To simplify the Scripture memory review process, we’ve included the memory verses separately.
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We’ve also included Scripture Review Games to make the memorization process engaging and fun! Choose an activity from the options below and spend 10 minutes or so helping kids commit God’s Word to their hearts and minds!
Scripture Review Games
1. Divide kids into groups of two. Have them take turns saying a word from the verse back and forth until they complete the verse. Each child will end up saying every other word from the verse.
Example: Child 1: “For”
Child 2: “God”
Child 1: “so”
Child 2: “loved”
Child 1: “the”
Child 2: “world…”
2. Print the entire verse on one sheet of paper, and make enough copies to be used by partners or small groups in your class. Then cut each copy into sections. Divide your kids into groups and ask them to work together to put the verse in its appropriate order (like a jigsaw puzzle). When they have finished, have someone volunteer to read (quote) the verse.
3. Create a copy of the verse for each child, replacing some of the key words with a blank line. Allow the children to use their Bibles to fill in the blanks.
4. Write the verse on a large sheet of paper, a dry-erase board, or a chalk board. Say the verse together as a group and then erase one word. Invite the children to say the verse again, filling in the erased word from memory. Repeat, erasing one word at a time, until the class has recited the whole verse from memory. For younger children, erase the words in order. For more of a challenge, erase the words in random order or erase more than one word at a time.
5. Write each word of the verse on index cards and distribute them to your class in random order. Then guide the group to organize the cards in the correct order and read the verse together.
6. Write only the first letter of each word on a large sheet of paper, a dry-erase board, or a chalk board. (Example: “F__ G__ s_ l____ t__ w____…”) Then call one student at a time to fill in a blank until the verse is complete. Lead the class in reading the verse together.
7. Challenge the class to create motions to correspond with the words and then practice reciting the words while acting out the motions.
8. Make the verse into a chant. Divide the verse and the kids into sections.
Example: Section 1: “For God so loved the world…”
Section 2: “That He gave His only son…”
Section 3: “That whoever believes in Him…”
Section 4: “Should not perish…”
Section 5: “But have eternal life!”
Lead the groups in reciting each section of the verse. After a few rounds, lead them to recite it at different volumes, like whispering or yelling, and with different pitches, like high, squeaky voices or deep, low voices. You might even add snapping or clapping.
9. Split the children into two teams at a starting line a few feet away from a large piece of paper, a dry-erase board, or a chalkboard. The first child in each line will need a marker or a piece of chalk. When you say, “Go!” the first participant should run to write the first word of the verse. Then they should run back and hand the writing utensil to the next member of their team who will run and write the second word. Each team should continue in a relay race until the first team wins by correctly finishing the verse. Have a helper or teacher present to help those children who are too young to write or might write too slowly. Remind the children not to worry about spelling things correctly, they are to just do the best they can.
10. Have the children sit or stand in a circle. Give someone in the circle a ball. Have that child say the first word in the scripture and then throw the ball gently to someone else in the circle. Whoever catches the ball quotes the next word in the verse until the whole scripture has been quoted.