Part of the XTB series.
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.
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.
| Age range: | 7 - 11 |
|---|---|
| Author | Alison Mitchell |
| Format | Multiple-component retail product, loose |
| Dimensions | 8.3" x 5.9" x 2" |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
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 :)
This is a great fun structured process to sit down with my 7 year old daughter and 10 year boy every night on my bed to look into scripture. It engages them with puzzles and the bible story and leads to a clear prayer at the end.
I wish I had been blessed with this structure from such a young age and pray many are blessed with it and my children, at the right time independently choose to read the bible by themselves.
Thank you
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!