10 Favorite Bible songs for children

Singing is a great activity that all kids seem to enjoy. My children love to sing little Sunday School choruses. Here are their top 10 favorites.

1. I'm in the Lord's Army
   
2. The B-I-B-L-E
3. Deep and Wide
4. Wide, Wide As the Ocean
5. I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy
6. Jesus Loves Me
7. Jesus Loves the Little Children
8. Behold, Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock, Knock, Knock
9. Oh, Be Careful Little Eyes
   
10. Only a Boy Named David (the lyrics provided are slightly different from the version we sing)
    

Many of the links above are from childbiblesongs.com which provides free printable lyrics to several of the popular Bible songs. Another site to which I linked is ebibleteacher.com Sunday School Sources. They not only have lyrics but also have some sound files as well as lessons and other ideas for your class or children.

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Alternatives to TV

Let's face it, the TV is a convenient babysitter. You just plop your children down in front of it and turn on a program or a movie; presto, golden silence reigns! However, the easy road is not always the best road. Short of installing the Time's Up! device, a parent simply must exercise self-discipline in this area. On my personal blog, I wrote a post detailing 10 ideas for TV time substitutes. Here are a couple of my ideas, but you'll have to follow the link to read all of them with the full details.

• Read a book
• Play a game
• Take a walk
• Sing together

photo courtesy of Time's Up!

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