ABSTRACT
Any discussion with a group of teachers about work with young children on the life of Jesus shows that this is a controversial area. There is the clear problem for many teachers that the historical events of the life of Jesus are inseparable from a religious interpretation of them: that Jesus is the Son of God is assumed in the New Testament accounts. Some of the concepts too are difficult: teachers of very young children often have great difficulty in explaining what angels are to the more persistent of their young questioners. There are uncertainties about the helpfulness of telling miracle stories and parables. Very frequently these problems are resolved by a policy of ignoring – either the life of Jesus or the perceived problems!
