I’ve been doing quite a few workshops recently, and at the end I often ask people to write themselves a postcard in the form: Dear Me [insert your name here] Have you remembered to do bubbles prayers in Toddlers? Love from Me [see above] After a few quizzical looks (it seems this concept is […]
Praying for people we know is a precious gift. It’s something accessible to us from a very early age, as this picture prayer book shows. I’ve often had a collage on my wall of photos of people I want to remember to pray for, or a photo album of the same. Here’s an idea to keep it accessible even to babies: make […]
“Clean your teeth, please!” I said as my 2 year old put down her orange-paste-laden toothbrush. We were almost ready to go out, and I really wanted to get going. Saying nothing, she placed her toothbrush on the window sill, carefully pushed her long hair back behind her shoulders then picked up the brush and starting doing her teeth. As […]
This weekend I was in Hudderfield at an event for under 5s, where I was invited to share about Player Together and Praying Together. As part of my workshops I took 10 activities to play and pray with under fives and made a little leaflet of them. Here’s the 10 activities I included: 1 fuzzy […]
This is a a great way to pray with people of all ages, including very young children. Get out the bubbles and say that they represent the blessings of God, that is, all the good things in our lives, as the Bible says that every good and perfect gift comes from God (James 1:17). I […]
I’m always on the look out for new things to help families do faith at home, and I’ve had my eye on this one for a while. I’ve finally got my hands on a copy, and I have to tell you, I like it! Ok, first here’s a summary for those of you who like […]
It’s sticker activity book, so it’s got limited uses? Really?! How about these 10 ideas of things you could do with A GodVenture through the life of Jesus: Use it with your family for 12 weeks, using one page each week. Use it with your family during the summer holidays Lent, starting at page 16 (Passover) which gives you […]
This Saturday I will be speaking at a Lichfield Diocese event in Stoke on Trent about Working with Under 5s. Here’s a few of the thoughts I’ll be sharing: Working with under 5s: Seeing Jesus at work among the nappies and play dough There are many challenges when working with under 5s. I’m sure you can list a […]
Updated February 2022 Easter is a harder story to tell than the Christmas story, but such a vital one, as it is central to our faith. There’s so much detail, so many layers of meaning and relevance, it can be hard to know what to leave in and what to leave out. For under 5s, […]
This Friday Team GodVenture (aka me, my Mum and Dad) will be at the Hand in Hand conference in Eastbourne. We’ll be helping run the HandsOn Discovery area as well as selling the new book and other GodVenture products. HandsOn Discovery is a really fun area with 10 zones for different ways of exploring faith, […]
