A new Bible ideal for young kids

As a Christian mom, I wanted to share God’s Word with my children from the time they were small. While I love the full version of the Bible for myself, finding the best children’s Bible was important to me. 

Nowadays, my children are older, yet kids’ Bibles are still very much part of my life. My teen daughter is a preschool Sunday School teacher at our church, and she and I write the curriculum for all the children’s classes together.

So we are constantly on the lookout for Bible story books and materials that do a great job of explaining the Bible and God’s love to little kids. We also keep an eye out for videos that are a great way to reinforce the Bible story with kiddos who have short attention spans.

When I came across the “Hey-O! Stories of the Bible,” I was excited. The first thing I immediately recognized was the images were from a videos series of Bible lessons we have included as part of our curriculum. 

Having a story Bible to pair with the videos for younger children is a great idea. I couldn’t wait to dig in!

And if I was excited, my daughter was ecstatic. She squealed with excitement when I told her about it and barely let me open the package when it arrived before she was yanking it out of my hands to peruse it. 

Disclosure: I was given a copy of the “Hey-O! Stores of the Bible” for review. All opinions are my own.

About the “Hey-O! Stories of the Bible”

The “Hey-O! Stories of the Bible” is not a word-for-word translation. And, that makes it a great choice for younger kids who need to learn the key stories of the Bible.

I found for my own children and those for whom I write curriculum that the best Bibles for young children are those with good illustrations and simple language that are easy to understand a little bit at a time.

​Each page of the “Hey-O! Stories of the Bible” has no more than two paragraphs written in an easy-to-read font. For early readers, these small groupings of text are a good choice.

(As the mom of a dyslexic child, I really understand how small passages of text are much more manageable for new or young readers!)

Using smaller blocks of text, this colorful story book is a great read-aloud Bible. Since receiving it we have used it as part of our curriculum, in fact.

The Hey-O! videos 

Another thing that sets the “Hey-O! Stories of the Bible” apart from other children’s Bibles is the QR code at the front leading to a page full of animated versions of each story in the Bible.

What a great resource! Children can follow along in their own Bible story book while watching the video or use them separately. Being able to both read and watch the Bible stories is a great option to help young minds really process and learn pivotal Bible stories.

What I’ve long loved about the Hey-O! videos is they are a great length for a younger age group. All the videos are 5 minutes or less with animated characters portraying the stories told by a narrator.

How we’re using the “Hey-O! Stories of the Bible”

The “Hey-O! Stories of the Bible” has become one of my favorite children’s Bibles. From the perspective of a Sunday School teacher and/or children’s ministry curriculum writer, it’s a great resource we start with when lesson planning.

This book is especially good for our early childhood classes from toddlers to second graders. 

So, my daughter and I are using it as we are planning lessons. In fact, as we are looking toward the upcoming Christmas season, we’ve already talked about how the “Hey-O! Stories of the Bible” has a great version of the Christmas story we will be using.

I’ve got some other favorite Bibles as well. “The Jesus Storybook Bible” is a long-time favorite of mine for reading to my children, in fact. 

Yet, I will say the “Hey-O! Stories of the Bible” book is ideal for children’s ministry with its shorter stories that can stand alone and the addition of the videos to match it.

Visit Saddleback Kids to learn more about learn more about “Hey-O! Stories of the Bible.”

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