1. Bible Verse Topple
What you will need:
One of two sets of Dominoes, masking tape, and a permanent marker.
Preparation:
Before class write one word of the verse on pieces of masking tapes. Stick the pieces to the Dominoes. Use up all the Dominoes by writing the verse more than once. Before class divide up the Dominoes into two sets making sure you have sets of dominoes that spell out the complete verse. (If you have more than ten children, use more than one set of Dominoes and make more teams. Turn all the Dominoes over so that the words aren't showing.
Set Up:
1. In class divide up your children into two teams and give each team a set of dominoes that you prepared earlier.
How to Play:
1. Children in each team should take turns turning over one Domino at a time trying to find the words of the verse in order. If a child finds the correct word, he gets to set up a Domino so that it is standing up right. He then gets to take another turn to see if he can find the next word in the verse. He keeps taking turns until he picks up a word that is not in sequence.
2. The next child would then take a turn trying to find the next word in the verse. The team that sets up all its Dominoes in a row, or any design, first wins.
3. The child that places the last Domino gets to knock over the first Domino in the row to set off the cascading effect.
1. What's the Missing Word?
What you will need:
Index cards, dry erase board, dry eraser, marker, and masking tape.
Preparation:
Before class write each word of the verse on separate index cards. To make it harder you can include some words that don't belong in the verse.
Set Up:
1. Tape the word cards to the dry erase board in random order so that the words can be seen by the whole class. Write the Bible verse on the board in large letters with some words missing. Draw lines where the missing words belong.
How to Play:
1. Have your children take turns picking a word from the board and placing it where they think the word might belong.
2. If a child places a word correctly, he gets to take another turn.
3. Once the whole verse has been revealed, you can start again, but leave out different words.
2. Concentration
What you will need:
Index cards and marker
Preparation:
Before class write each word of the verse on two index cards. Make sure that the writing doesn't show through to the other side. Make one set of cards for every four or five students.
Set Up:
Place the cards face down on a table in rows.
How to Play:
1. Divide your children up into groups of four or five children.
2. Have them take turns turning over two cards to see if they match. If they match the child who turned over the cards gets to keep them and take another turn. If they don't match the child has to turn them back over, and the next child takes a turn.
3. The player with the most cards at the end of the game wins.
3. Guess the Word Bible Lesson Review Game
What you will need:
Index cards and a marker.
Preparation:
Before class write words relating to your Bible lessons on the index cards.
How to Play:
1. Pick one child to start the game. The child picks a card and reads the word or words on the card to himself or herself.
2. The other children take turns asking one yes or no question and then try to guess what the word on the card is. The child who guesses correctly gets to pick the next card. To make the game easier, you can pick categories such as people, places, miracles, actions, etc. and write them on the board before class. When a child asks a question from the categories mark it off on the board so another child won't ask the same question. For example, if a child asks, "Is it a person?", mark off person on the board.
4. "What's the verse?" Relay Game
What you will need:
Index cards, marker, and tape.
Preparation:
Before class write each word of the verse on an index card. Make sure that the writing doesn't show through to the other side. Make one set of cards for every four or five students.
Set Up:
Divide your class into teams, mix up the cards, and give each team member at least one card from one set of cards. Each team should receive one whole set to spell out the verse.
How to Play:
1. Children take turns running up to the front of the room, taping their cards in order to spell out the verse. The team that gets all their cards in order first wins.
2. You can play this game two different ways. You can go over the verse before the game starts so that everyone knows the verse, or you can have the teams try to figure out what the verse is by rearranging the cards. Children can only rearrange the cards on their own turn. They may help their teammates by shouting out the order of the cards if they would like.
5. "Place the Words in Order" Bible Verse Review Game for younger children
What you will need:
Index cards or cards with pictures relating to the Bible story.
Preparation:
Cut your index cards into different sizes each a little bigger than the other. Write the Bible verse on the cards in order, either from smallest to largest or largest to smallest. Make one set for each child.
You can use the same size cards and just number each card in order of the words in the verse.
How to Play:
Give a set of cards to each child and have them place the cards in order to figure out the verse. When all the children have their cards in order go over each word of the verse so they understand what it says.
Sent in by Jean from South Africa
6. Take Away
What you will need:
Index cards
What to do:
1. Before class make one set of cards by writing one word of verse on each card.
2. In class tape all the cards on the board in order.
3. Have your children take turns removing one card and then saying the verse. The child who can say the whole verse without any cards showing wins.
Ball Toss Game
What you will need:
Paper, balloons, bucket, and small balls.
How to Play:
After teaching a memory work verse, we reinforced it by playing this game:
Write each word of the verse on a small index-size sheet of paper, roll it up, and insert it into a balloon. Blow up the balloon with the paper inside and tie it.
Have your children take turns throwing a ball into a bucket that is a couple of feet away (We gave them two balls and two tries.) If they get the ball in the bucket, they get to take one of the balloons and break it to get the verse out. Once all the balloons are broken, have your children put the words in order. We played this with two teams and the kids found it quite exciting. It is helpful to have helpers that will stand behind the bucket and return the balls to the next person in line. Sent in by Lynn
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