I went to the Dollar Store in hopes of finding some plastic storage bins for the kids stuff. I didn't find that, but I did find some GREAT finds. I was really excited. Aaron told me that we better get back to Michigan because we have zero room for what I keep bringing into our little home.
First I spotted these maps. They are nice & big. Sorry I didn't take them out to take a picture of the whole thing.
Nevertheless, they include maps of:
The Holy Land during New Testament Times
The Exodus
The Tribes of Israel
Paul's Journey
Next, I was excited to find big bible story cards. They are nine 8x11 cards in each packet. They have bright colorful photos on one side. On the back side is the verse and then the correct number order in the lower left hand corner.
The four I found are:
Jesus Walks on Water
Noah's Ark
The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes
Jesus Heals a Blind Man
I am a huge fan of file folder games so I was ecstatic when I found these.
See the Light is a Bible Matching game. It includes the game board & 40 matching cardPretty self-explanatory.
Bible Clues is a game of just that, Bible Clues. It contains 1 game board, 4 game pieces & 38 Bible question cards. The questions cards have 3 clues on each one. If the kids can guess the answer after one hint they get to move 3 spaces. If they guess after 2 hints, 2 spaces. After 3 hints, they move 1 space.
God's Kingdom is a Bible Trivia game. It comes with 1 game board, 5 game pieces and 52 Bible question cards. Players move one space for each correct answer given. They also follow the instructions on the game board spaces.
The Lord's Army looks like my favorite. On the inside of the file folder there are two men. The point of the game is collect all of the pieces of armor for your soldier. The pieces of armor that you must collect are:
shield of faith
helmet of salvation
sword of the spirit
belt of truth
breastplate of righteousness
feet of the gospel of peace
I think Max is going to love this one!
While digging through all of this great stuff at the Dollar Store, I found some Bible character cut-outs. There are 3 in each package. Again, there is a bright & colorful photo of the person from the Bible along with a brief description.
I bought the 4 packets they had available. They are:
Joseph, Noah & Daniel
King Saul, Queen Esther & King Solomon
Ruth, Mary Magdalene & Hannah
Moses, David & Jonah
Finally I found packets of inspirational posters. Each packet includes 3 posters.
Those are:
Psalm 23, The Lord's Prayer & Jesus Loves Me
Psalm 23, The Lord's Prayer & Jesus Loves Me
Galatians 5:22-23, Psalm 46:10 & John 8:12
I can't wait to get back to Michigan so that I can hang all of these great new finds up in our spacious classroom! Until then I'll take it out a little at a time and play!