Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Teach the class that following instructions exactly is important by drawing a picture on the chalkboard different than the one for which you give oral instructions. Tell the class members you will give them some instructions to draw a picture. Instruct them to listen carefully to the instructions and follow them closely. Encourage the class members to refrain from talking or discussing the class activity while you’re giving instructions. Don’t…
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Instruct the class you are going to invite a member of the class to reach the “Goal” through a maze of chairs in the classroom. The student will be blindfolded, but will able to choose a guide to help him/her get to the Goal (you could even use a picture of a Temple or family to use as the Goal). Blindfold the volunteer and then ask him/her to choose another…
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Pour a small amount of salt on the plate. Talk about the salt being like us–pure. Sprinkle a little pepper in the salt. None of us is perfect; we all sin and become like this salt with pepper in it: impure. Is there anyway for us to clean the salt without destroying it? Bring out the plastic spoon and rub it on your clothes. Talk about the miraculous power of…
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Showing the bad banana, ask the class if they’d like to eat it? Why not? How do you know it won’t taste good? Show the good banana and ask, what is the inside of this banana like? How do you know? Teach from the following scriptures the Savior’s teachings, “by their fruits ye shall know them.” (Matthew 7:20) Scriptures: 3 Nephi 14:15-20, Luke 6:43, Alma 5:41, Moroni 7:5
Before class print out the word FRIENDS in large bubble letters, about two inches high. During class, give each child a sheet of paper with FRIENDS printed on it and a pencil. Tell them to use the pencil to color in all the letters completely and very dark with the pencil. This may take a few minutes. After they are finished, you will have them rub their fingers over the…
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Hold in your hand five or six small balls or other small items, and tell the class that these represent a handful of weaknesses (our leader wrote names of some bad habits on paper and wrapped them around spools of thread like procrastination, lying, profanity, sleeping in, eating unhealthy foods). Select a student and ask him/her to try to overcome these weaknesses by catching them. Then throw the balls to…
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One day this expert was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As this man stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.” Then he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouthed mason jar and set it on a table in front of him. Then he produced about a dozen…
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During my second year of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the janitor who cleans the school?” Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how could I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before…
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In order to demonstrate the importance of waiting for your big spritual reward rather than indulging yourself in “worldy rewards”, put a cookie in front of the child/children and ask them if they would like to enjoy it by eating it now. After all of the children have decided whether they would like to eat it or not you then present a humongus dessert such as a banana split or…
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I’m sure everyone knows what this is. Yes, it is a ballpoint pen. What do you think the most important part of this pen is? Many of you said the “ink”, that is a common answer. Let’s see how useful this ballpoint pen is. I need someone to volunteer to write with this pen, and see if it works properly. Let several kids try to use the pen. They will…
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Put the empty casserole dish on the table so that all the children can see it. Then tip the small bowl with sand in it upside down inside the casserole dish to make something like a small sand island in the dish. (Don’t worry if a little crumbles.) Place the medium size rock at the other end of the casserole dish. Then place a “house” on both the sand island…
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Tell the class you’ve brought some special treats for them to enjoy, but want them to carefully observe (with their spiritual eyes) each object as it is cut open. Invite a volunteer to come forward. Have them cut the hollow chocolate candy. Observations made by the students could include: Many things seem good on the outside but are hollow and empty inside. (or Some activities seem fun but leave you…
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