Busy Books: Sermon Notes for Kids Paperback – January 6, 2016

I bought this for my teen son. I like the layout and how it encourages kids to really listen to the service/sermon to catch the words for points. I really like how they get points for other things like brushing their teeth that day. It ties in lots of good habits, not just good listening skills. It turns the sermon into a fun scavenger hunt and lets them recap their favorite things from the message. I would highly recommend this book, and will probably buy more when this one is full.**Like many others, I rely heavily on Amazon customer reviews before purchasing anything anywhere (on Amazon or at brick-and-mortar stores). So being honest about my experience with a product is very important to me. If I am presented with a good product, my review will reflect that. And if the product is not so good, well, my review reflects that too. Please vote if you found this review helpful. Thanks!

I purchased one of these for my 9 year-old son to use during church services. I like the idea of this book very much. He enjoys adding up the points and trying to beat his "high score". One of his friends sat with him one morning and I noticed the friend listening for the words and pointing them out to my son if he missed them. I have since purchased another one of these for the friend. As a pastor's wife I would love to see all of the children using these. Too often anymore I notice the children are playing on phones or tablets and "checking out" during the services. Sadly, the youth are doing the same and the parents are not training the children to listen and learn from the services. I feel these books are a great way to get a child involved in listening and train them for future note taking as an adult. Highly recommend these!!

This is a great book for kids that are old enough to be listening to the sermon but not old enough maybe to be interested the entire time. I purchased for my 9 year old daughter. She likes it & it has helped her (most Sundays) with focusing more on the sermon and not getting fidgety until closer to the end of service. It has plenty of spaces to write & extra space around the designated spaces, so they can doodle more if they like. It has suggestions for what to write, but of course, they can write whatever or add to that. I gave her some colored pencils & markers to use with it. I think this is a genius idea & wonder why no one else has thought of it before!

My daughter and I have both enjoyed her use of this journal. It gives us an easy way to get into discussing the sermon and what each family member took away from it. She has even brought it into the restaurant with her, of her own choice, to discuss while we wait for our Sunday lunch to be brought to the table. I find this a very valuable tool so as not to hear the sermon and then leave it at the church doors. It is a visual reminder in a time of hurried life to stop and really discuss and learn what the sermon is teaching.

I love the whole idea behind this book to keep kids engaged and attentive during church-8 years and up like it says. It has great components-everything from a place to write their favorite song, the Scriptures, key words to listen for, check off lists, and even a place to doodle. I love it, but I would suggest a little smaller size. Many kids carry around a small Bible, and this book is large. I know it's to fit everything, but maybe the type and items could be made slightly smaller to decrease the size of the book.

We love these books. This is the third time I’ve ordered them and I will probably order again. My kiddos love the activities and it has helped them learn to pay attention during or services. I am a note taker so I can see this as a learning tool to teach my children to take notes during the message! Totally worth buying!!!

I found this on a nephew's wish list for his birthday. He loves it. But even more exciting, I showed it to my 11 year old and 9 year old daughters, and they're both excited to get one, too! I think it will be a valuable tool in helping them to keep up on sermon notes, as well as to give them profitable things to do during the parts of church not as interesting to them (business meetings, etc). I wish it didn't state the age right on the cover. If it didn't, I think my older kids would use it, too. That's something the makers could change on future versions.

This has really helped engage my elementary aged son in our church services. He enjoys the book and it even encourages good habits to have outside of the preaching service (making your bed, reading your Bible, praying, greeting someone at church, etc...). Highly recommend.

Great book! Saves copying every time and easy to keep. Great idea!

I'm always on the look out for new ways to engage children in church. This is a very interesting way of doing so. There are 3 pages of worksheets that are well laid out to keep a child engaged in the service as they have things to look and listen for. The only thing I would mention is that this book IS NOT a collection of different activities rather, it is a repetition of the same three worksheets, though differently illustrated. Given the length it would appear to cover about a year worth of services. This is good for a building a consistent routine of listening and working through what is being done and taught in the service. This book would best serve you by having one per child which they bring every week.

I really love the content of these books, but I do not like how they are bound. They would be so much easier to use if they were coil bound and hardcover. They are not going to be easy for the kids to use at church the way they are.