Bible Trivia is a Perfect Christian Bible Study Game and Homeschooling Tool

Christian Bible study game: the Bible Trivia board game as a tool for teaching the Scriptures
By Cheryl Hinneburg

Regardless of the environment that you are trying to teach in, or the number of students that you may have, it seems as if there is always an element missing that is like the hook, so that all of the children just "get it". So it boils down to how you are teaching, rather than what you are teaching.

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There are several reasons for this. People like to win. Trying to win gives people, yes, especially children, a reason to try to excel. Wanting to excel at something usually requires studying for it.

The same will hold true if you are teaching a large classroom, running a small homeschool, or just a parent or grandparent trying to help and encourage after school studies. I am a home school mom of twins that are 15. Part of our curriculum is religion and as Christians it is important to memorize Scripture. I got the idea when I happened to stumble across a game called the Bible Trivia board game, which is like Trivial Pursuit but Biblical-based.

Bible Trivia is a Christian Bible study game that's best played in a smaller group, so if using it in a classroom setting, then break the children up into smaller groups. The game is designed for two to four players, but we like to use teams, especially when we use it outside of home school, in our bi-weekly Bible study class.

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Because this is an interesting game for those that know the Bible, it is fun as well. Keep the same cards and use them over and over, because that is repetition and it is what helps the children learn more effectively. They retain more this way.

As each child draws a card, the player to his left will answer the questions, which are usually multiple choices. For example: a card might ask, "How many people went on the arc with Noah?" The answers to this question would be a) 2 b) 4 c) 6 or d) 8. Of course this question would be in the children's section of cards, but as you can see, it wouldn't take the children long to know and remember the answer to this question.

We use the board game together. The girls are getting much better on memorization, now we use Bible Trivia as a Christian Bible study game, than they did with my index cards taped everywhere. We are making progress, because there is an element of competition and a desire to win that forces them to pay attention and try harder.

Many times you may find that some of the children are not Bible literate, in which case they may find the game dreadfully boring. If this happens, we like to pair that child up with a child that has exceptional Bible skills. This creates the perfect learning union for memorizing Scriptures.

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References

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