Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Study (in advance) John 10:1–18. Tell the children to sit anywhere in the Primary room. Explain that the room is like a sheepfold and their teacher is their “shepherd.” If they will listen and follow their shepherd’s voice, they will learn a lot this year. Have each shepherd call out his/her class by each child’s name. Then have the children follow their shepherd along a path of “danger spots,” such…
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Help the children memorize Alma 32:21. Then have them follow along in their scriptures as you read or tell Alma 32:27–43. Discuss the importance of planting the word of God in our hearts. Assemble some gardening aids (small bag of fertilizer, trowel, watering can, picture of sun, etc.), and put them into a box or bag. Have children pick an item and tell one thing we can do to nurture…
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First have them write what pressures they deal with in life on the brick. Then they write things they have to help them cope on the legos(prayer, scriptures, temple etc…) Use the legos to build a foundation. Explain that the eggs are like their souls. Put one egg in the foundation and the other in the dish. Then apply the “pressures” or the brick to each. The one in the…
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Show the camera to the audience. Explain that when you feel the Holy Ghost before you are confirmed, it’s influence can be felt in flashes, like this camera flash. When you are confirmed, you receive the Gift of the Holy Ghost. That gift is like a light that you can keep on all the time, like a flashlight — a constant companion. We can keep our “batteries” charged and keep…
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Kendra H. took this object lesson idea from lesson 10 in Manual 1 of the YW manual. “I took 2 buckets and filled one with Rocks and the other was empty. I had the YW call out things that frustrated them or made them upset during the day and moved the rocks into the empty bucket until the first bucket was empty. I then explained that we all — especially…
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This object lesson requires a magnifying glass, a sunny day , a piece of paper, and just a regular piece of glass. Take your class or family outside and give one person the magnifying glass and another person the normal glass. See who can burn a hole in the paper. The lesson could take many direction after this: In order to get quickly to the heart of a problem with…
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Have students comb their hair, with the stipulation that they cannot bend their elbows. This is quite a hilarious sight to see them trying to comb hair with straight arms. Its basically impossible unless the person has very long hair and can bend over very far. Then give the same comb to a neighbor and again with only straight arms, have the neighbor comb the hair. It is possible for…
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(Elaborating on a story by Wayne Dyer, quoted here.) Have the class, or your family stand up with the goal of jumping as high as they can. Maybe have a goal on the wall or doorway or something to measure how high to jump. In the first situation, no one can bend their knees before they jump – not even a little! So basically you can only go on your…
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Source: From a book by Robert Folgrum, as quoted here Turn the light off in the room. Have one person hold the flashlight up and shine it down on the mirror. (You’ll have to experiment to find the best way to do this.) The person with the mirror’s task is to see if they can reflect the light into the darkest corner of the room. Let two or three people…
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You need a lazy susan or turntables that go in your cupboard for your spices. Place an unbreakable object, like a plastic cup, on the turntable. Demonstrate what happens if the cup is moved toward the edge of the turntable while it is spun. If you can’t have the demonstration then just have them picture the last time they were on a merry-go-round and have the class discuss what happens…
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Have two volunteers come together and bind them together. Ask them to go to the wordstrip or picture in the room when you ask different questions. Who’s your favorite singer? What religion will you observe? How many children do you want to have? What is your favorite thing to do in your spare time? etc. Of course, there will be times when they will pulling on each other to get…
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Gather childrem in the doorway of a room leading out into a long hallway, have the light on in the room. Point out to the kids that you can’t tell exactly where it becomes totally black in the hallway, it gradually darkens. Just as some activities we choose aren’t totally bad. But the more we choose these kind of things to do the closer we are drawn to that line…
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