Nest Entertainment Videos

A review by member "CJ"

Overall rating: Thumbs up!

Lots of Rotation.org members have recommended the Nest Entertainment Bible videos for many years, as do I.  They stick to the story and have Disney-quality animation. At 30 minutes each, they fit nicely into class and leave room for discussion.

Some stick to a single story like the Prodigal Son, some cover several stories together. There are over three dozen in this series, so understandably some are better than others. Preview!

They also come with 'extras' on the DVD and they have activity/workbooks that have coloring pages and puzzles than can be purchased for a very low price.

The only caveat is that they are a bit sanitized by today's standards, so they're more suitable for younger kids. Some videos in their series are better than others, so preview them ahead of time. If I had one complaint, it's that one or two of the Jesus videos that I've seen in the series depict him as the statue-esque looking Jesus and with blue eyes. They seem to have corrected that in others.

Note: Look in the Video Workshop topic for your Bible story in our Lesson Forum to see which video others are recommending. Also, see what our Writing Team recommends for your story.

One of the questions a member asked was whether or not it was worth updating their VHS collection of the series with the newer DVD version --because the DVDs come with some "extra" content, such as quizzes you can show on screen.

(Yes, some churches still have VHS tapes and VCRs, though fewer and fewer each year as VCRs are nearly out of production. Update: You can sometimes preview one of their video by watching a low res shortened version on YouTube.)

Member Hillary wrote: We have purchased a couple of the Nest videos because we liked the lessons we found for them here on Rotation.org. We purchased one workbook for a particular video and did not use it for that particular lesson, opting instead for something more active after using the video.

Note: The workbooks for each video in question are not always easy to find on Nest's site. Sometimes they offer them for free, other times you have to pay a small amount to get them. Seems like they continue to change how they offer them.

Look on their website for the "activity book" usually for sale in and around the page for the DVD.