Moses — Explain that Heavenly Father created our bodies to look like His. Invite the children to act out things they can do with their bodies, while the other children guess what they are doing. Invite the children to share why they are grateful for their bodies. Draw an outline of a body on paper, and make a puzzle by cutting it into parts.
Pass the parts out, and let the children work together to put them together to form a body. Ask the children to share the things they can do with each of the parts. Moses —3. Children who develop a habit of keeping the Sabbath day holy when they are young are more likely to keep this commandment when life becomes busier and more demanding.
Read Moses —3 , and ask the children to listen for what God did on the seventh day. Bring pictures or make simple drawings of things we do on Sunday to make it a holy day and things we do on other days. Let the children sort the pictures into two piles, one for Sunday and one for other days. Testify of why it is important to keep the Sabbath day holy.
A few days before class, invite one of the children and his or her parents to come prepared to share things they do in their family to keep the Sabbath day holy.
Invite the other children to share what their families do. For example, maybe they have made a recipe with a parent or sibling guiding them. Write Who created the earth? Testify that Jesus Christ created the earth under the direction of Heavenly Father. Assign each child verses in Moses 2 related to one of the days of creation, and ask him or her to draw a picture of the things Heavenly Father and Jesus created on that day.
Ask the children to hold their pictures and stand in the order of the days of Creation, and then invite each child to teach the rest of the children what happened on the day they were assigned.
The world will give children many false messages about their bodies. The doctrine in Moses —27 is powerful motivation to respect and care for our bodies. Read together Moses — What do these verses teach us about our bodies? You could also read together related quotations from President Russell M. Draw a figure of a body on the board, and invite the children to choose a part of the body and write next to it why they are thankful for it.
Before class have the body all cut out, and hand out the pieces to the children. Toss a ball to a child, and ask the child to share something he or she believes about Jesus Christ or Heavenly Father. Repeat until each child has had an opportunity to share. The Articles of Faith. You can use the Articles of Faith to review with the children some of the basic beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ. Why is it important that the children you teach believe in these simple truths?
Choose a few articles of faith that you feel are especially important for the children you teach. Tell the children why that truth is important to you, and let them share why it is important to them. Print Here. Black and White. Black and white. Perhaps the children can help you choose. Sing the songs together, and help the children see how the songs relate to the articles of faith.
This is from Mitzi at comefollowmekid. If you haven't see her page, go check it out. Articles of Faith ; Official Declarations 1 and 2. As members of the Church are confronted with a variety of challenges, we can find peace in knowing that Heavenly Father is willing to provide revelation to guide us. Help the children you teach strengthen their faith that God guides the Church through a living prophet. Heavenly Father guides us through prophets.
Show a set of scriptures and a picture of the living prophet or a recent conference issue of the Ensign or Liahona. Turn off the lights, and place a picture of Jesus Christ on the board. Shine a flashlight on the image to illustrate how the prophet, like the flashlight, helps us see the Savior more clearly.
Find simple directions to make something, such as food or a toy. Follow the instructions with the children, and explain that through the prophet, Heavenly Father gives us instructions to help us return to live with Him.
What are some things the prophet has taught us so that we can return to God? Sometimes the gospel can seem big and complicated, especially to children. The Articles of Faith can help the children understand, in a simple way, some of the basic truths we believe as Latter-day Saints. Invite each child to choose a key word or phrase from one of the articles of faith and share it with the class. Then let the other children guess or find which article of faith that word or phrase comes from.
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