[D&C 14:2 Come Follow Me lesson handouts]

I'm teaching 11- and 12-year-olds in Sunday School at the moment. We have been in complete Covid-19 lockdown for a while now so it's quite miserable for everyone. Online lessons just aren't the same as in-person either. I wanted to do something special and fun for the upcoming third Sunday lesson. I had seen these kinds of "instruction drawings" on Pinterest and thought to make these handouts for the kids.

 The first photos are what they will look like once the kids have finished drawing them as per instructions. The bottom ones are the actual handouts I will be mailing to them with the instruction not to open the envelope until the exact time of our online lesson. We will talk about how the scriptures are like the seed that grows into a tree and bears fruit. Or like a two-edged sword. Or like rain and snow that water the earth and allows us to grow food. Etc.

These handouts took a while to make so I hope someone else can use them as well. :)

The snowflake instructions are only for half of the snowflake. The kids have to mirror the drawing to the other side making it a bit more challenging. 

The mouths need to be drawn. 

THE SNOWFLAKE AND RAINDROP:

FROM SEED TO FRUIT (PEAR AND APPLE):

A TWO-EDGED SWORD:

A LAMP:

Here are the drawing instructions:

LAMP:

1L  2↙  4D  2↘  20D  2↙  7D  6R  7U  2↖  1↙  8D  3L  7U  2↗  1↘  1↗  20U  1↖  1↙  1↖  5U  2R  5D  1↘  1↗  5U  1R  4D  1↙  5U  1R  2↖  1L

 

PEAR:

1↗  3R  1↘  2R  2↙  3L  2↖  1L  1U  1L  3D  1L  1↙  2D  1↙  1D  1↙  1D  2↙  3D  3↘  7R  3↗  3U  2↖  1U  1↖  1U  1↖  2U  1↖  1L  2U

 

APPLE:

2↗  2R  2↘  1R  1↙  5L  1↖  1↙  1U  1L  4D  2↖  3L  3↙  6D  4↘  3R  1↗  1R  1↘  3R  4↗  6U  3↖  3L  2↙  3U

 

SWORD:

2↖  2↙  4R  2U  4L  6D  1L  2D  6R  2U  5L  4↗  4D  4↖  2↗   6R  2U  12L  2D  6R  2U  28U

 2↙  +    2↘           26D  +  26D      (these are done to the left and to the right)

 

SNOWFLAKE:

1L  2D  1L  1U  1L  2D  1R  1D  1R  3D  1L  1U  1L  1U  1L  1U  1L  1U  1L  1U  1L  2D  1R  1D  1R  1D  1R  1D  1R  1D  2L  1U  1L  1U  2L  1D  1R  1D  2L  1D  2R  1D  1L  1D  2R  1U  1R  1U  2R  1D  1L  1D  1L  1D  1L  1D  1L  2D  1R  1U  1R  1U  1R  1U  1R  1U  1R  1U  1R  3D  1L  1D  1L  2D  1R  1U  1R  2D  1R

 

RAINDROP:

4↙  1D  1↙  1D  1↙  1D  1↙  6D  3↘  1R  1↘  4R  1↗  1R  3↗  6U  1↖  1U  1↖  1U  1↖  1U  4↖

[the scriptures will lift you higher]

This is the theme for my Sunday School class. My goal is to have all the class members studying their scriptures every week and then sharing experiences how those particular scriptures helped them that week. Today we'll talk about "ponderizing" (Elder Durrant's talk in October 2015 General Conference) and also about keeping scripture study journals. These are some quotes I will be sharing with my class.

[such a great book!]

I can't praise this book enough! Love it! The chapter "Building Long-Term Relationships" blew my mind! Kind of what my soul has tried to tell me but there it was, black & white, explained so clearly!

Being a parent is the most joyful thing but it's also the hardest thing you'll ever do. I used to joke that babies should come with instruction manuals. Well, they sort of do! We don't have to listen to the world's experts and their changing views on the topic. We can turn to the scriptures to guide us in this great responsibility. Sure we can learn some great tips and techniques on raising a child from so called experts. But the scriptures point a higher, a better way. A more exalted way. 

My eyes have been opened to this better way. I just wish that I can remember all the lessons I learned from this book and put those lessons into practice in my own parenting. After reading this book, I will open my scriptures when I have a challenging question about parenting.

Here are just a couple of quotes from this book:

[arm them]