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Understanding Children Understanding God

[Paperback]

by Ronnie Lamont

    • Author

      Ronnie Lamont

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      SPCK Publishing

    • Published

      October 2007

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    Understanding Children Understanding God

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    Product Description

    A practical book that outlines (at a lay level) current thinking on child development and spirituality, and brings them together to propose effective ways to work with children in the church. This book engages with the ideas of Godly Play, an approach developed by Jerome Berryman in the US and gaining ground and enthusiasts among those involved in faith development here, and puts them into a UK context. The grounding in theory and the case histories from the author's own work fill out a rounded picture.

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    • Author

      Ronnie Lamont

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      SPCK Publishing

    • Published

      October 2007

    • Weight

      182g

    • Page Count

      176

    • Dimensions

      129 x 199 x 10 mm

    • ISBN

      9780281058204

    • ISBN-10

      0281058202

    • Eden Code

      1100385

    More Information

    • Author/Creator: Ronnie Lamont

    • ISBN: 9780281058204

    • Publisher: SPCK Publishing

    • Release Date: October 2007

    • Weight: 182g

    • Dimensions: 129 x 199 x 10 mm

    • Eden Code: 1100385


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    15 years ago

    Understanding Children Understanding God

    Jesus proclaimed “Let the children come to me” so children are important in God’s family. Understanding Children Understanding God works on two levels to help us understand why. Firstly it is an introduction to developmental psychology. Do Sunday School teachers need an understanding of child psychology? Yes and no. This psychological aspect is possibly the weakest part of the book. Children develop at different speeds so to have a strict guide can be less than helpful. Also developmental, or child, psychology is a contentious subject – just think about how often education styles change to suit the newest theory. Even so, the use of developmental psychology can help us take the children in our churches more seriously than is often the case.
    Where Understanding Children Understanding God is stronger is as an introduction to the Godly Play scheme. This is a religious education system that can be used in Sunday Schools but can also be used in secular schools, hospitals and other “non religious” situations. If Godly Play has a weakness it is its reliance on a specific style of psychology. But if a church is looking to build its children work, especially reaching out to the community Godly Play is a tool worth considering.

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