Come follow Me, Aug 4-10, D&C 85-87, Free LDS Primary lesson helps
- redwallace
- Jul 29
- 4 min read
Updated: Aug 3
The Spirit speaks with a “still small voice.”
What would your children say if someone asked them how they know when the Holy Ghost speaks to them? Invite them to read about one way Joseph Smith described the Spirit’s voice in Doctrine and Covenants 85:6. They could then practice listening to and speaking in a small voice. You might also share experiences when the Spirit spoke to you in a still, small voice.
To help your children understand the phrase “still small voice,” you could play a children’s song quietly, such as “The Holy Ghost” (Children’s Songbook, 105). Ask one of the children to guess what song it is while other children make distracting noises. Then you could repeat the song with no distractions. What distractions can we remove from our lives to feel the Spirit more often?
This is a great way to teach the still, small voice; you might just need to adjust the discussion to fit with the lesson above.
Additional ideas:
Place a variety of small items on a tray, as shown in the picture. Talk about all the small things. Then invite one of the children to pick something off the tray while another child leaves the room (so they can’t see). Have the child in the room hide the object, invite the child who left the room to return, and then have everyone sing “The Holy Ghost” (or play it on your phone at a low volume while the kids try to learn it). The children will sing it softly when they are looking far away from where the object is hidden, or loudly when they are close to the object. How can listening to the still, small voice guide us?
There is a sweet little story in the Friend Magazine called Elijah and the Still, Small Voice. Click on the image to be taken to the page:
I really like this movie about the Holy Ghost. Near the end of the movie it talks about the "still small voice" and what it's like to have the Holy Ghost speak to you.
This weeks game can cover the entire lesson. Here is a copy of the instructions so you can decide if is age appropriate for your class.
If you don't get to every shape, that is ok, as long as they are interested and focused on the discussion/ object lessons. This helps them get a movement break.
One more, sweet Sister Colleen Peterson, shared this picture with me. If you use suckers the child will actually stand(:
I can help gather God’s people.
To help your children understand the parable described in section 86, you could prepare several small pictures or drawings of wheat and hide them around the room. Explain to your children the parable of the wheat and the tares (see Matthew 13:24–30), and read together the Lord’s commentary in Doctrine and Covenants 86:1–7. Your children could then gather the hidden pictures of wheat and write on them the name of someone they can “gather” to Jesus Christ. What does it mean to gather people to Jesus Christ? What are some ways we can do this?
For older children you can show them how they look so much alike.
I can be like a light to others.
Here are some questions you can ask your children as you discuss Doctrine and Covenants 86:11: How does light bless us? What is it like when we have no light? How can we be a light to other people? Help your children think of ways we can “continue in [Jesus’s] goodness” and share it with others.
Attach pictures to both sides of a brown paper bag. Make the room dark and put a flashlight in the bag to show that Jesus is the light. Ask the children if Jesus is on Earth anymore (as far as we can see). Tell them that Jesus loves our friends but they can’t see Him, but who can they see? Turn the bag around the show the children that the boy and girl also shine. Read D&C 86:11, and bear testimony that we can be a light to our friends when we follow Jesus.
I can “stand … in holy places.”
Read together Doctrine and Covenants 87:6 to learn about things the Lord said would happen in the latter days. Then you could talk about some of the challenges you and your children face. In verse 8, what did the Lord say we can do during hard times?
Start with the picture of the home (not cut). Then have the children add pieces of the temple (cut), as they share their ideas of how to make their homes like the temple, have them place the pieces on top of the home. Or vise versa.
Help your children make a list of holy places, holy thoughts, and holy actions that can help them face spiritual danger. For ideas, see the videos “Standing in Holy Places” and “Stand Ye in Holy Places—Bloom Where You’re Planted” (Gospel Library).
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