues (stickers, prayer diary etc) keep it fresh - it would be nice to have something like that with every issue!
I have been using these books for a while now as part of our homeschool. It’s so wonderful to see my kids learning to read and think about the Bible for themselves. In our family Bible time they will often say “I read about that in XTB!” I am buying now for my 3rd child after seeing the impact on my older two. I am hoping this is the start of a lifelong personal daily Bible Reading habit for them.
