[free printable]

If you are doing a lesson on being thankful, here is a printout you can use. Copy and paste to a Microsoft Word document, then print.

[more charity hearts]

Here are the next CHARITY HEARTS.

Just copy and paste the photos into a Microsoft Word document and print them out on card stock to be used in Family Home Evening or any other lesson.

["Valentine's Day theme" FHE]

February is all about LOVE, right? I made these hearts for our Family Home Evening. These are just the first ones. I'll come and add the rest as I'll make them. We'll be talking about LOVE all month.

Tonight we talked about how it is a commandment to love everyone, not just "a friendly suggestion". Then we read 1 Corinthians 13: 1-4 and talked about in detail what each aspect of charity means. We'll do the rest of the charity (=LOVE) verses during next FHEs, plus other LOVE themed scriptures and stories.

Tonight we ended the discussion with this scripture from Moroni 7. We talked about how there are two things we can do to acquire charity:

1. Pray to Heavenly Father with all the energy of heart to be filled with this kind of love.

2. Be a true follower of Jesus Christ.

[FHE handout - the great apostasy]

Here's the next handout to go with the Preach My Gospel manual. This goes with the topic "The Great Apostasy" on page 35. You can talk about the church Jesus organized while he was on earth. To find out what the foundation of the church was, you play "Hangman" (I prefer to draw a flower instead) to find the two words: priesthood and revelation. You can then talk about how Jesus called 12 apostles to lead his church. Jesus gave them authority (priesthood) to teach his gospel and to administer the ordinances correctly. Jesus gave them revelation how to lead the church the way he wanted it to be lead. Then you can talk about how the apostles were killed. There were no more priesthood on earth = no more revelation. People started to disagree about doctrine and teach the gospel in their own way. Etc. 

To use the handout, just right click on the first picture, save it as a JPG file into your computer, then insert the picture into a Microsoft Word document and print it out. 

[favorite quotes from the prophet]

I made this for Activity Days but it can be used for family home evenings or other lessons too. 

On page 6 of the Faith in God booklet, one of the goals says "Read a recent conference address given by the prophet. Decide what you can do to follow the prophet, and do it."

We will be reading his talk "Obedience Brings Blessings" and highlighting passages that especially speak to us. Then we'll write down four things from the talk that we can work on.

ps. We also ended up tracing the prophet's picture with the help of a tracing light table.

[study sheet]

This study sheet goes with page 34 of the Preach My Gospel manual. 

[study sheet]

Here is the next gospel study sheet. Copy and paste to a Microsoft Word document.

This goes with the page 32 column in the Preach My Gospel manual. Fill in the words and then color the fat letters. 

Heavenly Father Reveals His Gospel in Every Dispensation

One important way that God shows His ________________ for us is by calling prophets, who are given the priesthood - the ___________________ and _______________________________________ given to man to act in God’s name for the salvation of His children. ________________________________ learn the gospel of Jesus Christ by revelation. They in turn teach the gospel to others and testify of __________________________ _______________________________ as the __________________________ and _____________________________________. The teachings of prophets are found in sacred books called scriptures.

Our Father’s _________________ for us to be successful in this life and to return to live with Him is called the ______________________________ of Jesus Christ, with Jesus’ ________________________________________ at the center of that plan. Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can receive eternal life if we exercise _______________________ in Jesus Christ, ______________________________, are baptized by __________________________________ for the remission of ___________________, receive the _________________ of the Holy Ghost, and endure to the ______________.

All people have the gift of agency, which includes the _______________________________ to accept or reject the gospel as taught by the prophets and ___________________________________. Those who choose to ____________________ are ____________________________, but those who ignore, reject, or distort the gospel do not receive God’s promised blessings.

Whenever people choose to disregard, _______________________, or distort any gospel principle or ordinance, whenever they reject the Lord’s __________________________________, or whenever they fail to endure in _____________________________, they distance themselves from God and begin to live in spiritual darkness.

Eventually this leads to a condition called apostasy. When widespread apostasy occurs, God withdraws His priesthood authority to teach and administer the ___________________________ of the gospel.

Biblical history has recorded many instances of God speaking to prophets, and it also tells of many instances of apostasy. To end each period of general apostasy, God has shown His ___________________ for His children by calling another ___________________________ and giving him priesthood authority to restore and teach the gospel of Jesus Christ anew. In essence, the prophet acts as a steward to ______________________________ the household of God here on earth. Such periods of time headed by prophetic responsibility are called dispensations.

[study page #2]

Here's another gospel study page. This goes with the paragraph "The Gospel Blesses Families" on page 32 of Preach My Gospel manual.

To use the study page, just click on the image and a larger version of it will open up. Right click the picture. Either "copy" and "paste" the picture onto a Microsoft Word document or save the picture as a JPG file in your computer and then import it to Microsoft Word.

[temple bookmark]

[general conference for kids]

Some fun things to do with children before General Conference:

 Don't Eat the Prophet! game & Prophets Memory Game

We just did these games in Activity Days and the girls loved it! Especially the "Don't Eat the Prophet!" game because it involved candy.

The girls also loved this coloring page:

 Cuter than cute lds coloring pages by Melonheadz LDS Illustrations:

CLICK HERE

[handout for the "smiles" song]

I made this handout for this Primary lesson titled "Blessed Are The Peacemakers".

Click here to hear the song played.

{FHE: thou shalt not take the name of the Lord they God in vain.}

FHE about honoring the names of Heavenly Father & Jesus Christ.

Do you know why your parents gave you your particular name?

Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ know our names. Examples: Joseph Smith's First Vision and boy Samuel called by the Lord.

What kind of person do you think of when you hear the name Jesus Christ?

We show honor and respect for people by using their names in a kind and loving way.

Mosiah 13:15 What does it mean to take the Lord's name in vain?

How would you feel if someone said your name angrily or without respect?

Do you know what Jesus' name was in pre-existence? What is Heavenly Father's name?

Speak gently of Jesus;

Please soften your voice.

You honor his name with your every right choice.

Our Heavenly Father's name,

Like a prayer

Should only be spoken with great love and care.

Activity

Everyone practices writing their name in various fun ways. For little children: print their name with a fun font. Help them color and decorate their name.

{the golden rule}

 

The Golden Rule

The New Animal

By Diane Bohn

The Friend, September 1987

A new animal was coming to live in the zoo, and the other animals were excited. One morning a big truck backed up to an empty cage, and out stepped the new animal. The zookeeper hung a sign outside the cage that said “ZELMGID.”

The other animals stared in amazement. The zelmgid did not look like any animal that they had ever seen. He had a long neck and a long tail, and when he opened his mouth, he barked. One by one the other animals turned away from the cage. Because the zelmgid was so different, they were not sure how to treat him.

The zelmgid was very lonely. The animals ignored him, so he had no one to talk to. He was so sad that he didn’t eat. The zookeeper began to worry. People stopped visiting the zoo because the new animal was sad and the other animals hid in the backs of their cages.

One day the elephant heard the zelmgid barking to himself. “The zelmgid does have a good trunk,” he told the giraffe. “It’s not as long as mine, but it’s really quite nice.”

The giraffe stretched her neck to take a closer look. “Look at his strong neck. He can reach as high as I can.”

The lion was looking quietly at the new animal’s mane. “My goodness! He has an excellent mane—almost as thick as mine.”

Just then the zebra trotted by the cage. “His coat has a very nice pattern,” she said.

“And his horns are curved just right,” the ibex said, “just like mine.”

When the monkey came swinging from the trees, he said, “Look at that handsome tail. I wonder if the zelmgid would like to play tag?”

Finally the duck waddled by the cage. “What fine feet you have. You probably can swim faster than I can,” she said to him.

The zelmgid stopped crying and thanked the duck for the compliment. Soon all the animals were talking together. They felt much happier. Even though the zelmgid looked different, the other animals had all found something about the new animal that they liked.

Carefully discuss differences with involvement directions, such as: “All children with brown eyes raise their hands.” “Those with freckles stand.” “Those who can whistle, whistle.” Be sensitive to situations in class in which you can give support to children. Lead to conclusion that we can find something that we like about everybody.

Discuss Golden Rule (Matt. 7:12). Who taught us this? Challenge children to apply Golden Rule during week and report their experiences.

Sing “Little Things” (Sing with Me, B-49) and “Have I Done Any Good?” (Hymns, no. 223).

Found this while preparing my Primary lesson. Great idea for FHE.

Here is the link to the Friend article.

{FHE: patterning our lives to Jesus' life}

These horse drawings were part of one of our family home evenings. We first tried to draw as realistic horses as we could. Then we actually followed the horse pattern to draw them again. Of course they looked much better then. We talked about following Jesus' example and how much better our lives will turn out when we follow a great pattern. etc.

The horses: sienna's, mine, jay's (we laughed about his horse's short neck), then sienna's & jay's with a pattern. sienna traced the horse first.

{FHE: forgiveness}

I made this for this Primary lesson. Feel free to use it. Click on the picture to see it larger.

{FHE - worshiping at church}

 I made this image for my Primary lesson: Primary book #3, Choose the Right B, ages 4-7, lesson #40

The illustration can also be used for FHE. Talk about Sunday worship and the four ways to worship (listen, sing, pray, sacrament). Put the star in a gift bag and give everyone an opportunity to pull the star out of the bag. They are then to answer the question about the word on the point of the star they are holding.

listen: Who are some people we should listen to at church?

sing: Name one song you like to sing at church.

pray: Name one time we offer a prayer at church.

sacrament: Name one thing you can do during the sacrament.

The children can color this scripture and draw a picture of their family singing in the church.

Click the pictures to see them larger.

Click here to see the entire Primary lesson.