This lesson is for General Conference Sunday, Oct 6, for those that still teach CFM in your home. Everything is Free this week.
Ideas for Teaching Children
I can be a good example by following Jesus.
Sometimes children might not realize how much their examples can bless others. Use 3 Nephi 12:14–16 to encourage them to let their light shine. For example, when you read “you” or “your” in these verses, ask your children to point to themselves. Tell the children about the light you see in them when they follow Jesus Christ and how it inspires you to follow Him too. You could also sing together a song that encourages the children to shine like a light, such as “I Am like a Star” (Children’s Songbook, 163).
To encourage your children not to hide their light (see 3 Nephi 12:15), let them take turns hiding or covering a lamp or other light. They could uncover the light each time they name something they can do to be a good example to others.
Free Gift tag for a flashlight.
This is from the Friend Magazine:
I love primary music, and this lesson has a lot. You don't have to print off all the songs but YES sing with your kids.
Sing together a song that encourages the children to shine like a light.
“Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.”
Reading these verses could prompt a discussion about the things we treasure. Maybe you could lead your children on a treasure hunt to find things that remind them of treasures with eternal value.
My kids love treasure hunts!!! So I made Some little treasure hunt cards that can be placed around the home with scriptures that they can look up.
If you want to make the treasure hunt longer, here are some blank treasure boxes.
Heavenly Father answers my prayers.
As you read 3 Nephi 14:7, your children could do actions that represent each of the Savior’s invitations in this verse. For example, they could raise their hands (ask), make binoculars with their hands (seek), or pretend to knock on a door (knock). Help your children think of things they can say and ask for in their prayers.
Your children might enjoy a game in which they ask for something and receive something entirely different. In 3 Nephi 14:7–11,what did the Savior want us to know about our Father in Heaven?
The Savior wants me to hear and do what He teaches.
Think of ways you could help your children visualize the parable in these verses. Perhaps they could draw pictures, do actions, or build things on solid and sandy foundations. They could also substitute their names for “wise man” as they read 3 Nephi 14:24–27 or sing “The Wise Man and the Foolish Man” (Children’s Songbook, 281). Or they could stand up every time they hear the word “doeth” in 3 Nephi 14:21–27 and 15:1.
Here is a fold up home if you would like to do this activity. Or you can have your children build their own individual homes out of legos.
Here’s an object lesson you could try: ask your children to imagine that one of their legs represents hearing the Savior’s words and the other represents doing what the Savior taught. Invite your children to try to balance only on their “hearing” leg. What would happen if a strong wind blew through the room? Then you and your children could look for specific things the Savior taught us to do: see 3 Nephi 12:3–12, 21–26; 13:5–8.
This is from 4 years ago, families that would like to teach these principals, are welcome to the prints.
3 Nephi 12:6
I should hunger and thirst after righteousness.
Bring pictures of food and drink, and label each one with scripture references like Psalm 119:103; John 6:35; 2 Nephi 32:3; Enos 1:4; or 3 Nephi 20:8. Ask the children to read the passages and describe what they teach about what we can do to show that we hunger and thirst after righteousness. Share experiences in which you have felt "filled with the Holy Ghost," and invite the children to share their experiences.
If you have a family like mine there are different ages to meet the needs of, when teaching. You can have the older kids look up the scriptures and the younger kids feed the food to these children after the scripture is discussed.
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