Sept. 30 is World Bible Translation Day, so we celebrated with the kids who participated in this month’s Parents Night Out through our church.
These nights can be a challenge to plan because the number and ages of kids are unknown until the night of the event. Usually, I have 1-25 kids ages Kindergarten through 3rd grade. Occasionally I have one or two older kids to whom I give assistant teacher responsibilities.
Here’s a peek at what we did this month:
To introduce the subject of Bible translation, we watched this short video.
Then we rotated between stations set up to look at the cultures on various continents. I pulled activity ideas from the “Summer Around the World with Kate & Mack,” found here on the Wycliff website.
We also played “Translator.” Here’s how the game works:
- Choose two kids to start.
- Let them agree on a Bible story without anyone else knowing what it is.
- The first child should tell the story using motions and speaking only gibberish.
- The second child should “translate,” telling the story in English based on the first child’s motions.
- Like in real translation situations, both children should speak only a sentence or two at a time before the next child has a turn to speak.
- When finished with the story, ask the group what Bible story they told.
- Pick two more children and play again.
- CHALLENGE: Add a twist by asking the English translator not to use any names. That makes it a greater challenge for the group to guess the story.
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