I believe that one of the main goals of every Sunday school teacher should be for his class to know all the books of the Bible by heart. If we want our children to grow up to be scholars of God’s Word, they need to know where each book is and have an idea of its main characters. Here are 5 fun games you can play to get your kids on the road to learning more about the greatest book of all time.
Play:
You will need to make a set of “Bible Book Cards”. You can do this easily on your computer with some colorful graphics or you can just print the names of all the books of the Bible on some index cards. Some of the games use points. So on the back of the cards, in random order, you’ll want to print point values from 100 to 500. Kids REALLY like to earn points for their teams. Finally, I suggest you laminate all cards for long-term use.
big 5 games
1. AT/NT Spell – Simply get 2 boxes and label one “Old Testament” and the other “New Testament”. Take 10 or more of the Bible book cards and set a timer for 30 seconds. When you say “Go”, give the child the opportunity to correctly arrange the cards in their corresponding boxes. For each correct answer, add up the points for your team. As the children learn their books better, you can give them more cards to order.
two. Order! – Grab a clothesline and some clothespins. Give a child a set of Bible book cards that you would like him or her to put in order. You may want to limit it to 5 cards to start with until you get to know the Bible. For this game, points are counted only on cards that were placed out of order. The team with the fewest points wins. You might also consider setting a time limit on this game.
3. grab and find – Take a bucket and put some Bible book cards. Have a child come up and take out a card. Give him 15 seconds to find the book in the Bible. If you are successful, you get the points on the card for your team.
Four. name a character – This is played the same as n. 3 above, but instead of finding the book in the Bible, the child must say a main character that is in the book that he thinks of.
5. guess the book – Place 5 Bible book cards on a table. Read a Bible verse from one of the books and give a child a chance to guess which book on the table it comes from. Reward points on the back of the card if the guess was correct. Keep reading the verses on the other cards until there are 2 left. Place more cards to make it more difficult.
If there are points involved in a game, I usually have a kid from the class show up and be my scorer. Have fun!