Lesson Review:  FIND THE PHRASE Game

This lesson review game is similar to the T. V. game show “Wheel of Fortune”.  The goal of the game is to be the first team to guess the phrase.     Make transparencies or draw lines on the black board to represent the letters and the words of the secret phrase.  Divide class into two teams.   Alternate asking questions to each team.  When the member of the team correctly answers a question, their team gets 100 points and that person may choose a letter of the alphabet.  If that letter is present in the secret message, the teacher takes a black marker or chalk and writes the letter on the appropriate line or lines.  Award 50 bonus points each time the letter of the alphabet that they pick appears in the phrase.    Only on their turn, a team may decide to guess the secret message rather than receive a question.   If they guess correctly, their team earns 300 bonus points.  If their answer is incorrect their team loses 200 points.  Team at the end with the most points wins.

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Lesson Review: STUMPED BY THE STARS Game

Have three teachers come out dressed up as various secular or Children’s Church celebrities.   Teachers can also use puppets as their character.  Children are divided into two teams.  Flip a coin to see which team starts first.  The child chooses the celebrity that the question is to be directed to.  The question is asked to the celebrity and the celebrity can either answer truthfully, or can try to trick the child with a false answer.   The child must decide if the celebrity is telling the truth or not telling the truth.   If the child decides correctly their team earns 100 points.   Team at the end with the most points wins.

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 BEST BUDDIES GAME

This game is similar to the newly weds television game show.  Have the children partner up with someone.  Choose 4 couples.  Partner A of each couple stays in the room and sits on a chair at the front of the room.  Partner B is taken out of the room so that he cannot hear the questions.  Ask 4 questions to each partner A and write their responses on a page of paper.   Then after all 4 questions are answered, bring back into the room the B partners.   They shall stand behind the A partners who are sitting on the chairs.   The same questions are posed to partner B and their responses are recorded on the lines below Partner A’s response.  (Partner A must not help them answer or they shall be disqualified.)  The team with the most same answers are noted to be the winners of  that round.   Choose the next 4 couples and repeat the process with 4 new questions.  At the end have a winners round.   The winning couples compete against each other and then a final winner is determined.  Note:  The object of the game is to give the same answer as your partner, even if it is the wrong answer.  They will be awarded points just because it is the same answer.

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 LETS MAKE A DEAL Game

Preparation required:   Obtain 5-10 good prizes (ie:   Bags of chips, chocolate bars etc.)  and 5-10 bad prizes  (ie empty chocolate bar wrapper, empty chip bag, old sneeker etc.)    Put these 10 items int o brown bags and put them in random order on a table. Do not let the children see the items or it will ruin the fun.

Divide class into 2 teams (usually boys vs. girls works well).  When a child is asked a question, they are given a small candy to hold.   If they answer correctly their team gets 100 points.     After answering the question the child may trade their small candy for one of the items hidden under the boxes.   If they pick a box that has a good prize, cheer and jump for joy.   If they pick a box that has a useless prize, yell GONG and pretend to cry.  The child then hands over their small candy and receives the useless prize.

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LETS MAKE SQUARES Game

Supplies:      Chalkboard and chalk or dry-erase board and markers

Mark a set of large dots on THE board. Make four rows with five dots each. Have the teams take turns answering review questions.  When a team answers correctly, a player may draw a line by connecting two dots.

The goal of the game is to be the team to complete a square by adding the fourth line. When a square is closed, the team marks it as their own by writing in either “A” or “B.” During that same turn, they may draw additional lines to close any other squares that have three sides. They then add one more line. The other team answers a question, then draws a line, and so on.

If a team answers incorrectly, the other team will have the chance to answer. The team who ends up with the most squares wins.

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CONCENTRATION Game

Supplies: Forty 4 x 8 pieces of construction paper or Bristol board, marker, tape

Writing the numbers as large as possible, number 20 of the cards from 1 to 20.  These are the cover up cards.

Take the remaining 20 cards and divide them into two sets of 10.   Pick a topic (ie animals, colours, letters of the alphabet etc) and write 10 of these words on the first set of 10.   Now take the 2^nd set of 10 and write the same set of 10 words.   Arrange the Concentration Board as follows:  Tape the topic cards face up on the wall or on some sort of board, in 5 rows of 4 cards each, mixing them up so that pairs are not right next to each other.  Place a numbered card over each topic card, keeping the numbers in order. Tape these into position.

Choose two teams and select a helper from each team. Ask a question, and pick a child to answer it. If the answer is correct, the child who answered the question gets a chance to try to make a match. He calls out two numbers between 1 and 20. The teacher lifts the numbered cards, revealing the topic cards below. If the two cards match, the numbered card is removed and his team gets a point. If the lettered cards don’t match, cover them again with the top cards. Continue until all matches are made.

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