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Does the Old Testament feel unfathomable to you?  Are you having trouble relating to the stories of people with names you can not begin to pronounce?

If you have ever considered that the world’s greatest problem is our failure to know and love the God who created Heaven and Earth and want to find an exciting way to open up the Old Testament stories to your children. Why not explore all the wonderful Bible games available online?

Getting to know God and His Son, Jesus, are revealed in the pages of Scripture and to enhance these important stories it is a good idea to add a Christian game to your Christmas shopping list.

Exodus From Egypt is geared for 2 to 4 players. When you move your two pieces across the River Jordan into the Promised Land you WIN! Spectacular images light the path of the Israelites’ epic journey in the Exodus.

Christian board games will bring you and your families closer together as you explore the great Bible stories and learn more about our Lord.

There are beautiful children’s Bibles out on the market today and I wish I had had one as a child.  Many Christian comic books are available for young kids and teens as well.

For parents and educators online shopping will provide you a wide variety of educational computer games and Bible games for kids that will help make the Old Testament stores come alive.  Adventures in Odyssey and the Sword of the Spirit and Joshua Computer game are two such games for younger children.

Providing these and other Christian board games as Christmas gifts will provide new ways to bring exciting learning experiences to your children and open up communication about Christian values that are important to teach your children.

Trivia question:  Who said, “OK, men!  Make sure you bring comfortable shoes when we get to Jericho!” You might find the answer in the Joshua Computer game.

The technological revolution has improved the world in many ways. With the advent of the internet, people can access information and communicate with people all over the world in the blink of an eye. Although new technologies can be used to share and inform, more often than not they are used for entertainment.

Getting you child motivated to learn can be difficulty, especially when you have to compete with TV, computers and video games. Instead of fighting these sources, why not use the technology to your advantage? There are many educational computer games on the market that teach children while still being entertaining. Now your kids can play video games and learn simultaneously!

Are you and your family spending more time eating in front of the television?  If you are not spending enough quality time with your family and the art of conversation has been lost try turning off the television.

When the TV is off you and your family will have more time to do active things such as taking a walk or going to the library.  Another good idea is to have family games night. 

Playing Christian board games or Bible games will not only be great family fun but educational also.  There are many unique and exciting board games being sold online that are not readily available in your retail and discount stores.

Bibleopoly is one unique game where you win by being the first player to build a church in one of the Bible cities. Or play Exodus from Egypt, a board game of the Israelites’ epic journey in the Exodus.

Experts say when you spend time with your family and play and laugh together instead of watching TV that you will sleep better.

It is not too early to think about Christmas gifts.  Sales are easy to find even though it is not yet fall.

You will make a big hit with your kids with educational computer games such as this musical computer game for Windows and Mac computers.  With Christian games such as a guitar your kids can sing along with such artists as

             12 Stones, Bride, Caedmons Call, Casting Crowns and Chris Tomlin (just to name a few on the list).

Grab the guitar and play along with top Christian bands!  Shred those riffs or blast the bass…you add a unique sound to the solid Christian rock. But watch out: if you can’t keep up, the artists will take a break and stop the music.  Crank it up and try again – you’ll soon be rockin’ with the best while praising the Lord! 

Main game works with one player or buy the combo pack to play two players at the same time!!  Works on Windows and Mac Computers.

Except for card games and dominos’ I do not remember my parents playing with me.  Now that I am an adult I am thinking this may have not been so bad for me.

When you think about it, when kids play alone or with siblings they are encouraged to use their own imaginations and develop independent thinking.  Because we had to play by ourselves as children we had to learn to be resourceful because no one else was going to provide our entertainment.

As playing is every child’s first priority it really is not pure entertainment, but it is also an integral part of a child’s mental and emotional growth and gives them time to enhance their ability to think and communicate with others.

Even so, it is a good idea to incorporate family games into your routine and introduce your children to Bible board games at an early age.  This is a great way to teach your children to take turns,  to play by the rules and that it is not so important if they win but how well they play together.

Jonah VeggieTales – The overboard adventure game is pictured above and is for ages 3 up. Spin the spinner and follow Jonah’s path to Nineveh! Inspired by Jonah - a VeggieTales Movie.

While your children are young it is important to provide them many educational kids toys.  By doing so you will reap the harvest of a child who is well-developed emotionally and is smarter than others his age.

As your children grow older their choices of toys will begin to change and they will want to include family games and Bible card games that involve rules.  Therefore it is important to have age appropriate games in your home that the whole family can sit down and play together.

Even though lots of games are just for fun you can also include educational Bible games such as games that teach Bible characters and Old and New Testament History.

Back in the 1950′s I grew up playing Chutes and Ladders and Mr. Potato Head, but nowadays parents also have the Veggie Tales and Hermie  and Friends series of games as well as early American history, human anatomy and geography games. Pictured above is a popular Veggie Tales game, “Don’t Sink the Ship”,  that encourages communication and conversation.

For some families, just getting everyone to sit down to dinner at the same time for a solid half-hour is like pulling teeth. It’s not that they don’t appreciate each other’s company, just that everyone has a hectic schedule that can’t be easily coordinated. A daughter might have soccer practice on the same night that dad has to work late at the office. But what if – just for one night a week – everyone in the family made a commitment to spending quality time together?

Family games serve to focus everyone’s attention in one direction, but the game isn’t as important as the bonding experience. Families with younger children might want to give Super Scrabble a whirl as it encourages the development of vocabulary and logical thinking. Just don’t pay any heed to dad when he insists that he let somebody else win. Board games just might not be his strong suit.

Earth friendly materials and ethical labor led ImagiPLAY to produce toys that are naturally safe not only for children but for our children’s planet. The sustainable woods they use in all their educational children’s toys are made from preservative free wood and always from plantations or managed forests.

This year showed an increase in eco-friendly wooden kids toys including their new line of wooden board games and push pull toys, which included the award-winning blue dog mentioned in a previous blog post.

Instead of depleting resources, the materials ImagiPLAY uses for their wood toys contributes to the health of our planet while growing,  by exhaling oxygen and inhaling carbon dioxide, and are replanted after harvest.  In addition, they plant over 5,000 trees a year in developing nations through Trees for the Future.

The image with this article is of a new eco-balancing wood game sold online and viewable when clicking the link in this blog post.

Help your kids learn to create a more sustainable environment and to protect and nurture our plant. Available online are new wooden board games including EcoRanch.

Global Games is a new line from ImagiPLAY and will help inspire global awareness through play.  Going green can be all fun and games with one of their four selections pictured above.

Made in the USA, this is a family-friendly game of strategy with a new twist: players win by giving back or “paying-it-forward”. 

By raising awareness in a fun setting, this one-of-a-kind board game encourages players to create a more sustainable environment.   Geared for ages 12 up this will make a great game for the whole family.

Invite your youth group over for a pizza and game night and create lasting memories.