The religious development of childhood period is extremely imponant for asound and healthy religious praetices in the future of the person. How this period is imponant for the child from point of biological, psychological and social aspeets, it is also imponant for his/her religious development and religious education, tao. Then, in omer ta acquire an effeetive religious knowledge for the child, it is really imponant ta know their religious development. In this context, this mide exarnines first, the general religious characteristics of the chi1dhood period, second, some faetors affeeting on religious education of the child, and third and lastly, the teaching methods of religious beliefs of the child.