Creation:

• Awesome Bible Stories CD, that page has a link to my Creation lesson plan as well.
• Play & Learn Children’s Bible
• Charlie Church Mouse CD1
• See also my notes on Psalm 8 (creation psalm)  below on this page.

Adam & Eve

• Awesome Bible Stories, that page has a link to my Adam and Eve lesson plan as well.
• Play & Learn Children’s Bible CD

Cain & Abel

• See my set of 3 lessons for Cain & Abel. It includes a software, video and art lesson.

Noah

• Noah and the Ark CD
• Play & Learn Children’s Bible CD
• Charlie Church Mouse #1
• Kid Pix has a lot of animal/nature/water clipart/backgrounds. Lacking the Noah CD, teachers are having their kids illustrate part of the story and adding text that Kid Pix can speak aloud. Consider creating ‘dialog’ for Noah and his family (what they thought, what was going through their mind).

Abraham

• Abraham & Sarah CD –Call of, Covenant with, Laughter at the News, Near-Sacrifice of Isaac
• Play & Learn Children’s Bible CD
• See my 4-7 week lesson set on “Abraham & Sarah: The First “First Family“

Isaac

• His “near-sacrifice” is covered in a special way in our Abraham & Sarah CD
• He and Rebecca are briefly included Awesome Bible story’s Jacob and Esau
• Isaac’s birth story is told in Play & Learn Children’s Bible CD
• See my 4-7 week lesson set on The First “First Family“

Jacob & Esau

• Awesome Bible Stories CD
• Play & Learn Children’s Bible CD
• Bibleland.com (out of print)*
• See my 4-7 week lesson set on The First “First Family“

Joseph

• Joseph’s Story CD
• Play & Learn Children’s Bible CD: God Helps Joseph and Joseph’s Secret Identity
• Amazing Expedition CD (out of print)
• Bibleland.com CD (out of print)*

Exodus, Numbers

• Exodus Adventures CD – 3 games: Moses, Burning Bush, Pharaoh & Plagues;  Crossing the Red Sea, Bitter Waters, Water from Rock; plus a game introducing Lev/Num/Deut.
• See our Exodus lessons (computer and otherwise), schedules and Egyptian Village
• See our 4 week lesson set on Wanderin through the Wilderness (Lev/Num/Deut)
• Life of Moses (out of print, use Exodus Adventures instead)*
• Fall of Jericho quiz game (themed on race to Jericho, can be about any subject you create questions about)
• Making of the Tabernacle –there’s an animation and virtual tour of the Tabernacle in the iLumina Bible software. iLumina also has some short animated scenes from the life of Moses.
• Play & Learn Children’s Bible CD has 6 story presentations of the Exodus story for preschool to 1st grade.
• Ilumina Bible DVD has animated videos on Baby Moses and Burning Bush

Tabernacle

• Ilumina Bible DVD has several animated videos on the building of the Tabernacle and the objects in it.

Joshua/Fall of Jericho

• Learn about last part of Exodus journey using Exodus Adventures CD CD lesson 3.
• Fall of Jericho Quiz Program’s race across Sinai to Jericho is only a theme for the game, but you could create a question set about the Jericho story. Tip: include questions about the timeline of Joshua’s story in relation to other stories (such as Moses, Ruth, David) to put it in context. Include questions about geography (Jordan River, Dead Sea, etc).
• Play & Learn Children’s Bible CD for up to 1st graders has Jericho.
• Charlie Church Mouse 2 for up to age 9 has the story of the Walls.

Judges, Gideon, Deborah, Samson, Ruth

• Jonah Ruth Samson CD
• Bibleland.com CD has these folks in it (now out of print)*
• Gideon’s “call” in Judges 6 is visually rich and could be illustrated with Kid Pix. It also has great dialog between Gideon and the angel, including “be not afraid” which makes it a natural for Let’s Talk CD in which the kids can recreate the dialog in a “today, their world, their excuses” scenario. How and where would the angel appear to you? What about your generation would the angel say God wanted to change?
• Deborah…I have an interesting lesson plan for Deborah that features a game you can use with other long passages.
• Samuel/Hannah  …see my lesson about Deborah for my suggestion on handling Hannah & Sam.
• Charlie Church Mouse #2 up to age 9 has part of the story of Ruth.
• Ruth 1:1-22  Whither thou goest…“is a great memory verse to learn using Cal & Marty’s Scripture Memory CD. What are some OTHER ways this famous verse could have been said?  Use Cal and Marty to create an extended variation. Or use Let’s Talk CD’s animated talk-back feature to do it. You can also rewrite Ruth and Naomi’s dialog using Let’s Talk CD from the point of view of Naomi, or Ruth: “what am I risking with my decision.” (I love lessons where the kids try to get into the character’s heads). You can also use Let’s Talk to have kids rephrase the lesson into a lesson about faithful friendship, and answer the question, “what places and situations will my friend go that I need to stand with them?” The animated teacher your kids create in Let’s Talk can be your kids retelling the main points in the story, condensing them. See our Let’s Talk description page for lots of lesson angles.
• RUTH –See my lesson plan.

Jonah

• Elijah & Jonah CD  -our Elijah & Jonah CD tells the entire story of Jonah in a multimedia rich way and includes games ‘on content’.

Kings

• Life of David CD   See my lesson plan and outline for this CD
• Pathways Through Jerusalem CD has an entertaining King David section.
• Charlie Church Mouse #2 up to age 9 has David and Goliath.
• Bibleland.com CD (out of print)*
• There’s a David and Goliath animation in the iLumina Bible*
• More David lesson suggestions here 
• There’s a “match the Good and Bad Kings of Israel” activity tucked away in Fluffy & God’s Christmas CD, in the Promises Promises section.

Prophets

• Elijah & Jonah CD (Widow of Zarephath, Elijah on Mt. Carmel, Elijah and Elisha).
• Adventures with Daniel CD covers writing on the wall and Lion’s Den. Go here for a Fiery Furnace lesson idea.
• Elisha and the Jars of Oil –Charlie Church Mouse CD #3 Pre thru Age 8
• Nehemiah Rebuilds the Wall –Charlie Church Mouse CD #3 Pre thru Age 8
• Daniel is included in Charlie Church Mouse #2 for up to age 9.
• Samuel is briefly introduced in the Life of David CD, and Bibleland.com CD. For early readers and preschoolers you can also find “God Talks to Samuel” in Play & Learn Children’s Bible. If you’re doing Eli and Samuel (1 Sam 3) try re-scripting the intriguing dialog of the verses using Let’s Talk CD. Let’s Talk is perfect for recasting stories, letting the kids come up with more explanatory dialog, etc. You can also use Kid Pix to illustrate the funny/amazing line from God in 1 Sam 3 where he says, “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make both ears of anyone who hears of it tingle.” Use Let’s Talk or Kid Pix to have the kids take on the role of God and answer the question: How ELSE does a person know that God is doing something special around them? near them?” (other than tingle)
• There’s a short “About Prophets” section in Fluffy & God’s Amazing Christmas Adventure CD that talks about what a prophet’s job is.
• Isaiah 9….wonderful counselor… Fluffy & God’s Amazing Christmas Adventure CD also has an interactive section on Isaiah 9.
• Use Let’s Talk CD to create an onscreen “prophet character” who you (or the students) provide new words to their message to have them speak it aloud.  Teach the students how to “speak like a prophet” (out-loud in the program) by having them create spoken responses to important issues facing Christians.
• More Daniel Lesson Suggestions Here
• Ezekiel Idea: create crossword and wordsearch puzzles about Ezekie content you’re studying using Bible CrossWords and WordSearch CD. Or, create a question set about Ezekiel’s BIG story in Fall of Jericho making game CD.
• Isaiah 6 ”Send Me!  Holy Holy…coals to lips… lesson plan here.

Esther

• AWESOME BIBLE STORIES from Sunday Software does her story right!
• See my Esther “What Time Is It?” Clock Making Idea
• Charlie Church Mouse, shorter presentation for Preschool-Age 7.

Psalms & Proverbs, Job

• Psalm 23, Any Psalm or Proverb: This is a natural to memorize with Cal & Marty’s Scripture Memory CD
• Any Psalm can be illustrated with Kid Pix, taught as a Memory verse with Cal & Marty CD, or rewritten as a lesson in Let’s Talk CD by the kids (or teacher). In fact, one of Let’s Talk CD demo lessons is on Psalm 8. See Psalm 8 lesson plan.
• Job’s “conversations, dialog and arguments” seems a natural for Let’s Talk CD. See the lesson suggestions on the Let’s Talk page for specifics.
• Psalm 119′s metaphors for scripture/Word (lamp unto feet, etc) are used in Bongo Loves the Bible‘s “Cave” game.

Nehemiah

Charlie Church Mouse 3 covers this story for the younger kids.
Other Notes: Nehemiah… rebuilding the wall…. I was always impressed with the fact that Nehemiah takes time to THANK all the builders. Usually you hear the names of kings and leaders, and God… but Nehemiah names names and tells what they did. Kids like to hear their own name, and it just so happens that two of our programs make the computer SPEAK OUT LOUD, ”Let’s Talk” CD and Kid Pix.   AND…one of the funny things about the text-to-speech synthesis magic in these programs is that they sometimes mess up first and last names –much to the kids delight.  Springboarding off this, what would a LIST OF THE KIDS’ NAMES sound like –followed by the SPECIFIC THINGS THEY have done to help “build the kingdom”  …build the walls of your congregation, become Pillars. Etc etc.   So in Let’s Talk or Kid Pix, the kids are creating a HALL OF FAME in your church or for your class:   “Kaitlan Guillame … helps build our class by enjoying Bible study, smiling all the time and making people feel welcome.”

For older students: This part of biblical history is not well known, so put the story in context during the Bible study phase of your lesson. Write out key words, concepts, timelines, characters, etc, then have kids create a puzzle in Bible Crossword and Word Search CD. When they’re done, cover your notes and have the kids exchange puzzles and see how much they remember.