Okay. That makes a lot of sense to me -- so teaching the creed is like putting the cart before the horse.

I attended a tiny Presbyterian church in Canada until our family moved when I was eleven. We said the creed almost every Sunday, and so I thought that it should become part of my girl's childhood as well. I was never catechised myself, so I am "flying blind" to some degree, although now as an adult I have great respect for both the Westminster and the Christian Reformed Church's Heidelberg.

My husband purchased a book written by Susan Hunt and Richie Hunt called "Big Truths of Little Kids" It's a very basic book with catechism like question and answers. It's too sophisticated for my 5-year-old, but it should be good for my older daughter.

I would be very interested in other suggestions/materials. As I said, I am in some ways flying blind and have no support in these regards from our current church.

And Paul, thank you so much for your clarification on the Son of God's role in creation. I "knew" I had problems with the AWANA cirriculum's description of Jesus being the creator but I couldn't put my finger on it and the materials seemed to have scripture reference to back their position. Thank you very much!