Ideas for Teaching Children
Faith is believing in things I cannot see.
Consider helping your children repeat with you “Faith is things which are hoped for and not seen” from Ether 12:6. They might enjoy looking at pictures that show the examples of faith in Ether 12:13–15, 19–21 (see Gospel Art Book, nos. 78, 85, and this week’s activity page). Let your children explain what they know about each story. Here are some questions to help you discuss these examples of faith:
What did these people hope for?
How was their faith tested?
What happened because of their faith?
You could also share your own experiences exercising faith.
I was going to do a scripture match up for these, but the primary manual already did a really good job of this with this weeks activity page. I just made it bigger for teaching.
Easy scripture to memorize. You can use these cards to help.
I purposely left out Heavenly Father and Jesus, so the students can draw that in the middle. This coloring page can create some good discussion. We can't see wind, but we can see what it does. Can we see what Jesus Christ does? We can't see electricity, but sometimes we can feel it...can we sometimes feel the Holy Ghost?
You lay the cards face down, so no one can see the picture, then whoever turn it is draws the card and puts it on their head so they still can't see it. Ask yes or no questions, for example, "Is this person a missionary?" "Are there two of them?" Give them hints, until they think they know who it is. A lot of times they will know who it is after you give hints, but just won't know their names. That's ok, it's still a great review.
Also an interactive song about Faith.
This weeks coloring/ activity book.
This video shows how to assemble the coloring book:
Hope is like an anchor to my soul.
To understand what Ether 12:4 teaches about hope, you and your children could look at a picture of a boat and an anchor. Why do boats need anchors? What would happen to a boat that does not have an anchor? As you read Ether 12:4 together, talk about how hope helps us the way an anchor helps a boat. Invite your children to draw pictures of a boat and anchor so they can teach others about hope.
Anchor of Hope, Free LDS primary lesson helps, Ether 12:4,32, free come follow me printable's
Here is a coloring page:
Jesus Christ can help me become spiritually strong.
Children sometimes face situations in which they feel weak, just as Moroni did. Help your children find out why Moroni felt this way in Ether 12:23–25, and ask them if they have ever had similar feelings. Then invite them to read verses 26–27 to find out how the Lord helped Moroni.
Ether 12:27 Give men weakness, humble, strong. Free LDS primary lesson helps, Come Follow Me 2024, free LDS coloring pages, memorizing scripture Perhaps your children could draw a picture of something weak and something strong. Then they could add to their drawing some words and phrases from Ether 12:23–29 that teach them about how the Savior can turn our weakness into strength. Encourage your children to think about a weakness they have and then seek the Savior’s help to become strong. You could also share an experience when the Savior helped you become strong enough to do something hard.
Here is a matching game you can play.
Seek peek at the this years Christmas lesson. Click on the image.
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