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1. | We played a game I called “Who wants to be a Kingdom Heir”. It was a real great way to get kids to listen to our Bible story because they wanted to know the answer if they got to the hot seat! At the end of class, I would hand out a paper that would have a question on it and four answers that they would put in order. For example, I would name four books of the Bible. They would have to put them in the correct order, and whoever answered the fastest correctly would get the hot seat. I would have prepared about 10 questions relating to the Bible story we just read. They would have an option to ask the audience, ask a friend or do the 50/50. I had levels they got to where they would win something after answering 3 questions correctly like a piece of candy then if all ten were answered correctly a big candy bar. You can also have a lot of fun making up the questions. They looked forward each week to playing and another good thing about this game is it lasted quite a few weeks because each week a different child would get to play. I would let all participate in the fast finger question but if they already got to the hot seat once, I would take the second fastest so all had a chance to play. They really loved this game it was a lot of preparation though on the questions but well worth it they all learned because even if they weren't in the hot seat they knew they might be called on to help a friend in trouble. |
2. | Bible Jeopardy, I made up a game called "Bible Jeopardy". After the Bible story we play this game, and I find that it makes the kids want to listen and learn the story so that they can earn the points (we play kids against teachers - that really gets them excited ! ) Here's how you make it: Think of the jeopardy game on TV. I took a poster board, wrote Bible Jeopardy on top, under it I cut squares of paper a little bigger than the sticky note pads, and I wrote the number of points that question would be worth (10 for the easiest questions - 40 for the harder ones ), and I decorated the board (any way you want ), place them in five rows of four, or more if you are able to, then write down your questions from your Bible story on the sticky note pads, and place them under your pieces of paper that have your points written on them, and then you are ready to play ! I hope you all enjoy it as much as we have. These are some of the questions that she used in a class called "Angels told about Gods Son":
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3. | Bible Disappearing Angel: I have a little twist on the traditional "hangman" game we all resort to . . .. I felt that the hangman image was not really appropriate for my religious education classes. Instead, we play "Disappearing Angel". The game is played the same as hangman, except that if the guess is wrong, a part of an angel I've drawn on the chalkboard is erased. I try to put as many parts on the angel as I can: halo, wings, hair, 2 hands in prayer, little feet, etc. . . . I've never seen the entire angel disappear....and the kids really love it. |
4. | Bible Hangman: Draw a figure for hanging the man. A platform (an E without the short center line.) with a short line from the top to represent a rope. You make dashes for the word that is being guessed, such as "Genesis" __ __ __ __ __ __ __. One child guesses a letter, if incorrect you draw a circle at the bottom of the rope to represent a head
and write the missed letter below the dashed lines. When a correct letter is guessed it is written on the appropriate dashed line. For each incorrect
letter you add another part of the man's body (arms, legs, nose, etc.) until he is hanged. Each time you guess a correct letter you get another turn. the idea is to save the man by guessing the word before he is hanged. |
5. | Learning the Word; Tic TAC Toe: make two teams. Ask each team a Bible question when they answer correctly. They get to place their mark on the Tic Tac Toe board. The winning team gets a prize. |
6. | Learning new verses; The Bible verse puzzle: Each word of a verse is placed on a small piece of paper. Make one set of verse pieces for each team, so that all of the teams have the same verse. The team that figures out the verse first wins a prize. |
7. | Fun with the Word; Christian Win, Lose or Draw: Make up a pile of cards where each card contains the name of a person, place, thing, or Bible verse and you may want to name the card for how hard it is to do, "Hard List", "Easy List". The person that picks the card picks one thing on the card to draw. They then draw clues on a piece of paper until some one guesses what is written on the card. Prizes can be given to the artist and the guessers. You may want to print out this page and then just cut out the ones listed below. |
Pastor's name Jesus Heal the sick The Fruit of the Spirit |
Teacher's name Holy Ghost The Word of God The parting of the Dead Sea |
Bible God Resist the devil Pray always |
Noah's Ark Jesus wept Sing to the Lord Speak evil of no man |
Calvary's Cross God is Love Depart from evil Your faith has save you |
God Loves Me The Father Praise the Lord The sword of the Spirit |
Jesus Saves Baptize Pillar of salt The helmet of salvation |
Church Genesis Prince of peace Seek first the kingdom of God |
Moses Love Zion Help me, O Lord my God |
The Son Rock Savior A wise heart teaches the mouth |
Bread of life Dove Jerusalem Give to the poor |
Name of your town Lion Mount of Olives Garden of Gethsemane |
Carpenter Shepherd Solomon's Temple Your church's name |
Children Christian Psalms Build your house on the rock |
The Lamb Sing Earth An evil man seeks only rebellion |
Grapes Heaven Genesis Blessed is the nation whose God is Lord |