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On Thursday, Oct 8 – Read Across America is asking us to join in reading,
The Very Hungry Catapillar by Eric Carle to children. Make sure you have a copy of this book and are ready to read and registered. Register at www.readfortherecord.org
So, in joining in the effort I chose this book for the blog today.
The fabulous thing about this book is the pictures. Kids love the way the book has “flap” pages and holes in the food that look like the catapillar ate right through the pages.
Our Bible lesson to go with this story is Matt 5:6 – Blessed are those who hugner and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled.
Children see how the hungry catapillar eats and eats and eats. It is always hungry. until, finally it spins the cocoon and turns into a butterfly.
After reading this to children you can share with them Matt 5:6 and explain to them how we can be “hungry” for more things than food. If we are hungry to do what is right, than God will bless us and “fill” us.
2 Cor. 5:17 is also a great verse to share with them when they discover that the catapillar becomes a butterfly or a new creature. They need to know that when they accept Christ they also become “a new creature.” Unlike the butterfly, they may look the same on the outside, but inside they have become something beautiful in Christ.
Beyond the Bible lesson, you’ll find lots of activities on the Read Across America website to do with your children.
For other bible lessons using Children’s Literature:
Learning the Bible from Pinocchio -by Debbie Boush
Harry the Dirty Dog: Lost Dog, Lost Son
Where The Wild Things Are
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and a Chance to Pray
Children Who Love Jesus may be at risk of catching: A Bad Case of Stripes
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