Nursery ideas, activities & more!: Lesson 15-16

Lesson 15

“ I will be Thankful”

Scripture: “ D & C 59:7

“ Thou shalt thank the Lord thy God in all things.”

Song: “ I am glad for many things”, 2nd verse ONLY

Sing this song while walking around in a circle as you do in Ring around the Rosie.

Activity:

10 lepers finger play

Draw faces on each of your finger. Tell the story of the 10 lepers using your fingers. Have a child hold up a picture of Jesus and have your fingers talk to him, coughing, making them seem sick to the kids. When Jesus says, “I will make you better!” wiggle your fingers as if they are running away, happily. Then curl them all up except for one, bringing it back to Jesus to tell him thank you.

“Boo Boo” Animals

Bring a few stuffed animals to class with band aids on their bodies. Explain the owies to the kids. Ex: Squishy the Hippo fell down and scraped his knee. Can Jesus make it better? Have the stuffed animal run over to the picture of Jesus. “Jesus says ALL BETTER!” and take off the band aid. Put them in a basket once they are healed. Have one of the animals come back saying THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Craft:

Jesus Heals Leperacy

Coloring page of hurt child. Let children put band aids on the child in their picture.

Story Hands

Trace their hands and draw faces on each as you did when you told the story. Let them color their hands. OR if you can find smiley face stickers at a store, let them put these on the fingertips.

Lesson 16

“ I will say I'm sorry”

Scripture:

3^rd Nephi 12:24

“Go thy way unto thy brother, and first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come unto me with full purpose of heart, and I will receive you.”

Song:

“I'm trying to be like Jesus”

ONLY that phrase!

Activity:

Story of Nephi and the ship

Pretend to be Nephi. Dress up as he did. Dramatize building the ship, hammering the nails, carrying the wood from one side of the room to the other, lifting the sails, etc. Let them walk and stand with you as you act out these things. Act out Laman and Lemuel teasing him saying “Neener Neener” while having both wide palms(fingers stretched out) to each cheek, the thumb touching the cheeck and wiggling hands back and forth in teasing motion. Pretend to cry. Nephi's brothers were being mean. Then they said “I'm so sorry Nephi! We'll help now!” Go back to working, humming and smiling.

Craft:

Popsicle stick boat

Bring glue, Popsicle sticks and paper and let them try to build an ark. Glue sticks will work for this! It doesn't matter if it doesn't look like a boat...they will be happy anyways! Imagination is a wonderful thing!