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New and Old Testament Bingo
With 66 books in the Old and New Testament combined, it can be a little overwhelming to learn them all. Bingo is a visual game helping children learn the books as they are called out and matched up with the bingo card. To play, bingo and flash cards are required, which can be downloaded and printed out.
Children receive a bingo card with 16 books of the Bible printed on it. Each card will have different books. A flash card with a picture of a Bible character, or something representing the book, will be held up and called out. Children can look at their bingo card and search for the book. With pictures, children who cannot yet read are able to play.
A coin or small paperclip can be used to cover the book on the card once it is called. The first child to get a row of Bible books wins the bingo game.
Mix and Match Memory Verse
Kids love working together as a team. Each week children can learn a Bible verse in class. At the end of the month, a memory verse game can be played as a reminder of what was learned. Get a handful of paper and cut it into squares. Write a word on each card from the Scripture verses.
Place the cards in the middle of the table and let the children put the Bible verses in order, from memory, along with the location of the passage.
If the children are younger, write the memory verses on a marker board for guidance.
Learn the Bible Through Hand Motions
Sometimes adding hand motions to a Bible verse will help a child remember the passage. Pick the verse the students will be learning. Add motions such as pointing to the sky for God, crossing one arm in front of the other to symbolize the cross, folding hands together and then unfolding to represent opening the Bible. Children can help come up with motions, which will help them learn the verses.
With time and repetition, children will learn the passages with hand motions.
Free Printouts on the Internet
The Internet is chock-full of activity pages for Sunday school classes. Many websites have coloring pages, puzzles, mazes and anagrams.
Names from the Bible can be hidden in a crossword. Anagrams can be used to challenge children to find out the answer and learn about the Bible stories.
To create an anagram, pick a verse and scramble each word. Write the scrambled words, with a blank line next to each one. Once the words are unscrambled, the children can put the words together to read the verse.