Come Follow Me Primary, D&C 41-44, April 28-May 4, Free LDS Primary lesson helps and prints.
- redwallace
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Ideas for Teaching Children
A disciple is someone who receives God’s law and obeys it.
To help your children know what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, you can write Doctrine and Covenants 41:5 on a piece of paper, leaving blanks where the word disciple should be. They could then look in verse 5 for the missing word. According to this verse, what does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus Christ? How are we trying to be better disciples of Christ?
For young students, have them take steps on the footprints as you read the scripture. Have the students walk backwards on the footprints when the scripture talks about not doing it. Read the scripture, and it will make sense(:
For Older Students:
Also, for older students, hide these letters around the room and see if they can unscramble them to make a word, using the scripture verse as a hint.
Directions:
Cut out and separate the animals from the words. When you are with the children, lay the animals on the floor or table. Make a pile of the pieces of the words, hold them in your hands, and read them to the students. When they guess correctly, they can make the match.
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I am happy when I obey the Lord.
Your children might enjoy playing a game that requires them to listen carefully and follow instructions. You could use this game to talk about what it means to “hearken and hear and obey” the Lord (Doctrine and Covenants 42:2). What instructions has He given us? How are we blessed by obeying His laws and commandments?
I have a game in my store this week.
But this is Free:
-Mark and Lucy are throwing rocks into the pond on their vacation. They get bored and decide they would rather throw rocks at the passing cars on the road.
-Lucy was asked to clean her room before playing. She does an extra good job, even though her friends are waiting.
Mark's Mom tells him that his screen time is over, but he doesn’t listen and tries to finish his game.
-Mark’s friends told him to steal candy at the store, because he didn’t have quite the amount of money he needed. He puts the candy back on the shelf and chooses to obey the law. (create similar stories)
You might complete this week’s activity page with your children. You could also sing a song about obeying God’s laws, such as “I Want to Live the Gospel” (Children’s Songbook, 148). Consider sharing with each other how obeying God’s laws has brought you happiness.
Here is a cute activity from the Friend. You can print it Here
I am serving Jesus Christ when I serve others.
After reading together Doctrine and Covenants 42:38, help your children think of ways they can serve Jesus by serving others. They can find some ideas from the video “Pass It On” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). They could also look at pictures of the Savior helping others, healing the sick, or being kind to children (see Gospel Art Book, nos. 42, 47).
This is from 4 years ago, I'm leaving it here for families.
D&C 43:1-7
The Lord leads His Church through His Prophet.
Come Follow Me- For Primary “Show pictures of different people, including a picture of the current prophet. Place the pictures face down, and let the children turn over the pictures face down, and let the children turn over the pictures one by one until they find the prophet. Explain the Lord’s teaching that only the prophet is ”appointed unto you to receive commandments and revelations from (the Lord)” to lead the church D&C 43:2.”
I think it would be fun to hide these around a room with the back facing forward. With everyone found, ask the child/ren if (that person) can receive revelations for the church. Put the prophet in a harder place, play hot or cold to help them find it. Read D&C 43:2. Bear your testimony about how the Prophet leads the church.
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