Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Making the Right Decisions



*These game are free, however they can only to be used for classroom and personal use. They may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit. Reproduction or retransmission of any materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, is not permitted. All graphics/images/clipart etc. used on all activities are not my own and are from various internet sources.



WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?)

Making the right decisions in life is hard to do, but if you let Jesus be your guide and think, “What Would Jesus Do?” it will make it a lot easier.


Put the Game Cards in a small basket near the game board. Place your markers at START. The player spins the spinner and follows the directions. If you spin to move ahead 3, 4, or 5, you move ahead that many spaces. During your turn be careful because if you place your marker on any space in the maze you must continue in that path even though it might be the wrong way to go. On your next turn however, you can change directions and get on the right path to FINISH. If the player spins WWJD you draw a Game Card and read it out loud. The Game Card might have a “What Would Jesus Do” (WWJD) situation and you must tell what the right thing for you to do if you were in that predicament. If you are correct, you move ahead 3. If you are not correct, you stay where you are. The Game Card might also have a colored square on it that the player must move his marker to and continue playing the game from (don’t lose your temper because that’s not what Jesus would do).


WWJD? Game- Directions, Game Board, Game Cards, Spinner









Moral Dilemmas Card Game:

Why do problems come into our life? People face problems every day. Some are harder than others. There are many choices that the person can have to solve his/her problem, but which one is the best? What would Jesus want us to do?


6 pages of cards


Place the Game Cards on a table. Toss a coin to find out who goes first. The player then draws a card and reads the moral dilemma, but does NOT say what he will do. The players then write down what they would do and why on their piece of paper (a sentence or two should suffice). Each player then shares what they wrote with the group. Discuss the answers that they have written. You could ask, “What do you think of Steve’s answer?” or “What is the worse thing someone could say or do in this situation?” or “Why do you think that answer is the right thing to do?” Etc. You can also have the players relate each issue to a commandment to help them decide what to do. When appropriate, reinforce a variety of ways to say or do things properly. Have them vote on which answer(s) is the best. The player(s) with the best answer receives a point (token). The player with the most points wins the game.



Moral Dilemmas Card Game- Directions, Game Cards, Tokens



2 comments:

Unknown said...

This is great! I am creating a take-home-lesson on the virtue of Prudence for my parish's Little Flower Girls Club and was looking for a game that families could play at home. Should I just include a link to this site for families to print their own for personal use, or would I be allowed to print them for the families to use personally in their homes? (is that considered reproduction and not allowed?) There are only 6-7 families participating. Thanks.

Amazing_Grace said...

Unknown-

Please just include a link to the post for the families to print their own for personal use.

*Please do not link directly to any activity I have made using its URL (the unique address for a file that is accessible on the Internet). Please link to the blog post of the activity. Thank you! :)

Here is the link you should give to your parents.

https://catholicblogger1.blogspot.com/2009/03/making-right-decisions.html

I hope they enjoy the games! :)