The Importance of Following Directions
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Patriotic and Obedience to Laws activities
1. Invite the children to list some of the laws of their country and community on the blackboard, a large piece of paper, or whatever is available. Help each child make a copy to take home to share with his family in a family home evening. 2. Have the children make a large picture of the flag of their country. Paste it on a poster or large paper. With each…
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Obedience and Family History with Coat of Arms activity
We believe … in obeying honoring, and sustaining the law (A of F 1:12). Have you ever tried to play a game with someone who doesn’t know the rules? You end up spending all your time deciding whose turn it is or what should happen next. When each person who is playing the game knows the rules and follows them, everyone can have fun. We also need rules or laws…
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Obedience Activites
1. Thread a long piece of yarn or string through a button or a ring, and tie the ends together. Have the children stand in a circle and pass the button along the string from person to person. As each child receives the button, he or she names a way to be obedient at home, school, neighborhood, or church. 2. Make eight to ten large footprints out of paper. Label…
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Howard W Hunter was Obedient Lesson and Activity
By the obedience of one [man] shall many be made righteous (Rom. 5:19). Being obedient means being willing to make right choices. When you are obedient, you are blessed. Can you remember a time when you were blessed because you obeyed a commandment, a law, or your parents? President Howard W. Hunter knew that it was important to obey his parents. He also learned that it is important to obey…
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The Simon/Satan Says Game
How many of us like being told what to do? Yet every time we listen to the adversary, in essence we’re following his commands. ACTIVITY Here the rules to the game “Simon Says/Satan Says” to get started. This is just like the normal “Simon Says” game, with a twist for the second round. 1. Prior to class, prepare at least 9 cards to flash commands at the kids as you…
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I show love for Jesus Christ when I keep the commandments
More than 2,000 years ago Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem. Joseph tried to find a place for them at an inn, but there was no room. They found a stable where Mary could give birth. This was the first Christmas. There were no large family gatherings. There were no decorations. There were no brightly wrapped presents. But there were carols and singing and rejoicing. The angels in heaven joined…
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Jesus Christ always obeyed Heavenly Father
[child holds up picture of the Savior] This is a picture of what Jesus Christ might look like. He is the Son of God. Hebrews chapter 5 verse 8 reads: “Though [Jesus Christ] were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;” Jesus came to Earth to help us. He showed us how to be obedient by his example. Jesus never told a lie. Jesus was…
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When I am baptized, I make a covenant with God
Print and display the following visual aid from “Lesson 13: The Baptismal Covenant,” Primary 3: Choose the Right B, (1994) while the child gives this short talk: A covenant is a two-way promise between God and a person. If you make a covenant, you will makes promises to God, and God makes promises to you. If you do not keep your end of the covenant, God can not keep His…
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My faith in Jesus Christ is strengthened when I obey
From the April 2010 General Conference! I made some modifications so that the talk would be easier for children to read. ~Jenny The story is told of two [fishermen] who hired a bush plane to fly them to a remote lake for their annual fishing trip. Following a successful outing, the pilot returned to retrieve them. However, he quickly informed the fishermen that his small plane would not support them,…
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The Gospel Protects Us
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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Obedience is easier with the help of a friend
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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