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Ideas for Teaching Children

Doctrine and Covenants 98:1–3

Jesus Christ can turn my trials into blessings.

• You might begin a discussion by asking your children about some of the challenges that children their age face. You could then read together Doctrine and Covenants 98:1–3 and talk about how Jesus Christ can turn trials into blessings. You might share with your children examples of how He has turned your trials into blessings.

I LOVE starting a lesson with an object lesson.

Don’t worry — I’ve got you covered! I included a Skittles gift tag (in my store) that you can hand out later, so you won’t have to ‘tease’ your students with candy and not share. 😉

Here is a story from the Friend magazine that illustrates how God can transform a trial into a blessing. You can pass out the pictures to the children, and when they hear you read their part, they can bring it up and place it on the board.

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I have this game in my store this week:

For Older Students: Lay out the Trials (on a table or floor) and see if they can guess the blessings. Or vice versa. When they guess correctly, you can hand it to them to match.

For Younger Students: Lay out everything (mixed up) and let them match the items while you read the words.

Doctrine and Covenants 98:39–40

The Savior helps me forgive.

Note: As you teach your children the importance of forgiveness, ensure they also understand that if someone hurts them, they should always report the incident to a trusted adult.

• Chapters 34 and 35 in Doctrine and Covenants Stories (128–34) could help you teach about how the Saints were treated in Missouri in 1833. You and your children could talk about how these Saints might have felt. Then you could read together Doctrine and Covenants 98:23, 39–40 to find out what the Lord wanted them to do. You and your children could talk about times you needed to forgive someone and how the Savior helped you.

1. Bring or blow up a balloon in your class.

2. Have everyone in the class tell you something that someone has ever done to hurt them.

3. With a permanent marker, write down all the hurt feelings.

4. Read together Doctrine and Covenants 98:23, 39–40 to find out what the Lord wants them to do.

5. If you brought a balloon with helium, then go outside and release it. If not, pop the balloon.

6. Explain that forgiveness “releases” heavy feelings. Forgiveness is light. Why do you think the Lord wants us to forgive?

• You could also show your children pictures of a happy face and a sad face. Talk about situations in which someone is unkind, and suggest ways to respond. Help your children choose if each response would make them happy or sad by pointing to the corresponding face. Why does Jesus want us to forgive people, even those who are not nice to us?

For more movement, put these on opposite walls of the room and have the students stand under the feelings after each scenario is read.

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Doctrine and Covenants 101:16, 23–32

Jesus Christ can bring me peace.

• After reading Doctrine and Covenants 101:16, help your children recognize the peaceful feelings that come when we are being still and thinking about Jesus—for example, when we are praying or taking the sacrament. You could also sing together a song about reverence, such as “Reverently, Quietly” or “To Think about Jesus” (Children’s Songbook, 26, 71). How can we feel His peace in our home?

• Your children might be interested in learning about what life will be like when Jesus Christ comes again. Read Doctrine and Covenants 101:23–32 together, and talk about things they find in these verses that will bring us joy when He comes. Why is it helpful to know about these things when we are having a hard time?

Be still and know that I am God, free LDS primary lesson helps

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This was from 4 years ago, but it's beautiful(: I'm keeping it here for families.

Doctrine and Covenants 101:23–32, 36, 38

Through Jesus Christ I can find joy.

Life is not meant to be free from difficulty, but you can help the children discover that they can still find a fulness of joy through Jesus Christ.

Possible Activities

• Put water in a cup. Ask the children to name things the Savior has done for us so that we can have joy, and invite them to drop a pebble in the cup for each thing they name until the cup is full.

I really love this idea, and would like each of my kids to have their own bottles with pebbles that they can drop into the water as they talk about things the Savior has done for us. I'm going to seal my bottles with duct tape so the kids can play with the bottles and we don't have to worry about a mess. I'm also bringing a permeant marker to write the kids names on the bottles.

D&C 101: 36, Free LDS primary lesson helps, Through Jesus Christ I am filled with joy

Here are some tags you can add to the bottle, or print in B&W for scripture cards to send home with your kids this week.

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• Read with the children Doctrine and Covenants 101:36, and ask them to look for how we can have a fulness of joy. What are some things we can do to “seek … the Lord” (verse 38) so we can have the joy that He wants to give us?

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