Are you looking for a way to get your children to search the scriptures that won’t end up in World War III or at the very least, a whine/complain session? Have Sunday afternoons become as dreary as the Death March? Or are you just looking for some family fun? Hot off the press comes “LDS Puzzle Pals,” a new idea in entertainment the market has long needed.
Each puzzle in this book is based on a scriptural theme or topic, and you must use your knowledge of the scriptures to solve them. You are given references to help you find the answers you need, in case you get stuck, and this promotes becoming familiar with the locations of the scriptures as well as their contents, learning your way around the Bible, Book of Mormon, and Doctrine and Covenants.
You will find puzzles ranging in difficulty from the very young Primary child up to advancement into Young Men/Young Women as you work your way through mazes, logic puzzles, word scrambles, matching games, scripture finds, crosswords, and much more.
For instance, on page 32 we encounter a logic puzzle. Our task is to figure out which member of the family was given which assignment for Family Home Evening, and we are provided with these clues:
Neither Jeannie or Thomas prepared the treat or chose the game.
The child who chose the scripture has a name that begins with a letter that appears in the alphabet before H.
A girl made the treat and a boy chose the prayer.
Benjamin did not offer the prayer or prepare the lesson.
You are then given a chart with children’s names and assignments so you can cross off the possibilities as you go, until you’ve arrived at the right conclusion. You’re not only becoming familiar with gospel topics; you’re exercising your brain.
As a lover of puzzles, I was excited to see a book chock full of them, specifically for the LDS family. And if it gets my kids thumbing through their scriptures and becoming more familiar with them, I really can’t complain about that!
(This book was published in 2007 by Cedar Fort.)
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