Get Behind the Easel – Thanksgiving Verses: A fun and easy Bible memory verse game to help your kids memorize 3 great Bible verses about being thankful.
Bible memory verse games will help your children hide God’s Word in their hearts and for this one you will need to do the following:
Some kind of board on which to display your Bible verses about being thankful. I personally use a pocket chart. These can be easily found at your local teacher supply store or you can order them online at www.orientaltrading.com. I then write each word found in my verse on an index card including one card each for the book of the Bible and its reference number and I display the verse in its correct order on the chart. If you prefer, you could just write the verse on a chalkboard or dry erase board.
You will also need an easel on which your board sits. If you don’t have an easel, that’s all right, but a child must be able to stand behind the board. Therefore your board could not be attached to a wall.
Here’s How to Play Get Behind the Easel: A Bible memory verse game:
Tell your children that they are going to play “Get Behind the Easel”. Show them the memory verse you have picked for them to work on. Have them read it out loud several times to help them begin to memorize it. Once you feel they are starting to get a handle on the verse, have one child come up and stand behind the easel. Instruct another child to quietly come up and take off one of the words on the board and then have them give it to you.
On the word “GO”, the rest of the class is to say the verse nice and loud, but when they get to the word that was taken off, they are to clap and then continue saying the rest of the verse out loud. Once the verse has been read, the child behind the easel must guess what word was clapped on. If he gets it right, he could get some kind of treat or at least a hearty, “Way to go!” Replace the word that was taken off and play all over again.
In addition to introducing you to Get Behind the Easel, a Bible memory verse game for kids, I want to give you 3 Bible verses about being thankful. These verses will be a great addition to your “Thanksgiving” curriculum or any time you want to encourage your kids to be thankful to God
Below, you will find the downloadable Bible verse word cards for each of the following 3 scriptures:
Psalm 118:1 Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever.
Psalm 100:4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.
1 Corinthians 15:57 Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Print off the cards and cut them out on their lines, then place them on your board or pocket chart.
This game is super easy and super fun.
How to Download the Files
- RIGHT click over the name of the file you want to download and you should be given the choice of where on your computer you want to save the file.
- Once the file is saved to your computer, you can now locate where you saved it then print it as you desire.
Best Practices for this Bible Review Game
- Print the pictures on card stock. Cut each of the cards on the black line. Laminate for long term use.
Downloadable files for Bible verses about being thankful
* Bible Verse Word Cards for Psalm 100:4 – Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.
From the KJV
From the NIV
* Bible Verse Word Cards for Psalm 118:1 – Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever.
From the KJV
From the NIV
* Bible Verse Word Cards for 1 Corinthians 15:57 – Thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
From the KJV
From the NIV
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