Four Ideas for Teaching Scripture to Your Baby or Toddler

Teaching Scripture to your children is a huge part of raising your little ones in a Christian home. When we hide God's Word in our hearts, it accomplishes the purpose for which it was sent! {Isaiah 55}

When we first began doing devotions with our children, we wanted to make sure we included every member of the family, down to whoever was the baby at the time :) But sometimes the baby would be in bed or fussy and it just wouldn't happen! So I got to thinking that maybe there were some other ways that I could teach Scripture with this sweet little one. 

Obviously, a really small child won't be able to repeat the verses back to you right away but it definitely plants the seed of faith! These are four things we've done so far to "teach" Scripture to the smallest members of the family.

Read Scripture to Your Baby in the Bathtub


A sweet friend actually gave me the idea to read Bible verses to my baby/toddler during bath-time and it really works {as long as your baby loves the water, anyway!}. Lately, while J {13 months} has been splashing around in the tub, we've been reading through the Psalms! The other kids like to stop by and listen too :)

Listen to Scripture Set to Music

We love listening to music in our house! Christian and classical music stations on Pandora are typically playing in the background throughout the day. We also love Scripture that is set to music. Some of the CDs we love are Praise Baby {God of Wonders is our fave}, Hide 'Em in Your Heart and Songs for Saplings. J's eyes honestly light up when we put it on!

Display Bible Verses Where Your Baby Spends Lots of Time

For the first few months of their lives, our three children spent lots of time on the changing table, so we have made a habit of hanging Scripture verses above said changing table :) We read them while we are doing the diaper change. Later, when the kids are older, Bible verses get hung on the walls of their bedroom and we read them at night.

Maybe your baby spends lots of time in the playroom or living room--wherever it is, put up some Scripture and read it out loud to your little one!

Read Books with Bible Stories and Scripture


I'm sure this is something most of you do already, but I just wanted to share a couple of the books we like to read to the youngest in our house. What's so fun to watch is when the older ones read to the baby!

My ABC Bible/ABC Prayers - We got this book as a gift when our first child was born. One side  has cute little pictures and rhyming Bible stories. Flip it over and there are ABC prayers, also with sweet illustrations.

What is God Like? - After we received the Many Colored Blessings book {which we read to all three of our babies}, we looked for some of the other Little Blessings books and found What is God Like. It's a super sweet book, illustrated by the same woman who created the Care Bears! 

What we like about it is that it has Scripture put to rhyme {there's a whole series} and at the end of the book, it gives the Scripture references for each page as well as the full Bible verse. This book is really great for kids 18 months and up, in my opinion!

How do you teach or share Scripture with the littlest ones in your home?

Shared at Teach Me Tuesday, Thankful Homemaker, Time Warp Wife, Titus 2 Tuesday, Raising Mighty Arrows, Your Thriving Family, The Better Mom, Women Living Well, Raising Homemakers and Hearts4Home

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