Playing memory, Bible style

Do you remember playing Memory? You know, the game in which you set cards facedown on the table and flip them two at a time to find matches? Pause for a moment and think about the memories of that. (Ha, just noticed the pun. Memories. About Memory. Har de har har.)

We own the traditional version of Memory, but I think it may collect some dust now that we have these. The Bible Memory Game from Candle Books can be played in two ways. Either you can use both decks with your kids and find exact matches or you can use one deck and find pairing of Bible characters who share a commonality (and the same color strip at the bottom, which helps non-readers match cards even before they have learned about the characters on them. For example, with two decks kids can match Jacob with another Jacob card, but with one deck they can match Jacob with Esau.

Other pairings are Moses and Pharaoh, Zacchaeus and Matthew (both tax collectors), Mary and Martha, David and Goliath, Adam and Eve, Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Daniel and Jonah (“saved from the lions” and “saved by a great fish,” respectively), the Good Shepherd and the Prodigal Son (the shepherd found his lost sheep, the son was lost and came home), and Jesus and John the Baptist.

At a list price of $7.99, it’s a good price for a gift or stocking stuffer (though the box might be a bit big for a stocking).

The FTC requires that I remember (oh, the puns! they just keep coming!) to mention this: Many thanks to Kregel Publications for providing this for our family to review. They didn’t ask for a positive review, only an honest one.