Short Gospel Lessons for Toddlers
Preparation: Before teaching this lesson, you will need to prepare some "flowers". I have attached a page with simple flower outlines; print out 2-3 of these and decide whether you want to cut them out for your kids ahead of time or if they will be able to cut them out. You will be coloring … Continue reading Gratitude: Ten Lepers
Preparation: Before teaching this lesson, you will need to prepare 4 wrapped or bagged presents; two of these presents should look like a regular Christmas or birthday present and the other two should be "ugly" and wrapped in garbage or plastic bags. You will also need to print out the attached word strips to hide … Continue reading The Lord Looketh on the Heart
This lesson is meant as preparation for teaching your kids about the story of The Good Samaritan. I like to start here, focusing on the commandment to love thy neighbor as thyself and leave the story of The Good Samaritan for another day (ideally in the next day or two). This helps the kids focus … Continue reading Love Thy Neighbor
My 6 year old got assigned his first-ever talk in primary! I'm one of those weird parents that got excited about this because I LOVE preparing small lessons/talks (hence the reason I'm doing this blog). His assigned topic is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I'm going to share what we put together for his talk … Continue reading Easter 2019
The purpose of this lesson is to make sure our kids know what our prophet said during general conference. I have taken the most important, key points and broken them down into kid-sized bites. Begin your lesson by singing "Follow the Prophet" from the Primary Children's Songbook. For this lesson, I have once again used … Continue reading President Nelson’s talk: “Come Follow Me”
This post contains my ideas for how to engage my kids DURING General Conference. In my opinion, this is the most difficult part and it can make or break my enjoyment of conference. 1. On Saturday morning, we are going to review the story of King Benjamin talking to his people on the tower; I … Continue reading General Conference April 2019: Part Two
In this post you will find, my plan for preparing my kids to understand the importance of conference. The main part of our lesson is going to be teaching our kids about the 12 Apostles and the Prophet. I will be using the power point I have attached below; I simply pull the power point … Continue reading General Conference April 2019 Part One:
We began our lesson by talking about cooking and how you have to follow the directions when cooking and use the correct ingredients. I put out a bowl and various play foods (I chose foods my kids enjoy and eat regularly). I asked them to find the correct ingredients and put them in the bowl: … Continue reading Keep the Sabbath Day Holy
We began this lesson by singing, I'm Trying to be Like Jesus on page 78 of the Children's Songbook. The visual aids for this lesson are very simple; you first draw a simple outline of a person in blue marker. Then place another piece of white paper over that one and trace that outline so … Continue reading Jesus Christ is the Bread of Life
Matthew 9:36-38 We began this lesson by singing, I Want to be a Missionary Now which is found on page 168 of the Primary Children's Songbook. We then talked to our oldest son who is nearly 6 years old and in his first year of Kindergarten. We asked him to think of all the people … Continue reading Share the Gospel
Birdlings 