"How to Read the Bible with Your Children: A 4-session course for 3rd and 5th graders and their parents" is a useful well-organized article, integrating educational sessions, equipping parents to teach their children, and sound ritual within the believing body of the congregation. This program offers a gradual equipping of the bible to both parents and children. Frogs without Legs Can't Hear notes that the most influential person in a child's faith is not her pastor, but her parents. The problem is many parents don't have the tools or confidence to teach their children the Bible and so they leave it for the "professionals." The gradual sessions in this article provide a safe environment (non-threatening) to both children and adults. They are equipped with a short survey, "Getting to Know my Bible," a list of Old Testament and New Testament stories as a starting point, tips for story telling, and a sample story. The tips are phenomenal, brief yet resourceful. Most importantly, know the story. In the mainline churches, many people don't know the Bible, or don't know it well. Programs like this will help encourage the use of the bible which leads to knowing it! And here it starts in the home.

Additionally, there is a short order of service that can be incorporated into an ordinary Sunday. The ritual and blessing within the congregational body adds support and uplifts this practice. Furthermore, by presenting the Bible to 3rd-5th graders, it becomes a milestone in their faith journey that can and ought to be celebrated in the Christian community.

A few suggestions for this article is first, do a thorough proof read. There were several grammatical mistakes. Next, on the introduction page, an inclusion of a resource for the "bible story video" or a recommendation would be helpful. Also, why are the Bibles collected at the end of the children's class? A brief explanation would add meaning, just as the history of Sunday school adds purpose and meaning to this practice. Finally, the lists of stories are really helpful, but I would also include a brief sketch of the whole bible in addition to the listed stories (perhaps as another handout?) I thought the exile was an important narrative that was left out of the Old Testament list, and the New Testament didn't include any epistles. While they are not in the narratives that the Gospel lends itself to, they are an important part of the New Testament. Perhaps a brief sentence of two summarizing each book of the Bible might be helpful as an overview of the Bible.

Overall, I am very fond of this resource and would recommend it to others.