Read one of these aloud & animated. Followed by your Children’s Bible or devotional book (from where you left off ).

• Cousins
  Last night it had been windy. Jack and Poppy heard the wind when they were lying in their beds.
• What’s the name?
  Jack and Poppy liked animals. Small animals with fur and cuddles. But they didn’t have a pet.
• My new friend
  Jack and Poppy weren’t usually late. But today school had finished quite a long time ago and they still weren’t home.
• Sign in a tree
  Jack was kneeling next to the little brick wall in the garden, looking at something on the ground.
• Empty monsters
  Jack and Poppy crashed through the kitchen door and came pushing and sliding to mum.
• Lights at night
  Dad said “Wow! You kids should see this.” Jack and Poppy looked up and Jack asked, “See what, dad?”
• “Have you seen my dog?”
  Jack and Poppy had the nicest, oldest neighbour. She lived in the house with weeds.
• The present
  Dad was clever. He had something special that he could do. Jack and Poppy had noticed this.
• “Escape! Quick!”
  Jack and Poppy came racing through the back door beaming and bumping and throwing their school bags in a heap.
• The front room
  One day Jack and Poppy were at the bottom of their garden trying to decide something. When they were grown up would they like to be gardeners?
• The bucket
  There was one morning when Jack and Poppy had helped dad in the garden. They’d helped him all morning!
• The handkerchief
  Each year, when it was near Christmas two special things happened at Jack and Poppy’s. One was shopping.
• Good and gentle
  Jack and Poppy came spilling into the kitchen and threw their school bags in a great heap. Bang!
• A shivering kitten
  Jack and Poppy discovered that if they asked grandma for something they usually got it.
• Saving the planet
  Jack and Poppy came running through the gate panting and yelling. “Dad!” Jack called. “Dad, it’s fallen down.”
• A bag of lemons
  Mum stopped in the middle of the garden and put her hands on her hips. “Hmm,” she said to herself,
• Natural water
  Yesterday it had rained. Quite heavily. But today the rain had all gone … and the big gooey sun was beaming down as warm and happy as.
• Danger in a tree
  Jack was sitting at the kitchen table fiddling with a fork. And just as mum was about to say, “Jack, the fork’s meant for eating, you know.”
• The best stick
  Jack and Poppy came running into the kitchen making so much noise they sounded like a tractor. Or a dump truck.
• Lollipop sticks
  Jack and Poppy walked into the kitchen with puzzled looks on their faces and in their hands big, uneaten lollipops.
• The new butterfly
  Jack and Poppy rushed through the kitchen door and as Jack slid to a stop he panted, “Now we’re safe!”
• “It’s growing!”
  One of Jack and Poppy’s most favourite things on the hill was something they didn’t even know the name of.
• “Teach us, please.”
  The school was empty. Jack and Poppy stopped at the gate and stared. “There’s nobody,” Jack said.
• Rain’s coming!
  Jack and Poppy were hurrying and scurrying along their street but Jack said, “Faster, Poppy. Faster!”
• Keep asking
  Mrs Threadbare didn’t seem to come out of her house very often. At least that’s what Jack had noticed.
• When the fat boy came
  Jack and Poppy came slowly into the kitchen and put their school bags down like they were full of eggs. Carefully.
• Rust on the car
  Jack was puffing and struggling up the garden carrying a great big armful of long, green, scratchy weeds
• Cold rain
  The rain was getting heavier and Jack’s coat was leaking. He pulled his hat down harder.
• The falling drum
  Jack and Poppy crashed into the kitchen, waving their arms like windmills and wiggling their fingers.
• The fast ride
  There was a banging noise. Dad was sitting in the car and he heard it first.
• “Catch it. Quick!”
  Poppy’s school bag was a bit bigger today. She and Jack plonked their stuff on the kitchen floor and Poppy smiled at mum.
• The secret on the hill
  Jack and Poppy came home very early today. So early, that when they walked in the kitchen door mum pulled out her phone to see what time it was.
• Wrapped in plastic
  Poppy came into the room and said, “Mum, I’ve got a question.” Mum was sitting in the big, soft comfy chair reading her phone.
• Grabbing the lever
  When Jack and Poppy came into the kitchen dad looked up with a big smile on his face. A biggest-ever smile.
• The lost something
  There was a lot of noise coming from the back yard. A noise like something had gone missing.