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Jess
November 12, 2014
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Kolette
November 12, 2014
I walked into church the other day and saw this door to the Bishop’s office and had to stop. It had Activity Day girls written all over it (figuratively and literally)! It’s an easy spin-off of the “Heart Attack” idea (click here for previous post) and the purpose was written right there. The girls had […]
Kolette
November 11, 2014
Elder Gary E. Stevenson said, “You are never lost when you can see the temple.” (Sacred Homes, Sacred Temples April 2009) Click here for the full talk. In our Stake Conference last week, our Stake President told a story about something that happened two days before. He and his wife had attended a session at […]
Kolette
November 10, 2014
Here is another great activity focusing on families and family history. This could also be done at a regular Activity Days activity but the families sharing together was a wonderful idea. With the “campfire” set up in the middle of the floor, families were asked to bring a blanket to sit on and a […]
Kolette
November 8, 2014
This activity is a darling spin-off of the “It’s in the Bag” activity found here. Simple. Meaningful. Celebrates the girls. My three favorite qualifications for a great activity. You’ll notice on this invitation that the girls were asked to bring 3 items to share what they have been working on in the three Faith in […]
Kolette
November 8, 2014
Our neighborhood is focused on family history and preparing to attend the LDS temple. I have seen a couple of great activities centered on these topics – they were simple and meaningful and celebrated the Activity Day girls. One of those activities was “T is for Temple.” One of the greatest reasons why this activity […]
Jennifer Smith
November 7, 2014
By Pattie Moss I heard a really pretty 3 verse song about being thankful for the beauty in the world. The music and lyrics are by Thomas Croft. It is called: “Life is O’erflowing with Beautiful Things. The link to hear the music and singing isPrimary Song “Life is O’erflowing With Beautiful Things….a good example is this beauty from the bird world! The lyrics to the song are HERE. It…
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Jennifer Smith
November 7, 2014
By Erin Isenberg Last year’s snowflake activity was such a success that I decided to design flakes to go with this year’s songs. (For last year’s designs, Christ Baptism Child with thought bubble of cross and hearts I Stand All Amazed Family The Family is of God Arrows I Will Follow God’s Plan for Me Houses and hearts Love at Home Nativity Scene He Sent His Son Magnifying Glass and…
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Erin Isenberg
November 7, 2014
UPDATE: Click HERE for an editable Word version of both years’ snowflakes. Adjust margins and image size to suit your software and printer if the documents below don’t work.Last year’s snowflake activity was such a success that I decid…
Jennifer Smith
November 4, 2014
By [email protected] (Sheena Perron) IDENTIFY THE DOCTRINE(identifying objects and pictures): Before Primary, gather or draw pictures of things people use to communicate (such as a letter, a telephone, or a computer), and hide the pictures beneath a few of the chairs in the Primary room. Ask the children to imagine they are far from home and need to communicate with their family. Have them look under their chairs for the…
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Sheena Perron
November 4, 2014
IDENTIFY THE DOCTRINE(identifying objects and pictures): Before Primary, gather or draw pictures of things people use to communicate (such as a letter, a telephone, or a computer), and hide the pictures beneath a few of the chairs in the Primary room. Ask the children to imagine they are far from home and need to communicate with their family. Have them look under their chairs for the hidden pictures, and discuss how they help us communicate with others. Explain that when we came to earth, we left our heavenly home, but we can still communicate with our Heavenly Father. Ask the children, “How can we communicate with Heavenly Father?” Show the children several pictures of children and families praying. Explain that each picture shows reverent communication— praying with love and respect—to Heavenly Father. Ask the children to say, “Prayer is reverent communication with Heavenly Father.”
ENCOURAGE UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATION (chalkboard activity): List the four parts of prayer on the board. Ask the children to name things we might thank Heavenly Father for and what we might ask Him for. List their responses on the board. Ask the children to demonstrate how we show reverence when we pray.
Sharing Time Ideas from Little LDS Ideas
I love the ‘Identify the Doctrine’ idea given in the outline. I also thought it might be fun to have the actual objects there hidden in a bag or underneath boxes.
Invite some children up to the front and ask them to imagine they are far from home and need to communicate with their family. Have them look at the hidden items, and discuss how they help us communicate with others. Talk about the different ways we communicate with each other.
Explain that when we came to earth, we left our heavenly home, but we can still communicate with our Heavenly Father. Ask the children, “How can we communicate with Heavenly Father?” Show the children several pictures of children and families praying. Explain that each picture shows reverent communication— praying with love and respect—to Heavenly Father. Ask the children to say, “Prayer is reverent communication with Heavenly Father.”
Today we are going to talk about prayer. Did you know there are certain words that we should use when we pray?
Today we are going to learn all about them.
Today I have a great Prayer Sharing Time that the children will enjoy. You will be making a PB & J while talking about prayer. Enjoy!
Tell the children that today you are going to be making a PB&J Prayer Sandwich.
Show the children the first piece of bread. Ask them ‘How do we begin our prayers? The first piece of bread is for ‘Dear Heavenly Father’.
Lay the piece of bread on a plate and have everyone repeat ‘Dear Heavenly Father’.
Now, ask if anyone knows what comes next.
The Jelly! Use the jelly to represent: ‘We Thank Thee.’
But instead of putting on a lot of jelly just put on a tiny little glob.
Ask the children if that is enough. They’ll obviously say NO!
Explain that when we pray we need to remember to thank Heavenly Father for ALL of our many blessings. We want Heavenly Father to know that we appreciate all that He has given to us, so we need to remember to Thank Him.
To help the children know some things that they can be thankful for I decided to do a little activity.
I found pictures of several different things that we might be thankful for and printed them out.
{Thanks Nikki from Melonheadz for your great clipart! I just google searched for the others and there’s a few that aren’t in the picture.}
I am going to attach them to a poster-board with ‘We Thank Thee’ at the top. I am going to cover up the pictures and tell the children that underneath are pictures of things that we can be thankful for.
I am going to reveal the pictures for 2-3 seconds and then cover them up again.
I will then call on a child to see if he/she remembers what one of the pictures was.
If they name one, I will take it off the poster-board and show it to the children and discuss why we are thankful for that particular item.
Then I will repeat for a few more pictures. As we talk about each picture I will add more jelly to the sandwich.
The next step in our PB&J Sandwich is the PB!
The peanut butter represents: ‘We Ask Thee’. I will do the same activity that I did with the Jelly.
And the last part of our PB&J Prayer sandwich is the piece of bread which represents: ‘In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen’.
You could then close with a song about prayer or a short story from ‘The Friend’. Encourage the children to think about what they will say before they pray each day and then bear your testimony.
I am excited for this Sharing Time. I think it’s going to be alot of fun AND it will help the children to learn how to pray.
Are you ready to create your very own Prayer PB&J’s for your Primary? Then click the link below to print out my PB&J labels.
I’m sorry I don’t have a printable of the pictures I used for the ‘Thank Thee’ or ‘Ask Thee’ section, but just click on the Melonheadz link above and you will find some great clipart to use. :)
Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day & a great Sharing Time!
Kolette
November 3, 2014
Three words. Do. This. Activity. First of all, families were invited and it was short (about 45 minutes total). But every part of it was meaningful and an opportunity for the girls to share and SHINE. The group has been working on developing and talking about testimonies. This Recognition Activity focused on that – testimonies. […]
