Neil, as I said in a previous post, I have the Baltimore (e-book) and I *do* use it, and I did use it for "To know Him, love Him, etc" but some of her questions require long answers and I'm worried I'm not cutting to the chase. I believe their attention span is quite short.
As for the picture bible your priest in Newhall mentioned, I would think it's his:
http://www.setonbooks.com/viewone.php?ToView=P-RLPK-17
Except that that's surely not 30 bucks.
That's not the book he had. Like I said, it's a really classic style
book with beautiful artwork, similar to Carraveggio,
Michealangelo, that kind of thing. Here are some examples that are similar:
Round figures, the book I'm talking about is easily worth $50, but he had a
limited supply for less than $30. This was about a month ago. I don't know
if he has any left, or if more are on order, or what.
As for your answers, try to be simple and direct, which is sometimes hard
to do. Their attention spans are short, true, and it puts you on the spot to
come up with terse quips. I'm sure you'll do fine.
The one thing that I would like to say from experience, always try to respond
immediately to a child's needs. They can't wait around for when it's
convenient for you to answer questions. Their learning window is not going
to be open forever, and now is your chance to give them the answer you want
them to have. If they don't get it from you, they will look elsewhere! You are
both learning together, you know. The child teaches you by instinct and you
teach the child by experience, mostly.
And it pays off, because when they see that you are responsive to them, they
learn that they are important, and that you love them. They will like that, and they
will learn to be responsive to others, too. And then some day, they may even be
responsive to you when you need them....................