September 13—God Is Living

Review Activities

Candy Collection Review

You will need review questions and a bowl of individually wrapped candies.

Divide the class into groups of two or three. When a team answers a question correctly, each team member may choose a piece of candy. When an incorrect answer is given, each team member forfeits a piece of candy. Ask the missed question again later.

Review Bee

You will need a list of review questions.

Line up the students along a wall. If a student answers correctly, he remains standing. If he answers incorrectly, he sits down. The last one standing wins.

Bible Baseball

You will need a scorekeeper, a baseball diamond, and a list of questions marked for levels of difficulty.

Divide the group in half. Let the first team member select a single question (easy), double (harder), triple (very hard), or home run (nearly impossible). If the person gets the answer right, she moves to the appropriate base. If wrong, she is out. Three outs and the next team comes to bat.

94 PreTeen Teacher Guide Drop the Clothespin

You will need clothespins, two widemouthed jars, and tape.

Divide the class into teams. Each team gets its own jar. When a member from a team answers a review question correctly, he can try to drop a clothespin into the jar. When a member answers incorrectly, a strip of tape is placed across the mouth of the jar. The more incorrect answers given, the harder it becomes for that team to get a clothespin into the jar. See how many clothespins they can get into their jars.

Domino Review

You will need review questions and a set of double nine or double six dominoes.

Divide the class into two teams. Hand out three to five dominoes to the students, depending on the number of students in your class and how many dominoes you have. Have the student with the double nine or double six start first. She must answer a review question. If she answers correctly, her team gets the number of points on the domino she put down. If she answers incorrectly, the other team gets a chance to answer the question for the number of points on the domino. If no one answers correctly, the points go to neither team. Allow the teams to take turns putting down dominoes that match end to end. Make sure all the team members from each team get a chance to answer a review question. Play until a team runs out of dominoes or you run out of review questions. See how many points each team can get.

Happy/Sad

You will need markers and a marker board.

Draw two circles on the board representing a smiley face and a sad face. If the class answers a review question

Review Activities

correctly, add an eye or a smile to the smiley face. When the smiley face is complete (two eyes and a smiley mouth), give the class praise. If the class misses a question, add an eye or a frown to the sad face. If the sad face is completed (two eyes and a frowning mouth), add a tear to the smiley face. To erase the tear and complete the smiley face, they must answer an extra review question.

Pyramid Knock Down

You will need ten (or more) disposable foam cups and a rolled-up sock.

Stack the cups to form a pyramid (4-3-2-1) on a table or desk against a wall. Write point values on each cup. Divide the class into teams. When a team answers a review question correctly, one of their team members gets to throw a rolled-up sock at the pyramid. His team gets the number of points written on the cups he knocks down. If the team misses the question, the other team gets a chance to answer the question. See how many points each team can get.

Candy Toss

You will need numbers written on pieces of individually wrapped candy.

Toss the candy toward the students, and let them try to catch a piece. Each student must correctly answer the review question that corresponds with the number on her piece of candy before she can eat it.

Matching Game

You will need two sets of review question cards, one question per card.

Mix the two sets of cards together and lay them facedown on a table. Let students take turns picking a card and reading it out loud. No answers may be given until the matching card has been read. When the matching card has been read, those two students may confer, then answer. If the question is correctly answered, the cards are removed from the game. If answered incorrectly, both cards are put back on the table facedown. Continue until all the questions have been answered.

Penny Toss

You will need a bucket of water, a glass measuring cup, several pennies, paper, pencils, and a list of review questions.

Before class, fill the bucket with water and put the glass cup in the bottom of the bucket. Divide the class into two or three teams. Allow students from each team to take turns answering a review question. If the student answers correctly, he may have three tries to drop a penny from waist level into the cup at the bottom of the bucket. If he answers incorrectly, he gets one try. Give each team a point for every penny they get into the cup. See how many points each team can get.

Coming Winter 2020–21

Unit 1: God the Son

december 6 Prophecies of Jesus' Birth december 13 God Announces the Son's Coming december 20 God's Son Is Born december 27 Seeking A king

Unit 2: My Church and Me

January 3 The Old Nature January 10 The New Creation January 17 The Place to Grow January 24 The Church's

Ordinances

Unit 3: Books of History

January 31 Joshua—Taking the Promised land February 7 Judges—Israel's Ups and Downs February 14 Ruth—A Gentile Ancestor February 21

Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles—the Kings February 28

Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther—the Exiles