Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Wrap a raw egg in *several* layers of egg cartons and tape. Invite students to bounce the bundle off the wall or drop it on the floor. Take the package back, pulled it apart, and showed the students the sheltered, unbroken egg inside. Teach your students that the gospel was designed to protect each of them in the same way—by helping them build layers of testimony as they kept the…
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Prepare some dominoes for an object lesson (or something that could be used in place of dominoes). On the first domino attach the label, Prayer. Attach other labels such as hate, anger, pride, selfishness, greed, dishonesty, and so on. Use as many dominoes as you think advisable, labeling each. On the reverse side of each domino (except for the one labeled prayer), write labels naming the opposite of the sin…
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Jenny Smith
Prepare a snapping turtle trap: Pound nails into a two-foot-long piece of board at three- or four-inch intervals. Bend the head of each nail at a 90-degree angle (see the illustration). If it is not feasible to prepare this trap, draw a picture of it on the chalkboard, [like this:] (Image is copyright 2010, Intellectual Reserve. Used by permission.) Display the snapping turtle trap (or refer to the drawing on…
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Play the game “Don’t Get Poisoned.” Set a folding chair in the middle of the classroom. On one piece of paper, write alcoholic drinks, and on another piece of paper, write tobacco. Tape the label “alcoholic drinks” to the top of the chair and the label “tobacco” to the seat of the chair. Pass a six-foot-long string through the space between the backrest and the seat (see the illustration on…
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Explain that when a consumer purchases a new vehicle or appliance, the manufacturer provides instructions on the care and maintenance of the machine. (If you brought an owner’s manual, show it to class members with a short explanation of what it contains.) By following the recommended instructions, a person can expect better performance and longer use from the vehicle or appliance. What may happen if the owner ignores the manufacturer’s…
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Sing songs about kindness from the CS (see the Topics index). Read Matt. 7:12: “all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” H elp the children distinguish between “doing what has been done to them” (“an eye for an eye”–the Mosaic law that punishment must not exceed the crime [or should be equal…
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Before Primary starts, hide the following wordstrips around the room (make the first letter of each word bold): Heed, Obey, Need, Owe our life, Understand, Respect. [Tell the children you’ve hidden the word strips, and then] Have the children who find them bring them to the front. Post the words, one above the other, to vertically spell “honour”. Have everyone read Ex. 20:12 and, if appropriate, mention that in the…
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Shows a simple object lesson that visually demonstrates the principle of repentance, using an egg and a crayon.
Here’s a demonstration of the salt/pepper/static electricity object lesson used to visually emphasize the power of the Atonement in making us clean again:
Here’s a video demonstration of this object lesson that uses the principle of refraction to teach that being filled with the Holy Ghost helps us make wise choices. Sorry the changed arrow showed up double in the video — it was hard to do using the camera. :)
Hold up a cell phone and ask if anyone has ever used one. Ask them to name places where they’ve used a cell phone. Answers may include in a car, outside, in the house, even on a boat. Now ask the class why they have used a cell phone. Answers may include I needed information, when I needed help, when I may be lost and not know directions, or when…
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