Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Teach that everything you see, hear, and eat affects how we act. Talk about how each item will affect the doll as you place the items in her head. Bad pictures teach us that bad things are acceptable. Bad music might make us angry. Cigarettes can hurt the bodies Heavenly Father gave us and enslave us, etc. Dump out the bad stuff from Raggedy Ann’s head. Allow the class to…
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Teach that we must be very careful the things that we allow in our minds. Put some food coloring in the first glass. Watch how the food coloring changes the color of the water, and eventually colors all the water. Look through the glass and talk about how the food coloring has affected how things look by changing it’s color. Putting things in our minds changes the color in our…
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The prophet has “seen inside the box”. We should all follow him.Tell the class that you’ve put something special for them in one of the boxes, and you want them to choose which box they want to get their reward from by raising their hands. Ask the class is it hard to choose? Why? It’s hard to make decisions without information or experience. They haven’t seen inside the boxes and…
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Show the class or family a new plot of ground that has just been dug up and prepared to be planted and ask: If this ground were left alone for a year just like it is right now, what would it look like? Would it have flowers and vegetables or would it have weeds and grass? The new ground represents each one of us. We must actively sow seeds of…
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Begin this lesson by giving a brief explanation of what repentance is. Be sure to include the four basic steps: (1) regret for the sin, (2) abandonment of the sin, (3) confession, and (4) restitution. Display the strawberry basket, which is filled with the rocks. Each corner of the strawberry basket should have a helium-filled balloon tied securely to it. Application: Liken the stones to sins because they weigh us…
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Take a spool of thread and wrap the thread once or twice around the volunteer’s fingers or wrists. Have them break the thread. This represents bad habits. When we first begin a bad habit like smoking, or even something as simple as watching an inappropriate t.v. show or using foul language, it is easy to break. Now wrap the thread around many many times and see if the volunteer can…
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I have 2 small drawstring bags, one filled with Legos and one filled with junk (broken Popsicle sticks, small rocks, broken hunks of concrete, twigs, etc.) I have 2 children each come to the front of the room, in view of all, and build a house out of their materials, so we can then compare the different “houses”. Our good, carefully thought out decisions are like the legos. If we…
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Each of us are made up of two parts: a body and a spirit. You can see a body and feel it and it can move and talk and do all those wonderful things. You can’t see a spirit, but it is also there. Can you see radio waves coming into your radio? Can you see music waves coming out of a piano? Instruct the children to blow into their…
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Display the picture of the Savior and read John 8:12: “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”. You may also wish to make a sign that says “I am the light of the world” top help students focus on the theme of the object lesson. Bring in several sources or pictures of sources of…
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A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then asked, “Who still wants it?” Still, the hands were up in…
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Announce to the class that you will be having ice cream sundaes. Provide bowls and spoon and dish out the ice cream. Then put out the icky toppings such as pepperoni, chopped onions, grated cheese, BBQ sauce and some cheese whiz. The students will gross out! Ask them “What’s wrong, don’t you like cheese?” or onions, pepperoni. They will answer to the effect of “Yes, but not on ice cream!”…
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See how easily this stalk of celery took on the color of water in which it was sitting? Small children are just like that stalk of celery. They take on all the characteristics of the family around them. Is your home colored with anger, yelling, sarcasm, and criticizm? Or is your home colored with patience, cooperation, soft tones and laughter? Children will absorb examples they receive at home. You can…
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