As a ministry, we understand how important it is to provide biblical parenting principles in a medium compatible with contemporary learning styles or we risk having a “good” message lost because the form of communication undermines the substance of thought. Today’s Moms and Dads are accustomed to teaching that activates all the senses, not just the intellect. They are looking for more than a “talking-head” and a five point outline.

After nine months, countless hours of strategic planning, scripting, and filming which included more than one hundred and sixty-eight individuals, the latest GFI curriculum is done! The Toddlerhood Transition (Parenting Your 18 to 36 Month Old), is out the door and headed for duplication. While waiting for final delivery of the DVDs and the printing of the books*, we want to provide some preview segments for the GFI community. Take a look at what is coming your way.

The series includes nine visits, each one averaging approximately twenty-two minutes in length. While parents of toddlers (ages eighteen to thirty-six months) are the target audience, many principles extend to children four years of age and beyond. When possible, we recommend parents with toddlers first go through The Toddlerhood Transition series before entering Growing Kids God’s Way.

*We wish we could tell you The Toddlerhood Transition DVDs and books are presently in our warehouse; unfortunately this is not the case but they will be there soon. The DVDs will be available for sale after October 12, 2009 and the books are expected by November 25, 2009. However, do not let the delay of the books hold you back from starting your classes. We have posted .pdf summaries of each visit on the Growingkids.org website in the “Leader’s Place” section. These summaries provide the key points for the individual lessons and serve to encourage plenty of small group discussion.

Where do we go next? With The Babyhood Transitions, Preparation for the Toddler Years and The Toddlerhood Transition series all completed, we now turn our attention to the “Gift Series”. This next project has us combining many of the precepts of Growing Kids God’s Way with a number of new parenting concepts and presenting all of them in a new updated and contemporary format, again perfectly suited to the learning styles of a new parenting generation. We are looking forward to this next test of our endurance and certainly the adventure a project of this scope will take us on. But for now, please enjoy The Toddlerhood Transition series.