Basically, Church Kids Game Show is a lightweight desktop app. It takes questions and answers from a basic CSV file and turns them into a colorful, clickable grid on your screen. Instead of doing a traditional Jeopardy-style board with strict categories, this uses a flexible system based on colors and numbers.

I found that younger kids sometimes get bogged down with complex category names. With this setup, they can just yell out, "I want Red 2!" or "Blue 3!" which gets everyone involved a lot faster.

• Simple & Portable: As long as you have Python installed, it'll run. No heavy installation required.
• Customizable Content: Just open the CSV file, type in your questions, and you're good to go. It’s perfect for Sunday school, Bible trivia, or really any kind of educational review.
• Kid-Friendly Interface: I used bright, distinct colors (Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Purple) and large text so it’s super engaging and easy to read from across the room.

• Interactive:

  • Click a number to open the question.
  • Click again to reveal the answer.
  • The "Back to Board" button brings you back and grays out the ones you've already answered.
• Randomized Layout: It mixes up where the questions are every time you load the board, so the kids can't memorize the locations for next time.

I've made the whole project open source, and you can grab it over on my GitLab!

1. Download the code: Clone the repo or just download the zip file.
2. Prepare your questions: Edit the questions.csv file with whatever you want to review (there's a sample_questions.txt if you need an example to follow).

3. Run the game:

   $ python church-kids-game-show.py questions.csv

And that's pretty much it! Whether you're a Sunday school teacher looking to spice up your review time, or a parent wanting to gamify some learning at home, I really hope this helps out.

Give it a try and let me know how it goes at your next lesson!