Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Lay out 10 to 25 SM reference cards, face up in a circlethis becomes the game board. Inside the circle, lay out the matching keyword cards, upside down. Place a penny (to use as a moving marker) on any of the reference cards. All the students sit around in a circle so they can all see the cards. The first player rolls a die and moves the penny (in either…
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Make 2 game cards per SMone with the reference and one with the keywords. (Ken Alford suggests using magnetic business cards that you can purchase at an office supply storeif you have a blackboard or whiteboard that is magnetic, of course.) Place all of the game cards on the board in pairs (either one above the other or side-by-side). (The written side in view). None of the card pairs should…
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Divide into teams. One student comes up and teacher hands him a SM card. He must draw a picture to represent that SM while his team guesses the reference. (Can be timed if needed.) Cannot draw words or numbers, no making sounds or hand gestures. If you want to take this to a new level, then have the student roll a dice and do accordingly: #1 or #4 Draw the…
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Set up – 9 chairs in the center of the class in a tic tac toe formation. XXX XXX XXX Divide into two teams (x’s and o’s). Everyone on each team gets a number (We had 8 on each team so numbered them from 1-8) Object – your team makes a tic tac toe before the other team. The teams stand to the sides, x’s on one side of the…
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Divide into teams. One team rolls the die and follows these directions: #1choose any category #2Historical Setting #3Doctrinal Teaching #4Missionary Application #5Personal Application #6other team chooses a category for you The teacher mixes up the SM cards and randomly reads clues from the correct category [from the backs of the scripture mastery cards]. Some of the statements are valid for several different SM. If they say a different SM than…
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Teams bid for the right to name the scripture, (lowest bid wins). The captain of team #1 says “I can name that scripture in ____words.” Other teams can bid lower or say “Name that Scripture.” The teacher then reads the number of words bid. The words can be at the beginning of the scripture (or the teacher may choose to pick a spot in the middle of the verse and…
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(This is a good one to play the first few weeks when you are first learning the magic square). I play this game using a Nerf dart gun (the kind with a suction cups at the end of the darts. You could also use one of those balls covered in suction cups.) To prepare, draw the magic square grid on the white board as large as possible. Fill in only…
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Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Goal: Unscramble the words to get as many points as possible. You can use this game for scripture mastery or to introduce concepts, etc. Needed: ? List of words to unscramble ? this is a great web page that will scramble words for you:http://www.lerfjhax.com/scrambler once you type in the word, copy and paste the scrambled word into…
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Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 4, 2008 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Needed: – Scripture Mastery Cards the cards on Bro. Kipp?s Seminary Place (http://home.earthlink.net/~cccckipp/)or use the cards provided by CES – You could also use the full size 8 ½ x 11 version of the SM cards from Bro. Kipp?s Seminary Place – Chalkboard or Whiteboard for keeping score Scoring: – Try to accumulate the most points for…
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Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Goal: Score the most points by landing pennies into the cups. Needed: ? Box of pennies ? 3 Paper or Plastic Cups ? the wide, low-profile plastic cups work best ? Masking Tape ? Small Table or Music Stand ? Chalkboard or whiteboard for keeping score Scoring: ? Score one point for each penny that lands AND…
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Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Goal: Be the first team to try to determine which Scripture Mastery card the teacher is holding using ?yes or no? questions. When the correct reference is given, be the first team to have your scriptures open to the reference. Needed: ? Scripture Mastery Cards ? Use the cards on Bro. Kipp?s Seminary Place or use the…
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Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: October 10, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Goal: Score as many points as you can by recognizing the gesture clue and finding the reference in your scriptures, as quickly as you can. ***This game needs some preparation beforehand. You will need to either review the ?gestures? that come with the magic square or have your students come up with their own. I prefer to…
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