Bible Scrabble

A few weeks ago, Daddy had a VERY late meeting at school, so the kiddos and I were on our own for family Bible study.  We have an "unofficial rule" that if one of the parents is gone for Bible study, we play a game or do something different for the study that night so that we are all together on where we are studying.  It provides a fun break to the routine and makes those evenings extra special.  On this particular night, we played "Bible Scrabble" with our new Disney Jr. Scrabble game Little Man got for his birthday.  The only rule was that we had to find words that had to do with our current "pew packer" card from the book of Matthew.  We played as a team finding words instead of competitively, and if we got a piece on one of the "point" squares, we had to answer Bible trivia questions about our cards and memory verses to get to keep the points.  The kids had a blast and we were all pleased with how many words we came up with throughout the game.  We played 2 separate boards.  The first time was random words from the card, and the 2nd time I'd call out a chapter and they had to find a word that went with that chapter.   We'd turn the pieces over one at a time and the first to spot a word could put it on the board.  I have one great speller and one terrible one, so that made for some funny spellings.

Side note...Our congregation uses the KidSing cards for a Pew Packers program 15 minutes before evening services.  (I'll link to it later, but their site is down).   The kids get trophies when they can complete a card and tell it to an elder of their choice.  My kids have learned SOOOOOOOO much, and it has been such a boost to our family Bible studies.  If your congregation doesn't do something similar, you can always do it at home!  A friend of mine is doing it at home with her 3 year old and reaping the benefits!