Order! - A free Bible activity for your elementary school children

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November 30, 2022

Order! – A free Bible activity for your elementary school children

Knowing the order of the different stories in the Bible shouldn’t just be for seminary scholars. Our children should also be becoming familiar with the amazing Word of God. Try this fun and free Bible activity to help your children learn the order of stories in the Bible. I call it “Command!”

This is what you do:

This activity will require some preparation, however, you will find that the time you invest will be well worth it. I have provided you with a list of 12 sets of different Bible stories within the Old Testament, beginning with Creation and ending with Nehemiah calling Israel to rebuild the temple. This game will be more effective and attractive if you can find real images that represent the essence of each story. You can actually do this quite easily by going online and searching Google for: Bible story pictures or even Bible story coloring pages. You can also use a children’s bible and cut out the different images. Within each set of story images, place the ordinal number on the back of each one. For example, in the first set of stories, Creation would be the first, Adam and Eve disobeying God the second, Cain and Abel the third, and Noah’s Ark the fourth. However, make sure that the numbers do not show on the other side. Regardless of the type of images you choose, be sure to laminate them for long-term use. This will be a game you will want to play many times as your children learn the order of the Bible story. Once you have all your pictures, now make signs out of index cards or another type of paper that say: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Laminate these too. Finally, you will need a table or pocket chart on which you can show your pictures and the ordinal numbers so that children can put them in the correct order.

This is how to play this free Bible activity:

Tell your children the following: The Bible story is very important. It helps us to know God. In fact, the story is His-History of him. God has a beginning and an end to this life on earth and each one of us plays apart. The people in the Bible were just as important as we are and it is crucial that we know what happened in the Bible and when. So, let’s play “Command!”

First, let’s divide the class into two teams. I am going to place 4 pictures of different Bible stories on the table. They will not be in order. It will be your team’s job to put them in order. For each story you place in the correct order, your team will earn 100 points. With each set of stories, I’ll help you get started by asking you a multiple choice question. If you get it right, you’ll automatically earn 100 points for your team, and then you can choose one of the other images from the story and place it in the correct order. It will be up to you to guess in which order the other 3 stories belong. However, every guess could be the last. Once you make an incorrect guess, the player who was guessing will have to sit down. I will reveal the correct order of the stories. Then it will be the next team’s turn for a new set of stories. Remember, for every story that is correct, you earn 100 points for your team. Let’s play!

Lay the first set of 4 images on the table with the ordinal numbers to one side. Ask a boy from the first team to come up and ask him question #1 from the list below. I’ve made the questions easy to answer so kids are rewarded with instant success. If the child answers correctly, put the question picture in its correct ordinal place. Now you can choose one image from the remaining 3 and guess which ordinal place it should go to. With each success, earn 100 points.

Below you will find all 12 Bible story sets along with multiple choice questions.

bible story sets

1. 1st – Creation, 2nd – Adam and Eve disobey God, 3rd – Cain and Abel, 4th – Noah’s Ark

2. 1st – Noah’s Ark, 2nd – The Tower of Babel, 3rd – God gives his promise to Abraham, 4th – Abraham offers Isaac as a sacrifice

3. 1st – Isaac marries Rebekah, 2nd – Jacob deceives Esau, 3rd – Jacob dreams of angels, 4th – Jacob marries Leah and Rachel

4. 1st – Joseph’s coat of many colors, 2nd – Joseph’s dreams, 3rd – Joseph sold as a slave, 4th – Joseph helps his brothers

5. 1st – The Israelites are made slaves in Egypt, 2nd – Pharaoh’s daughter meets Moses, 3rd – Moses meets God at the burning bush, 4th – 10 plagues in Egypt

6. 1st – The Israelites leave Egypt, 2nd – The Israelites cross the Red Sea, 3rd – The Israelites are fed with manna and quail, 4th – The Israelites receive the 10 commandments

7. 1st – Moses gives the 10 commandments, 2nd – The Israelites make a golden calf, 3rd – God draws water from a rock, 4th – The Israelites complain to God

8. 1st – Joshua and Caleb explore Canaan, 2nd – The walls of Jericho collapse, 3rd – Gideon fights the Midianites, 4th – Samson and Delilah

9. 1st – Naomi and Ruth, 2nd – God calls Samuel, 3rd – Saul is made king, 4th – Samuel anoints David as king

10. 1st – David and Goliath, 2nd – David and Jonathan, 3rd – Solomon asks for wisdom, 4th – Solomon builds the temple

11. 1st – Elijah fed by ravens, 2nd – The widow of Zarephath, 3rd – Elijah on Mount Carmel, 4th – Elijah taken to heaven

12. 1st – Jonah and the whale, 2nd – 3 children in a fiery furnace, 3rd – Esther becomes queen, 4th – Nehemiah rebuilds the temple

12 questions

1. If you have a brother or sister you probably have fought. Unfortunately, fighting has been around since the beginning of time and Adam and Eve had two children who had some problems. One of the sons became very jealous of his brother and even killed him!