Lesson 9

Lesson 9

I have a body like Heavenly Father's

Scripture: Genesis 1:27

"God created man in his own image"

Song:

Head, shoulders, knees & toes

Activity/Story:

Print each of the below images on a 8x11 page. Taking turns, have the children match the baby to its parent. 

End by showing them a picture of them. "Is the elephant your Mom? Is the horse your Dad? Why not?"  (We don't look like them)

Show a picture of Heavenly Father.

"How are we the same as Heavenly Father? Do we have ears like him? Lips? Can you find your lips?"

Craft:

1) "Are you my mother" matching sheet

Print one of each of these pages for each child (at the link below). CUT AHEAD FOR THEM and give one animal out out at a time! 

http://kizclub.com/Topics/animals/babyanimals(C).pdf

#2) Mr. Potato Head face cookie decorating

Bake sugar cookies and provide brown frosting to make it look like a potato. Provide chocolate chips/candies for eyes, circus peanuts (sliced in half) for ears, twizzlers for hair, etc. 

Lesson 7

Lesson 7

Jesus Christ created the world for me

Scripture: Genesis 1:1

"In the beginning God created the heaven and earth." 

(Sing to ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT) 

"In the beginning" (Row, row, row your boat)

"God created the" (gently down the stream)

"Heaven and Earth" (Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily)

Genesis 1:1 (Life is but a dream)

Song: Heavenly Father loves me (portion only)

"I'm glad that I live in this beautiful world, Heavenly Father created for me"

Activity: 

Bring a basket or envelope for each child. Take them on a walk outside. Show them how to use their hands like binoculars. "What's that?" as you look around at different things outdoors. Take them back inside after a few minutes. Show them the picture on page 34 (of trees & animals). Point out the different things. "Who made all of this?" Show a picture of Jesus. 

Craft: 

Popcorn popping tree

Using the image below, let the children paste popcorn on the tree to make it look like an Apricot Tree. Sing Popcorn Popping during music time. 

Bird texture art

Use image below and purchase a small bag of feathers. Let the children paste these on their picture of the bird after coloring it.

Lesson 19

Lesson 19

“ I can be happy!”

Scripture: Proverbs 15:13

“ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.”

Song: If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!

Throw in crazy things like “blow a kiss”, “scrunch your nose”, “wiggle your knees”.

Activity: “What makes me happy?”

Create a large circle that has a smiley face on one side and a frown on the other for each child. Hold up pictures of different things OR bring a bag full of different items. Ex: toy food, blanket, picture of Jesus, plastic spider, etc. Let them show you what things make them happy and what makes them sad.

Craft:

Color me happy

Let the kids color their smiley faces from the activity.

http://www.archjrc.com/childsplace/images/happy-sad.gif

Smiles Cookies

Using sugar cookies, let the kids decorate a cookie to look like a face with chocolate chips, frosting, etc!:)

Lesson 3 & 4

Lesson 3

I can Pray

Scripture: 3 Nephi 18:19

“Therefore ye must always pray unto the Father in my name;”

Song:

“Roll your hands” -reinforcing the action of folding their arms-

Activity:

Story of Daniel in the lion's den. Use this link to print off pictures OR use electronic device.

Craft:

Lion Mask

Glue teeth into a lion ½ face mask that is attached to a popsicle stick. KEEP these masks with you to use next week.

Lion's Den Game

Instead of a craft this week, play a game. Give each child their mask they created last week. You are Daniel. They are the lions. When you are walking around the room, they chase you and roar. When you kneel down, everyone says “Shhhhhh” and they lay down on the floor. Have your assistant be the example lion in this group. They will copy her.

**** For a snack today, you could do big pretzels as they look like folding arms.

Lesson 4

Heavenly Father and Jesus love me

Scripture:Isaiah 49:16
"Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands."

Song:

“ I feel my Savior's Love” ---First two lines and last 2 lines only------

Activity:

Show movie: “My joy is full”. Afterward, hold up a picture of Jesus and Heavenly Father and tell the children that "Heavenly Father & Jesus love____ (say child's name)".

Craft:

Lips Finger puppets

Using the lip clipart provided, make a small finger puppet by gluing it on a strip of paper (to wrap around their finger. Let the children color their lips red/pink. If you're daring, you can bring crushed pink/red chalk and let the kids dip q-tips into it and put “lipstick” on the lips. Then they can put it on their fingers (after you tape the strip into a small circle (like a ring) and “kiss” people.

(Side view so that you can see how to attach it to the strip of paper to make it look like a ring)

(SMMMMMOOOOOOCCCHHH!)

Frosting Heart Cookie

Make heart shaped sugar cookies. Also, pink frosting. Give the children a popsicle stick and a small cup of frosting that they can spread onto their cookie.

Lips Clipart

Lesson 17-18

Lesson 17

I Will Share

Scripture: 4th Nephi 1:3
"And they had all things common amoung them; therefore there were not rich and poor, bond and free, but they were all made free, and partakers of the heavenly gift."

Song:

Fun to Do

Sit in a circle (around a hoola hoop, feet in the middle) Add in “Sharing with you is fun to do” while you pass around a toy.

Activity:

Tell the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 using this picture from lds.org.
https://www.lds.org/media-library/images/miracle-loaves-fishes-james-tissot-82990?lang=eng

Craft:

Goldfish/bread sorting

Sorting goldfish and croutons into 2 columns on a page.

Painting

Watercolor included picture.

Lesson 18

I will love others

Scripture:John 13:34

“ A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.”

Song:

Jesus said love everyone

Activity:

Tell the story of the Good Samaritan using clothespins OR sticks. Follow this link:

https://discoveringsundayschool.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/the-good-samaritan/

Craft:

Teddy Bear Care

Bring q-tips, combs, toothbrushes, tissues, etc to class with a few teddy bears (or any stuffy). Demonstrate to the children how they can take care of their bears.

***Sing "Brushing the teeth is fun to do", re-inforcing your song from the last lesson. ***

Bandaid cotton art

Bring cotton balls & Elmer's glue (small amount in a cup and a q-tip to spread it) and have the children glue the cotton onto the middle of each bandaid.

Lesson 1 & 2

Lesson 1

I am a child of God

Scripture:Psalms 82:6

“ I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.”

Song:

I am a child of God -first two lines only-

Activity:

Previous to class, gather pictures of each of the children from their parents. ONE PER CHILD. Before you start the lesson, tape these pictures around the room. When you start, tell the kids that you have a picture of each of them somewhere in the room that they have to find. --You may have to show them how first--- As you find each child, give that child their picture to hold while you sing, “I am a child of God” (that phrase only).

Craft:

Crowns

Make crowns for them to wear that say “I am a child of God” on the front. Let them do stickers on it, glitter (if you're daring), color, etc.

Sceptors

Using Popsicle sticks with a star at the top...like a wand. Decorate with water colors on the stick and markers for the star.

Lesson 2

Heavenly Father has a plan for me

Scripture:Abraham 3:25

“And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them;”

Song:

I am a Child of God – rest of song--

Activity:

Do Craft first this week

Paste pictures or treasures (pictures of Jesus, family, earth, house, etc) around the hallway next to your room. Tell the children to look through their telescopes to see the “treasures”. Take them out for a treasure hunt.

Craft:

Paper Towel Rod Telescopes

Paper towel rods that they can paste on pieces of cut up tissue paper. USE GLUE STICKS!!! Elmer's is too crazy!

Footprint Mud art

Print out a picture of footprints and let the kids finger paint with brown paint on the feet. 

Itsy Bitsy Spider

As fun as this song is with just the hand motions, sometimes you need to spice things up a bit!:)

I am creating a Music Time Apron for myself with all of my props inside and this has definitely made the cut!

Itsy Bitsy Spider Puppets!

Tutorial Video:

https://goo.gl/photos/CzA5PyWQsfAJFTDU8