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eeping a child’s attention has always been a difficult task. Today’s youth are even more difficult to keep still and entertain, due to the evolution of technology and how accessible and entitled they feel to have it near them and doing something to entertain them. Without this engagement, things are mundane and boring to them.
The development team at Youversion the developers of the widely popular Bible App that has over 50 Million downloads, created a new spin on the Bible and it’s for kids.
Overview
Bible for kids a free, digital storybook designed to explore the big stories of the Bible is available for download via The Google Play Store.
Setup
The set up for Bible for kids is simple all you need to do is download and install the app from the Google Playstore. once the download is complete Bible for Kids will update the app with it’s current stories. After the update is complete your child is now able to explore the stories of the Bible.
Features and Function
The Bible for kids is an extremely vibrant, colorful application with high-resolution graphics, animations, and characters.
In the Bible for kids, the easy to use kid-friendly navigation allows you to explore from story to story and really brings to life the stories and adventures that you might have been told or previously read about. .A few of the stories available are The creation of the world, Samson, David and Goliath and many more popular stories from The Bible.
When you want to read a particular story you click the download story button and the story downloads inside of the app. After the download, there are a few different options available. You can have the story read by a narrator with or without music, you can touch different elements on the screen, those elements open up an alternate story experience entitled touch-activated animations. For example in the Story of Samson (A Hairy Tale) you are able to touch the soldier when you touch the soldier he comes to life through animation and proceeds to cut Samson’s hair as he sleeps.
What I like about the Bible for kids is that it offers up fun incentives for the kids to read. The more you read the Bible for kids you gain stars. Also in every story there are hidden gems that are available to collect. Not only can you collect stars and gems you can also collect sets. Some of the sets available are the “Armor of God” in this set you are tasked to collect Helmet of Salvation, Shield of Faith, Belt of Truth, Good news shoes, and more.
Now reading pictures and animations is fine but what’s the point of reading if you don’t remember it. The Bible for kids after each story asks one short question about the story you read. If you get the question right you gain another star. Don’t worry if you get the question wrong you will get another chance to answer it correctly.
The Bible for kids was extremely fun to use before bed with my son. We were able to quickly travel from world to world engaging in fun interesting stories that allowed us to interact with the characters that we both loved. We both seemed to really like Samson and how strong and powerful he was.
Who will find Bible For kids useful
Bible for kids is a great tool to have for Sunday school teachers, parents, and even for children. With Bible for kids, it allows children to visually understand and view stories that might not have completely caught their attention or that they might not have understood all the verbiage that the verse stated. Bible for kids is also good for stories for children to read alone before bed or something that parents or the whole family can do together before bed.
What We Like
- Colorful high-resolution graphics and interface
- Brilliant visuals, narration, and storytelling
- Ability to interact with the characters and the story
What We Didn’t like
- Would like for YouVersion to expand the number of stories available
- Inability to actually read the whole Bible, you are just limited to the stories provided
Summary
I was extremely impressed with what the developers at YouVersion brought with the Bible for kids. It is as exactly as advertised. An interactive experience that gets kids reading the Bible and makes it fun by having colorful graphics, easy for kids to navigate, and incentive based challenges for kids to remember what they learned.To top it all off it is completely free.
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