Caring for Children 

During the Coronavirus Pandemic it's likely the schools will be shut, in addition to the Easter holidays. Some families will already be in self-isolation or quarantine. Whilst the church is not gathering on a Sunday this also means no All Saints Kids. So how can we as parents care practically and spiritually for our children? Here are some ideas: 
 

Easter

• Mustard Seeds  -  MS have kindly made available for free some of their Sunday school resources. Perhaps you could recreate church for your children at home. 'Luke's First Easter' (Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4) and 'Dead or Alive' (Parts 1 and 2).
• The Wonder of Easter - a devotional book for the whole family, with accompanying online resources.
• Resurrection Eggs - a fun, sensory activity to help retell the Easter Story
• A whole book of Bible crafts  -  from Crossway
• Sunday School activities  -  from Lifeway
• Daily Activity Sheets  -  from 10ofThose

Entertainment

• Minno Kids  -  this is Netflix for kids with over 100 church based TV series including; Veggitales, What's in the Bible? Worship videos and lots more. It costs $70 for the year or $7 per month.
• Mr Phil TV  -  Lots of similar stuff to Minnio, use the coupon code (GOINGCRAZY) for 6 weeks free!
• The Bible App for Kids  -  a fun app to retell Bible stories together. Visit the website for teaching resources to partner with the app.
• The Wingfeather Saga  -  Facebook Live book read-alongs with author Andrew Peterson
• D6 Family App  -  Family discipleship app

Worship

• Family Worship  -  on Facebook from Nick and Becky Drake
• Live singalongs  -  with Michael Tinker
• Live singalongs  -  with Awesome Cutlery
• Saddleback Kids  -  great worship and teaching for kids
• Faith in Kids  -  church for the whole family, live on Facebook, 2pm on Sunday
• Seeds Family Worship  -  live on Facebook
• A toddler group on Facebook  - by Tamar Pollard

Education Resources

• Reading Eggs  -  a great app for reading and maths (free for 30 days)
• Twinkl  -  lots of learning resources
• The Body Coach  -  online PE lessons

For Parents to read?

• 'Peace for your family during Coronavirus'  -  Seeds Family Worship
• 'Mum, what does God think of Coronavirus?'  -  Faith in Kids
• 'For such a time as this'  -  Growing Young Disciples
• A Pinterest page full of ideas  -  by Tamar Pollard