Bingo
Bingo is a fun way to reinforce biblical learning. Not only will children enjoy the game, but difficulty levels can be adjusted so adults can also find a challenge. The first step is to decide what facts you want to review or teach the players. You can then design a board using clip art, text or pre-made cards from sites such as kecirohomeschool.com.
Create Creatively
If you are teaching an advanced class where players should know the New Testament, you can design a board with the word "Bible" at the top, rather than "bingo." In the boxes below each letter, put all books of the New Testament. Create variations where the different books are in different orders under the letters. For example, for one card, under "B" put Mathew, Mark and Luke. In another version, under the "B" put Acts, Romans and Galatians. Put a "Free Space" in the middle or at different spots on the board to even the number of squares under each letter.
Play
Make copies of each version of the card and write questions that the teacher will read of famous quotes, actions and stories from each of the books, with the answer below. When you play the game, the teacher will read the story and the players will have to mark which book it comes from. To add a challenge, the teacher could start by saying a letter, such as "B" so even if a person knows that the story came from Mark, if he doesn't have "Mark" under "B" he cannot mark the box.
Easier
For easier games, rather than questions, the teacher can just announce the letter and book (closer to the traditional bingo), such as "B, Mark" and the players who have the book of Mark under "B" will mark it. When they get five marks in a row, they yell, "Bible!" and a prize or award can be given.
Use Drawings
You can design bingo cards with clip art or drawings. For example, a picture of a bearded man could be Jesus, a picture of an ancient village could be Bethlehem and a picture of a poor person could symbolize "the meek" or charity. The questions the teacher can ask for this game could be trivia questions such as "Where was Jesus born?" or " Blank shall inherent the earth." The players "x-out" or put a coin or marker on the picture of what they think the answer is. The first player to get five across or fill up her whole card would be the winner.
Have the Players Work
To make the teacher's job easier, a bingo card with blank squares and the top letters ("Bible") can be given to a class and students given a range of pictures that they draw themselves in each box. For example, they can draw a scene of the Sermon on the Mount or the Last Supper. They can also draw people or places from the Bible. The teacher will just have created questions with these items as answers. The teacher should make sure every player has completed drawing in his board and begin the game. Players can put a penny or small marker if they have the right picture under the right letter. For example, the teacher will call out, "'B', where did Jesus walk on water?" If a player has the picture of the Sea of Galilee under "B" then she can mark it.
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