The activities themselves are neutral, without any religious or spiritual component. In this series, the stories focus on the life of Jesus. Letter Games, FUNdament, Start Games, and Math Games can be found on Davar: Bridging to Literacy website (https://davar-education.eu/about-us/). Videos of games can be found at https://www.youtube.com/@davargames4017.
Jesus as a Child
- Simeon & Anna
- Wise Men from the East
- Flight to Egypt
- 12-year-old Jesus in the Temple
Luke 2:22-40 Simeon and Anna
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| Letter Game E3 |
• Cook or bake
something; Look forward to the moment you can eat it.
Letter Games B9.1 or 2: Letters DIY
OR Letter Game E3:
Use a recipe
• Clean
something and look forward to the time when everything is fresh. FUNdament 3.2,
4, or 8
Rescuer
• Start Games
H2 Create a story in which someone needs to be rescued.
• FUNdament 10
Frozen tag. Once you are tagged, you “freeze” just as you were when you were
tagged. Someone who is not “it” can
rescue you by touching and unfreezing you.
Everyday
• Sing a song
with the days of the week
• Make a
calendar
Old
• FUNdament 2.8
Talking to the old or young
• Invite an
elderly woman to share what she has experienced or done in her life. Draw
something about her story.
Matthew
25:1-13 Wise Men from the East
Wise
• Letter Games
F1, Learn Something New
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| Cloud Game |
East
• Start Games
G2 Cloud Game
• Geography
lesson: What are our neighboring countries (especially to the east)? Where is
the east, possibly find using a compass?
Star
• Start Games
G4, Shapes (video
available)
• Crafts: Make
stars in a way that fits the situation.
Gifts
• Explain and
act out how to make something beautiful (gold jewelry, a beautiful gemstone,
perfume).
• Start Games
B4A, Can you spot the difference? Play the game as if everyone were holding a
beautiful gift. (Video
available.)
Matt.
2:13-23 - Flight to Egypt
Dream
• Everyone
pretends to be asleep; you hear the sound of people sleeping.
• Start Games
H4 Everyone tells what they dreamed, or might have dreamed.
Flight
• FUNdament
13.4 Tag, follow the leader
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| Road Game (Start Game G1) |
Egypt
• Geography
lesson: where is Egypt located?
• History
lesson: hieroglyphs (you can also think of and draw your own hieroglyphs;
others guess what your hieroglyph means)
Back
• Start Games
G1 Road Game
• What do you
need when traveling in the desert? (water, food, compass, blanket,
camel/donkey, turban) Play: I'm going on a trip and I’m taking _____ with
me. All sit in a circle. The first
person says, “I’m going on a trip and I’m taking X (one thing they would take
on a trip). The second person says, “I’m going on a trip and I’m taking X and Y
(adds one thing).” The third person says the first two things and adds
something new, and so on, all around the circle. Might want to say “We’re going on a trip and
should take X with us.”
Twelve
• Math Game 8:
Hear your favorite number
• Math Game 6:
How many fit?
Each
• Math Game 19:
Darts without darts
• Fundamental 4.9: Dance
Between
• FUNdament Between 19.1; 19.2; 19.4
Go with
• FUNdament To
the line 13.3
• Math Game 5:
Run like crazy.
