Building the Kingdom of God
by Desiree Crosby / ga01222007
 

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I just came up my own rules.  We used a dice and the Candyland board. They moved their pieces (some type of "building" thing--screw, nut, nail, etc.) according to the roll & then they followed the directions I had typed up onto a piece of cardstock: 1--disobedient back 2 spaces, 2--pass the question to the person to the left, 3--teacher responds, 4--all respond, 5--it's all yours, 6--your choice. I did that because I wanted discussion to be the key to the game & wanted all to pay attention, even when it wasn't their turn. Once the question was answered, the girl who rolled earned as many M&Ms as the roll (except if they rolled a 1). The other thing we did was that the categories (or type of question) ie T/F, multiple choice, Quotes, etc. were selected based on the color square they landed on (Red/Yellow meant you picked up a Multiple Choice card, etc.). At the beginning of the lesson, I also used the M&Ms as part of an object lesson to introduce the topic, similar to the peanut idea regarding sacrifice. The girls had to name a goal, then turn in three M&Ms as they named a sacrifice they would have to make in order to accomplish the goal. Once the M&Ms were "sacrificed" or turned back in, they were rewarded with a cookie that I had made with the M&M's in them. This was a good starter because we could refer back to the cookie object lesson during the game.  I think you could improvise the game for any lesson, just use whichever lesson to make the cards.