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Baby Blessings™ is a unique system of products that offers developmental learning and spiritual growth for infants and toddlers. The words and pictures come alive with things your baby can see, touch and hear: cloth flaps, textured 3-dimensional covers and built in rattles! And all Baby Blessings™ products are child-safe!

Developed with the help of educational psychologist Dr. Terrill Saxon, Ph.D., the Baby Blessings™ system is designed to stimulate multi-sensory learning using Biblical principles and stories! Each story is designed to focus on a specific learning skill. And Baby Blessings™ helps parents choose the products that are appropriate for each developmental stage, products tailored to 4 different age levels: newborn & up, one year and up, 18 months and up, and two years and up.

• Begins to develop and refine motor skills, such as reaching, grasping and holding
• Attends to high contrasts, colors, images and faces
• Correlates words and symbols with pictures

Baby Blessings™ Bible
First picture Bible with removable soft cover
Early-learning features:

• The soft, three-dimensional cover encourages the child to discover and explore the book.
• The rhythm and rhyme of the stories makes them easier to remember.
• Specially selected Bible stories provide a firm foundation for faith.

From Creation through the story of Easter, here are ten of the best-loved stories from the Old and New Testaments. The beautifully hand-crafted, removable soft cover with closure tab and carrying handle will capture the child's attention and invite exploration. Delightful rhyme and intensely colorful illustrations will enthrall both caregiver and child. Each Bible story includes a Scripture reference, a prayer, and a special thought, giving the child multiple opportunities for interaction. Sharing these ten stories will create an environment of family faith and lay a foundation for Bible reading that can last a lifetime. (Item #97704) $15.99

Where is Little Lamb?
Soft toy book
Early-learning features:

• The baby will respond to the sound of a rattle.
• The textured cover stimulates the baby's sense of touch.
• The baby learns the concept of a book by turning the pages.

This cloth rattle book, with fluffy Little Lamb on the cover, stimulates the baby's sense of sight, touch, and hearing. As the baby searches for Little Lamb in a familiar home environment, he or she is encouraged to distinguish the lamb from other objects. Simple words paired with pictures provide a way to introduce the function of words to babies. (Item #88254) $8.99

• Learns repetition of words, which fosters language competence

• Develops and refines manual dexterity

• Identifies images and people

• Connects with God and love with his/her own personal relationships

• Expands language skills; uses some words

• Is stimulated by touch

Jesus Loves Me
A soft-edges photo frame book
Early-learning features:

• Hearing and singing the song will help develop memory skills.
• Photographs encourage awareness of self and others.

Jesus Loves Me is the ideal "first song" for babies. Photographs let the baby see other babies in everyday activities. A slide-in photo frame allows the baby to be included, showing that Jesus loves the baby, too. Soft cloth edges are safe to chew. (Item #88381) $9.99

• Repeats words and rhymes which facilitates speech development
• Responds to familiar objects and sounds
• Is visually prompted by images
• Identifies numbers with real objects

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How Many Sheep?
A Bible counting book
Early-learning features:

• Action, pictures, words, and symbols combine to reinforce counting skills.
• Children will learn to associate abstract numbers with concrete objects.

A wonderful way for children to learn to count from one to five. Each illustration shows sheep in a familiar Bible story. The child is encouraged to count the sheep in the picture, "read" the graphic number, then count again, using the five sheep sliders on the abacus. Children thrive on this repetition, and as they learn to count they will also become familiar with these special Bible stories and the concept of a story "collections." (Item #88384) $10.99

• Understands simple stories
• Learns to identify Bible characters associated with the Christian faith
• Repeats words and sounds; enjoys rhyming
• Develops attentiveness to short stories