Leader Guide
Tossing Game
- Bibles or the Superbook Bible App
- Five pairs of athletic socks—adult-size, calf-length. If you have a very large class, you may use ten pairs of socks and have both teams play at the same time
- Ten Commandments Poster from Lesson 1, and/or Minibooks made in Teaching
- String or rope, about 6 feet long
- Two chairs
- Ten pieces of masking or painter’s tape
- Marker
Place two chairs next to each other at one end of the room.
Tie the rope between the chairs, then move them apart until the rope is taut.
Mark or tape a starting line about 6–10 feet from the chairs.
With the marker, number the pieces of tape from 1–10, then place one number on each sock.
In Matthew 22:35–40 nkjv, the Bible tells us how a religious leader asked Jesus a question.
Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”
Jesus said that all the commandments “hang” on two great commands—loving God and loving others. So let’s play a game where we “hang” the ten commandments.
Divide the children into two teams, give the first team the set of socks in random numerical order, and have them line up at the starting mark.
Each sock is numbered 1–10, for each of the Ten Commandments. The first ten people on the team will get just one try to toss a sock so it hangs on the rope. But, before you throw the sock, you must shout out the commandment that goes with the number on your sock! Your teammates can help you identify the right commandment by using a Ten Commandments Minibook or the poster on the wall. After your turn, go to the back of the line—whether or not your sock lands on the line. Once all ten socks are thrown, we will count how many commandments are hanging on the line, and that will be your team’s score for the first round. Then the other team will have a chance.
Note: The socks do not need to be tossed or hung in numerical order. Play again until all children have had a turn.
