Investigate the book of Genesis, Matthew and Acts. See how God always keeps his promises.
Investigate the beginning of everything in the book of Genesis.
Zoom in on Matthew and Acts to discover who Jesus is and why He came.
See how God always keeps his promises.
Issue One of XTB is called The Book of Beginnings and will help you investigate the beginning of the universe, the beginning of the early church and the beginning of Jesus' life and teaching on earth - plus you get free Stickers!
| Age range: | 7 - 11 |
|---|---|
| Author | Alison Mitchell |
| ISBN | 9781873166932 |
| Format | Paperback |
| First published | 2004 |
| Dimensions | 210mm x 147mm x 5.3mm |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 80 |
| Publisher | The Good Book Company |
XTB (eXplore The Bible) is a series of daily Bible reading notes for children of the 7-11 age group, with puzzles, pictures and prayers.
XTB is beautifully presented with full-colour illustrations and is a series of 12 books which, if used on a quarterly basis, will help a child cover all of the main books, themes and characters of the Bible in 3 years.
Look out for Table Talk - a book of daily Bible times for families with children aged from 4 upwards. The Bible passages are the same each day for XTB and Table Talk - so you can use the two books together, or on their own. Whichever suits you best.
I have been using these books for a while now as part of our homeschool. It’s so wonderful to see my kids learning to read and think about the Bible for themselves. In our family Bible time they will often say “I read about that in XTB!” I am buying now for my 3rd child after seeing the impact on my older two. I am hoping this is the start of a lifelong personal daily Bible Reading habit for them.
My son has been enjoying these notes - they are a fantastic resource and I am so glad a friend recommended I get them!
Our children are 6 (boy) and 8 (girl) years old and they love doing these.
If the child is a little younger they will still need to be acompanied. This is because there is normally between 2 and 8 verses to read from the Bible. The materials are particularly good for kids who like word games to fill out.
Theologically excellent.
Absolutely love this! I am a children's ministry worker and this has played a huge part of the children's' spiritual growth. Through these books they have come to know and understand the Word and God so much more. I am seeing a difference in them since they started using these books. I've used them for one-to-one studies and then sent them home with children to do in the week. Easy to read, nice to look at, explains everything well and all in manageable bitesize chunks! Love it! Cannot recommend it enough!
My 6 year old loves these. We are half way through the first book and he is enjoying them - particularly the stickers and the codes. I thought it might be too advanced for him but he is understanding them and getting alot out of it.
We bought these for our 5 year old Daughter. She is too young for them really, and they'd suit better an older child, but already we have had some excellent times in God's word using XTB. I am very impressed with the way that - consistently - the point of the bible passage is very clearly the point of the notes. And the variety of ways that's communicated - through fun and puzzles and games, but also points at which you have to stop and really think things over - make for a great devotional time.
I have just bought a set to work through - for the third time (third boy!). They are excellent and form a great foundation for Bible study.
What's more they engage the children and they are fun. And not too much writing but the kids do have to focus themselves. They are not too girly either.
I waited till my boy was 6. This is because there are only 12 of these study books. More would be welcome.
I will probably do them again.
Have looked at a lot of studies. These are the best.
I have learnt loads from them!
We have started to use this material for our small group of 7 to 11 year old children. We usually have an average of around 5 children in the Sunday group and the children have loved having their own booklets to fill in and the teachers have not found it too time consuming to prepare.
This is just the thing to get kids studying on their own (mine do 10 mins before a bedtime story) and finding out interesting Biblical facts. Presented in a kid friendly way with illustrations and simple but foundational truths one at a time, 3 of my kids have used this to start study on their own, 1 to go so will be getting another set at some point. Ages 7 upwards has worked for us. They also show it to their friends and have sent them to non churched kids for presents with no complaints :)
