Growing in Grace & Gratitude


Growing in Grace and Gratitude embraces children in the grace of God through engagement with the Bible. This children’s curriculum for ages 3-10 explores Bible stories through the lens of grace. Each session contains age-appropriate opportunities for responses of gratitude through claiming, celebrating, praying, and offering. Colorful illustrations accompany each Bible story to engage children visually. There are great suggestions for adapting each session for the children in your church with a disability. A Toddler resource is also available. Incorporate music in each session all year long with Music and Melodies CD. Learn more about the music CD here. Disponsible en espanol.


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Each quarterly age-level purchase includes resources for thirteen sessions: • Leader Material book with biblical background information and connections with children, supplies list, notes about activities that need more preparation, options for responding to God’s grace with an extra activity in each session, icons pointing out specific needs and notes to offer ways to adapt activities, and Grace Notes (reproducible pages that provide activities and crafts). • Stories, Colors & More book with retellings of the Bible stories to engage children in active listening; story art to focus on the grace moment in the story and to imagine the narrative; and colorful resources for session activities, such as maps, games, photos, and song sheets to enrich sessions. Additional print copies are available for purchase. • FREE Grace Sightings pages have the adapted Bible stories; story art; and activities for recognizing, responding, and celebrating God’s grace at home. This downloadable resource can be printed or emailed for use at home. • FREE Story Audio provide the Bible stories to listen to when you download to your smartphone, tablet, or computer.

Toddlers (Ages 1–3)
A permanent resource that introduces the love and grace of God through Bible stories and activities in the context of a faith community for the youngest children. It will be available only in a downloadable format.
• A Guide for Caregivers provides background information, program suggestions, and helpful hints for working with toddlers. • *Stories & More* features 52 Bible stories and pictures that provide colorful visuals of Bible stories and basic themes of Christian faith. • Enrichment Activities contain age-specific action poems, crafts, games, and more. • Resource Sheets that can be printed or e-mailed for use in the home.