The Wordless Book
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The Gospel Colors
A few years ago, our homeschool co-op used the theme of the Wordless Book for our Bible curriculum. Each child learned to tell the Gospel story, created a wordless book, and made a gospel colors bracelet. The older children memorized the Bible verses that went along with each color while the younger children learned the Wordless Book song.
I did a lot of researching on the internet for materials and ideas. I even made a couple printables when I couldn't find exactly what I needed. Some of the ideas presented here will work better in a large group setting, Sunday School or for outreaches. Other ideas work better one-on-one.
I did a lot of researching on the internet for materials and ideas. I even made a couple printables when I couldn't find exactly what I needed. Some of the ideas presented here will work better in a large group setting, Sunday School or for outreaches. Other ideas work better one-on-one.
What is the Wordless Book?
The Wordless Book is a tool to help Christians tell others about God's plan of salvation.
History of the Wordless Book
C. Spurgeon
In 1875, D.L. Moody used the Wordless Book in Liverpool, England. He added a gold page to represent heaven.
Fanny Crosby, the beloved blind hymn-writer, used the Wordless Book to share with children. She would carry one in her purse and the children would beg her to read the story over and over again.
In 1895, Amy Carmichael used the Wordless Book to share the good news in India. She made a satin flag of gold, black, red and white. The flag was attached to an ox-cart which traveled to different villages. There she would tell the gospel story using the colors on the flag.
Today Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) prints Wordless Book materials. They added the green page to represent growth in Christ. CEF also added scriptures to go along with each of the colored pages.
Say anything (or nothing) here!
The Colors of Faith
The popular Wordless Book version has the following colors:
Gold - reminds us of Heaven
Black - reminds us of sin
Red - reminds us of Jesus' blood
White - reminds us of a clean heart
Green - growing to know Jesus
Other Colors You Can Add:
Blue - reminds us of baptism
Purple - reminds us that we are children of the King/crown of life
Creating a Wordless Book
Materials:
-yellow paper
-black paper
-red paper
-white paper
-green paper
-blue -opt.
-purple - opt.
You can create your Wordless Book to be as big or as small as you would like. I was making a book for a toddler, so it is a little bigger in size. Here are the steps:
1. Cut your paper 4"x6".
2. Fold each paper in half like a book.
3. Decide what color you want to be the cover of the book. Some scripts start with the Gold page and end with the Gold page, others use Green. I opted for Green.
4. Glue the left side of the black page to the inside of the green page. (2nd photo)
5. Glue the right side of the black page to the back of the red page. (3rd photo0
6. Glue the other side of the red page to the back of the white page.
7. Glue the other side of the white page to the back of the yellow page. (4th photo)
8. Glue the other side of the yellow page to the other half of the green page.
Sounds confusing but it is easier than written.
You can make a book out of paper, felt, fabric, or colored foam. Your options are endless.
Wordless Book Kits
Here are some kit options that you can purchase if you'd rather not make the books.Wordless Book Scripts
Not sure exactly what to say? Need some ideas on how to present the story? Check out these links for presenter scripts.
- Kidology teaches the Wordless Book
- Presenter's script is posted on the page.
- Gospel Colors Presenter's Script
- Printable script with verses and dialogue for each color.
- CEF Presenter's Script
- Instruction Leaflet available in English or Spanish.
- Sing and Share Gospel from the Scripture Lady
- A script to use when presenting the wordless book with children.
- Gospel Presentation Using Candy Bars- Scripture Lady
- This is a very unique presentation of the gospel colors using candy bars!
Creating a Gospel Colors Bracelet
Each of our kids created their own bracelets to wear, plus an extra to give to a friend. You will need the following:-Gold/Yellow Beads
-Black Beads
-Red Beads
-Black Beads
-White Beads
-Green Beads
-(any other colors you might want to add)
-leather strip
Click here to see step-by-step instructions Don't forget to scroll down the page to see the poem Sandra Petit wrote.
Bracelet Materials
Bracelet Kits
If you don't want to find the materials on your own for creating bracelets, there are many craft kits to choose from. Here are several options:
- Beaded Colors of Faith
- Bracelet Kit from Oriental Trading
- Faith Bracelet Craft Kit
- Craft Kit from Oriental Trading
- Colors of Christmas
- Bracelet Kit from Oriental Trading
- Wordless Bible Bracelet
- A rubber bracelet with the 5 basic colors. Not a craft kit. Bulk orders.
Creative Ways to Present the Gospel
You don't have to be limited to a book to make this presentation. Look around and see what objects you can find that will make a unique gospels presentation. Here are some more creative ways to tell the story:- Wordless Book Balloons
- Mitch Townley show how to use balloons to tell the story. Included are pictures and PDF downloads.
- Got an Iphone? Here's the Wordless Book
- Download the Wordless Book to your Iphone.
The Gospel Fuzzies
Sharing the Gospel with Young Children
One great way to share the gospel story with young children is to use puppets. It's even more fun when they can make their own Gospel Fuzzies glove puppet!
I created printables and other activities to go along with the Gospel Fuzzies. We used this unit as a Valentine Unit at our local homeschool co-op. You can click the image above to see what we did and to access the printables.
- Gospel Fuzzies Preschool Unit
- Spell Outloud shares other hands-on and printable activities to go along with teaching the Gospel Fuzzies to toddlers/preschoolers. Printables are seen in the image above.
- Gospel Fuzzies Posted by Quirky Momma
- Rachel shares the Gospel Fuzzy glove her daughter made.
My Valentine for Jesus
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The Wordless Book Cake
The Wordless book cake is a tasty way to tell the story. My family often makes this cake for Christmas, but it can be made for Easter or any other time as well. For the recipe, see the featured lens below.
The Wordless Book for Easter
Colors of Faith
Click photo to see the complete instructions for creating this craft
The Jelly Bean Prayer by Mama Jenn- click for printable poem
- PRINTABLE: Jelly Bean Prayer
- Printable Jelly Bean prayer to add to jars of jelly beans to share the Easter story.
- Jelly Bean Witness
- A Jelly Bean Craft telling the Easter Story.
- PRINTABLE: Jelly Bean Prayer Coloring Sheet
- Download the Jelly Bean Prayer coloring sheet to go with the Jelly Bean jar craft.
- PRINTABLE: Jelly Bean Prayer Box
- This version of the Jelly Bean Prayer folds into a box.
Christian Easter Books for Children
An Easter Gift for Me
Amazon Price: $3.90 (as of 02/15/2012)
Wordless Book Nesting Cans
(great for young children)
Using nesting cans to teach the Wordless Book is a nice change from the traditional book or bracelet. Young children especially like retelling the story while stacking and arranging the cans. I created these cans to go along with the Wordless Book Song. More details on creating the cans can be found on Spell Outloud. You can view the video below on how the cans work with the song.
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Making a Wordless Book Lapbook
(or just use as printables)
Another way to teach children more about the Wordless Book and growing in Christ is to create a lapbook. This would be a good option for a Sunday School class, homeschool, or co-op class. For more information on lapbooking check out Jimmie's Lapbooking Lens. Below are printables that you can use for a lapbook or just to use as reinforcement of what was learned. Click on the picture below to see JFeliciano's pictures of a finished Wordless Book Lapbook.
- PRINTABLE: Part 1 Lap-n-Note Wordless Book by JFeliciano
- PDF file contains mini-books of the Wordless Book song and the ABC's of salvation.
- PRINTABLE: Part 2 Lap-n-Note Wordless Book by JFeliciano
- PDF file contains a Wordless book color wheel and pockets to place verses.
- PRINTABLE: Wordless Book Verses-NIV compiled by Maureen Spell
- PDF file of verses to memorize for each color page. We actually put ours on metal rings so that we could carry them and memorize them.
- PRINTABLE: Grow Mini-book by Maureen Spell
- A foldable mini-book to help children remember the acronym for G.R.O.W.
- PRINTABLE: JESUS Color-By-Number by Maureen Spell
- A color-by-number printable using the colors of the the Wordless Book.
- PRINTABLE: JESUS Coloring Page by Maureen Spell
- The same coloring page as above except without the numbers. This would be good for younger children.
- Wordless Book Lapbook Example
- Danielle had her son create a Wordless Book lapbook
- Another Wordless Book Lapbook
- Just Call Me Jamin! posted their version of the Wordless Book lapbook.
- Wordless Book Lapbook Example
- Another example of a lapbook.
Additional Resources:
From craft kits to songs, there are many options to work with. Below you will find a listing of helpful resources.- Colors of Faith Craft Kit from Oriental Trading
- Cross Faith Necklace Craft Kit from Oriental Trading
- Colors of Faith Cell Phone Charms from Oriental Trading
- Colors of Faith Cross Key Chain Kit from Oriental Trading
- Have Faith in Jesus Necklace Craft Kit from Oriental Trading
- Gospel Turn-Around booklet from CEF Press
- Gospel Gloves from CEF Press
- The Scripture Lady Sings the Gospel -- A Great Song Resource!
(Other Ways to Share the Salvation Story)
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PastorCher
Jan 17, 2012 @ 7:16 pm | delete
- I'm adding this to one of my upcoming lenses. Glory to God.
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PastorCher
Jan 17, 2012 @ 7:11 pm | delete
- I haven't heard this version of the Wordless Book, but have taught it to my congregation's children for years. Thanks you for sharing God's love to the world through this lesson.
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faykam69
Nov 19, 2011 @ 4:42 am | delete
- nice topic i enjoyed it reading
keep it up
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HSSchulte
Oct 5, 2011 @ 2:19 pm | delete
- So interesting. Thank you.
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ghotter
Sep 11, 2011 @ 4:28 am | delete
- This is a great lens well, done. When I grow up to be a Big Squid I want to be like you. God Bless.
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