The 2011 manual for the children ages 8-11 (Valiant 8, 9, 10, and 11) is Primary 7: New Testament. One of the resources available to teachers of these classes is New Testament Stories. This book is available from the church distribution center. The stories are illustrated and the narrative is written especially for children. Beginning readers can easily read and understand these scripture stories. Additionally, this book can be viewed or downloaded at New Testament Stories. The book is available in pdf, MP3 or several video formats where the pictures in each chapter have been animated and the narrative read. These approved presentations of the scriptures help children understand the story without adding additional information not found in the scriptures.
Helping children learn and apply scriptures is one of our goals in Primary. There is a radio program, “Scripture Stories.” that is broadcast each week on the Mormon Channel that highlights music, discussion and reading from New Testament Stories. Listening to some of these archived programs can improve you own ability to guide children through the process of making scriptures part of what is happening in their own lives.
We can use this wonderful resource of New Testament Stories, in its many presentation formats, to help children “feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do” (2 Nephi 32:3).
