May 4-10, Free Come Follow Me, Primary Lesson helps
- redwallace
- Apr 24
- 4 min read
Updated: Apr 29
Ideas for Teaching Children
I can be thankful for what God has given me.
Ask your children if they remember some of the miracles the Lord performed to help the Israelites (see “The Plagues of Egypt” and “The Passover” in Old Testament Stories, 67–74). Then you could summarize for them Numbers 11:4–10, emphasizing that the Israelites had forgotten their blessings and were complaining. What blessings do we sometimes forget?
While you read the scriptures Numbers 11:4–10, have the children point to the pictures. Or hand them out and have them hold them up when they hear it mentioned.
Here is a gratitude-and-prayer countdown for a week. Bring some yarn to string the pieces. They rip the day off after they said a prayer and remembered to thank God for some of their blessings. Be sure to follow up and see how they felt after a week of being grateful.
As you sing or listen to a song about gratitude, such as “Count Your Blessings” (Hymns, no. 241), your children could draw pictures of blessings the Lord has given them.
The movement game is better suited to younger students. The dice could fit younger or older students, but the cootie catcher is best for older students, or at least older enough to have small motor control with their fingers.
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A couple more for gratitude(:
Here is a song from the primary manual about gratitude. It's called "For Health and Strength." You start out singing the correct words to the song, and then change it to other things you are thankful for.
Here is an amazing video of people all over the world showing gratitude.
The Lord wants me to follow His prophet.
To introduce Numbers 12, you could tell your children that the Lord was unhappy with Aaron and Miriam, Moses’s brother and sister. Invite them to read Numbers 12:1–8 to find out why. Consider using the Gospel Art Book to help your children find examples of people in the scriptures who respected the Lord’s prophet and were blessed. How are we blessed when we follow the Lord’s prophet?
I can look to Jesus Christ.
You could use “Moses and the Brass Serpent” in Old Testament Stories, 83–84, to help your children learn what happened in Numbers 21:6–9. How is the brass serpent like Jesus Christ? (see John 3:14–15). Your children might enjoy making a serpent out of paper and writing on it some simple things they can do to “look upon the Son of God with faith” (Helaman 8:15).
Here is another idea: Ask the children to close their eyes while you place a picture of the Savior somewhere in the room. Then invite the children to open their eyes, find the picture, and look at it. Let them take turns being the one to place the picture. Each time the children find the picture, help them think of something they can do to look to the Savior.
Mitzi at comefollowmekid.com has this cute snake bite game.
Older children could choose one of the following scriptures and share what it adds to their understanding of the story: 1 Nephi 17:41; Alma 33:18–20; Helaman 8:13–15; Doctrine and Covenants 6:36.
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I can follow God’s will, even if others try to persuade me not to.
Summarize Numbers 22:1–18 for your children, emphasizing how Balaam refused to curse God’s people, even though Balak, the king of Moab, offered him honor and riches. Then you could help your children search the following verses for phrases that they feel show that Balaam wanted to follow God: Numbers 22:18; 23:26; 24:13. Perhaps your children could pick one phrase they like and write it on a card to help them remember to obey the Lord.
Here are some extra prints from 4 years ago that the manual doesn't cover anymore. You are welcome to use them in your homes and families if you'd like.
Use pictures or drawings of grapes, honey, giants, and grasshoppers to briefly tell the children about the 12 men Moses sent to explore the promised land (see Numbers 13:17–33). Explain that they found a lot of fruit and other foods (invite the children to pretend to eat the food), but they also were afraid because the people there were large and strong (invite the children to pretend to be afraid). Show a picture of Jesus, and point out that two Israelites, Caleb and Joshua, were not afraid because they had faith in Jesus Christ.
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