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2013 Outline for Sharing Time

I Am a Child o GodAll human beingsmale and emaleare created in the image o God. Each is a belovedspirit son or daughter o heavenly parents (The Family: A Proclamation to the World).


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Instructions or Sharing Timeand the Childrens SacramentMeeting Presentation

Dear Primary Presidencies and Music Leaders,This year we will have the sacred blessing and opportunity to help each child in Primary cometo know that he or she is a child o God. We hope that the children will learn this importanttruth as they eel our Heavenly Fathers love or them. As you prayer ully teach the doctrines inthese sharing time lessons, you can help the children understand their divine identity, purpose,and potential. You can help them increase their aith in Jesus Christ and their testimony o ourHeavenly Fathers plan or them. And you can give them hope or their uture and strengthentheir desire to stay on the path back to our Heavenly Father.

Seek the help o the Spirit as you prepare, teach, and testi y o these truths. Families will beblessed by your devoted e orts. We love you and extend our gratitude or the dedicated serviceyou are giving to orti y and protect our precious children.

The Primary General Presidency

Instructions for Sharing Time

Gospel Instruction

Use this booklet as you prepare to teach a15-minute lesson each week during sharing time.

You may supplement the weekly lessons withother Church-approved materials, such as theFriend or the Liahona.The ollowing guidelineswill help you plan and present lessons.Love Those You Teach.Show your love or the childrenby learning their names andbeing aware o their inter-ests, talents, and needs.

Teach the Doctrine by theSpirit.As you preparelessons, pray or guidanceand strive to strengthenyour testimony o theprinciples you will teach.This will help you teachby the Spirit.

Invite Learning.This book-let is designed to help you know not only what toteach but also how to teach and invite learning.

You will teach the doctrine more e ectively asyou do the ollowing three things in every lesson:

1. Identi y the doctrine. Clearly introduce the doc-trine that the children will be learning. Considerways to do this verbally and visually. (For someexamples, see the lessons or the ourth week inFebruary and the third week in July.)

2. Encourage understanding. Ensure that thechildren gain a deeper understanding o thedoctrine through a variety o teaching methodsthat engage them in learning, such as singingsongs, role-playing, and reading scriptures.

3. Encourage application. Give the childrenopportunities to apply the doctrine in theirlives. Consider how they can express eelings

about or set a goal relatedto the doctrine.

This booklet providescomplete lessons or someo the weeks in the year.Ideas, but not completelessons, are included

or the other weeks.Supplement those ideaswith some o your own.

You can get ideas by read-ing other lessons in this

booklet. When there is a th Sunday, use this timeto review previous lessons. The Spirit can guide youas you plan and prepare activities or lessons.

Work with the music leader as you prepare yourlessons. Singing songs will help rein orce thedoctrines you are teaching. Occasionally you mayinvite teachers and their classes to help you withparts o the gospel instruction.

Available online: Thein ormation, visuals, andresources re erenced inthis booklet are availableonline in the Serving in theChurch section o LDS.org.

Each week, plan ways to(1) identify the doctrine,

(2) help the children under-stand it, and (3) help them

apply it in their lives.


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Children singing in front of the congregation during Scarament Meeting Pre-sentation.

Resources: You can nd additional teachingresources such as color-ing pages, stories, andactivities in the Friend,Liahona, nursery manual,

and Gospel Art Book. Usethese resources to supple-ment your lessons. Alsolook or a list o resourceson speci c gospel topics

rom theFriend at riend.lds.org. Theseresources may be printedand used in teaching thechildren.

Preparation: Pray or guidance and seek theinfuence o the Spirit as

you prepare your sharingtimes. As you prepare andteach with the Spirit, Hewill con rm the truth ul-ness o what you teach.(See TNGC, 13.)

Resources Used in This Booklet

The ollowing abbreviations are used throughoutthe booklet:

CS Childrens Songbook

GAB Gospel Art Book

TNGC Teaching, No Greater Call

Many lessons include suggestions or using pic-tures. You can nd pictures in the Gospel Art Book, Primary manual picture packets, and Church mag-azines and online at images.lds.org.

Curriculum for 2013

General CurriculumNursery: Behold Your Little Ones;Sunbeams:Primary 1; CTR 4 7: Primary 3; Valiant 811:Primary 5

Basic CurriculumSunbeams: Primary 1; CTR 4 7: Primary 3;

Valiant 811: Primary 7

Some lessons suggest inviting guest speakers toparticipate in Pr imary. You should get the ap-proval o your bishop or branch president be oreinviting these individuals to participate.

Accompanying the lessons are several teachingtips that wi ll help you improve your ability toteach. The lessons also include pictures that willhelp you see what an activity looks like. Althoughdeveloping teaching skills is important, your own

spiritual preparation and testimony are what willinvite the Spirit to con rm these doctrines in thehearts o the children.

Singing Time

Music in Primary should establish a reverent at-mosphere, teach the gospel, and help children eelthe infuence o the Holy Ghost and the joy thatcomes through singing. A 20-minute segment o sharing time should be devoted to singing andteaching music. This will ensure that you haveenough time to teach new music and to help thechildren enjoy singing.

This booklet includes a new song or the childrento learn thi s year (see page 28). It also includes asection titled How to Use Music in Primary (seepages 2627) and additional ideas or teachingsongs to children (see pages 3, 11, 17).

Guidelines for the Sacrament Meeting Presentation

Under the direction o the bishop or branch pres-ident, the childrens sacrament meeting presenta-tion is normally given during the ourth quarter o the year. Meet with the counselor in the bishopric

or branch presidency who oversees Primary earlyin the year to discuss preliminary plans. Obtainhis approval when the plans are completed.

Plan or the children to present the program basedon the monthly sharing time themes. Throughoutthe year, keep notes o childrens talks and personalexperiences or possible use in the presentation. As

you plan or the children to share what they havelearned about this years theme, think o ways theycan help the congregation ocus on the gospel doc-trines they are teaching. A member o the bishopric

may conclude the meeting with brie remarks. As you prepare the presentation, remember the ol-lowing guidelines:

Practices should not take time away fromclasses or amilies unnecessarily.

Visuals, costumes, and media presentations arenot appropriate or sacrament meeting.


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January I Am a Child o God, andHe Has a Plan or MeThe Spirit itsel beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children o God(Romans 8:16).Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: God is my Heavenly Father. He knows and loves me.

Identify the doctrine (playing a guessing game): Tell the children that you are thinking o someonewho loves us, knows each o us, helps us, and lives

ar away. Ask them to guess who you are thinkingo (Heavenly Father). Discuss our relationship withHeavenly Father. Invite the children to repeat to-

gether God is my Heavenly Father. He knows andloves me.

Encourage understanding (reading scrip-tures): Divide the children into groups. Haveeach group read Enos 1:5, Moses 1:6, and JosephSmithHistory 1:17 and discuss how the Lordaddresses each prophet. Ask the children, I

Heavenly Father visited you, what would He callyou? Bear testimony that God knows each o us byname.

Encourage application (singing songs): Havethe children stand in a circle and pass aroundseveral items that represent Gods love or His chil-dren as they sing I Am a Child o God (CS, 23)or I Know My Father Lives (CS, 5). Items couldinclude scriptures, a picture o the sacrament, apiece o ruit, or a picture o a amily. Randomlystop the singing and have the children holding anitem share one way they know God loves them.Repeat as time allows.

Weeks 2 and 3: Heavenly Fathers plan is a plan of happiness.

Identify thedoctrine: Write

Heavenly Fathersplan is a plan o happiness on apiece o paper.Place the paper in acontainer and wrapit to look like a gi t.Hold up the gi tand tell the chil-

dren that inside is something that will bring themhappiness. Let them guess what it might be. Thenopen the gi t and have a child read the sentence tothe class. Explain that Heavenly Father has a planso that we can be happy and live with Him again.

Encourage understanding (singing a song andanswering questions): Give each class a wordstrip

with one o the ollowing questions written on it: What does my li e have, and where did it begin?

What was my choice, and what should I seek?

What should I ollow, and to what can I hold ast?

How will I eel i I ollow Gods plan?

Sing the rst two lines o I Will Follow GodsPlan (CS, 16465), and discuss the answer to the

rst question. Repeat with the rest o the song andthe other questions.

Song: I Am a Child ofGod(CS, 23)

Adapt activities towork with the size o your Primary. Dividing a largePrimary into groups toread scriptures gives morechildren the opportunityto participate. You maynot need to divide a smallPrimary into groups to en-gage all o the children.

Premortal Mortal Postmortal

Yearlong Activity: Briefyshare a way you haverecognized that God loves

you. Place a small object(such as a cotton ball, abean, or a pebble) intoa clear jar or container.Throughout the year, allow

children to share ways theyhave recognized that Godknows and loves them.

Each time a child shares

something, allow him or her to add another objectto the jar. Re er to the

jar requently, pointingout how many waysHeavenly Father showsHis love or us.


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Show love: As we showlove or those we teach,they become more recep-tive to the Spirit ( TNGC, 31). You can increase your love or the children as

you pray or them, get to

know their interests andconcerns, call them byname, and listen atten-tively to them.

Encourage understanding ( nishing a state-ment): Put pictures representing premortal, mor-tal, and postmortal li e in three separate areas o the room. Draw a happy ace on a piece o paper.Tell the children that each time you hold up thehappy ace, they should say, Happy. Stand nearthe picture o premortal li e and describe theCouncil in Heaven. Whenever possible, let thechildren nish your statements with happy

as you hold up the happy ace. For example:Heavenly Father wanted us to be happy. He toldus about His plan to send us to earth and receive abody. He said that we could be happy i we obeyedHis commandments. He knew that we wouldneed a Savior to help us be happy, because noneo us are per ect. When we heard about HeavenlyFathers plan, we were so happy we shouted or

joy! Continue this activity as you move to theother areas and describe the plan o happiness:You came to your amily, and they were so happy when you were born. We are happy as we makerighteous choices. We will be happy to be withour amilies and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ

orever in the celestial kingdom. Add details o the plan as appropriate or the ages and under-standing o the children.

Encourage application (drawing pictures): Give each child a piece o paper with a happy aceand the words Heavenly Fathers plan is a plano happiness on it. Invite them to draw a pictureo something in our Heavenly Fathers plan thatmakes them happy. Testi y that the Fathers planis or our eternal happiness.

Week 4: I have agency, and I am responsible for my choices.

Identify the doctrine: Prepare two wordstrips,

one that says I have agency and one that says Iam responsible or my choices. Divide the chil-dren into two groups. Ask two children to cometo the ront o the room. Ask one o them to holdup the rst wordstrip, and have one o the groupsstand and say, I have agency. Ask the other childto hold up the second wordstrip, and have theother group stand and say, I am responsible ormy choices. Repeat several times, letting eachgroup say each phrase.

Encourage understanding (discussing conse-quences): Ask the children what the consequence

would be i they chose to not eat, to touch a hotstove, to attend church, or to be kind to others.Explain that Heavenly Father loves us and wants usto make good choices and receive the blessings o those choices.

Encourage application (playing a game): Write on strips o paper some good choices andsome bad choices a child could make. Place thestrips in a container. Have the children orm twolines, a choice line and a consequences line.

Have the rst child

in each line walkto the ront o theroom as everyonesings the rst lineo Choose theRight (Hymns, no. 239). Havethe child in thechoice line drawout and read achoice. Have theother child givea possible con-sequence o thatchoice. Have therest o the childrenpoint their thumbsup i it is a goodchoice and pointtheir thumbs downi it is a bad choice.Continue as timeallows.

Helps for the music leader

Ask the children to sing the chorus o I Am aChild o God (CS, 23) with you and listen orwords that describe what they would like some-one to do or them. List their responses ( lead,guide, walk beside, help, teach) on the board. Aska question about each word. For example, Who

leads us? or Why would you want someone towalk beside you? Testi y o the blessings o hav-ing parents, teachers, leaders, prophets, the scrip-tures, and the Holy Ghost to help us nd our wayback to Heavenly Father.

Actively engaging allthe children in an activikeeps their attention an

gives them the opportunito participate in th

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February The Earth Was Created orHeavenly Fathers ChildrenWe will make an earth whereon these may dwell; and we will prove them herewith, tsee i they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them(Abraham 3:2425).Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: Jesus Christ created the earth under the direction of HeavenlyFather.

Identify the doctrine (seeing pictures): Show apicture o the earth and ask the children who cre-ated the earth. Explain that Jesus Christ createdthe earth under Heavenly Fathers direction. Then

show a picture o Jesus Chri st and invite the chil-dren to say, Jesus Christ created the earth.

Encourage understanding (drawing pictures): Tell the children that part o Heavenly Fathers plano happiness was that an earth would be createdwhere we would gain a body so we could growand learn. Draw six numbered circles on the chalk-board. Divide the children into six groups, andask each group to read one o the ollowing scrip-ture passages about the six days o the Creation:Genesis 1:15 (day 1); Genesis 1:68 (day 2);Genesis 1:913 (day 3); Genesis 1:1419 (day 4);

Genesis 1:2023 (day 5); Genesis 1:2431 (day 6).

Invite each group to come one at a time to the ronto the room, tell the other children what happenedon the day they read about, and draw a picture thatrepresents that day in the corresonding circle. Read

Genesis 2:13 together. Review with the childrenwhat happened on each day o the Creation.

Week 2: The Fall was part of Gods plan.

Identify the doctrine (seeing a picture): Showa picture o Adam and Eve. Tell the children that

Adam and Eve were the rst people to come toearth and receive bodies; they were placed in agarden called Eden. Explain that when they le tthe garden, it became possible or us to come toearth; their leaving the garden is called the Fall.

Write The Fall was part o Gods plan on the

board, and have the children say it with you.Encourage understanding (discussing thedoctrine): Draw two circles on the board, and labelone spirit worldand the other earth. Explain thatwhen Adam and Eve were in the Garden o Eden,we were in the spirit world. Show a picture o somechildren, and tape it on the board in the spiritworld circle. Explain that a ter Adam and Eve le t

the garden, we could come to the earth. Invite achild to move the picture o the children to theearth circle. Ask the children to put their thumbsup i they think the Fall was good, and invite achild to explain why.

Encourage application (playing a matchinggame): Prepare several pairs o matching phrasesrepresenting blessings we experience in mortality( or example, a body, amilies, choices betweengood and evil, opportunities to learn, health andsickness, happiness and sadness, joy and pain).Place the papers acedown on the board. Invitechildren to take turns choosing two papers to see i the phrases match. When a match is ound, discusswhy it is a blessing.

Song: My HeavenlyFather Loves Me(CS, 22829 )

Seek the Spirit: Pray or guidance and seek theinfuence o the Spirit as

you prepare your sharingtimes. As you prepare andteach with the Spirit, Hewill con rm the truth ul-ness o what you teach.


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Drawings: Encouragechildren to show and dis-cuss their pictures withtheir amilies. This willhelp them remember whatthey have learned. It willalso give parents an op-

portunity to discuss gospel principles with their chil-dren (see TNGC, 167).

Week 3: I have been sent to earth to gain a body and to be tested.

Identify the doctrine (seeing a visual): Write

on the board, I have been sent to earth to gaina ___ ___ __ and to be tested. Invite a child tocome to the ront o the room and draw his or herbody on the chalkboard or a large piece o paper.

Ask the children to tell you what the drawing is (abody). Fill in the blank and have the children saythe sentence together.

Encourage understanding and application(participating in a physical activity): Make a spin-ner displaying pictures o several parts o the body(see example below). Discuss several things thatour bodies can do, and invite the children to dothem with you ( or example, wiggling your ngers,stomping your eet, and turning around). Explainthat one reason we came to earth was to be testedto see i we will use our bodies to obey HeavenlyFathers teachings. Invite the children to take turnsspinning the pointer and telling how they can usethe part o the body indicated to obey HeavenlyFather. (I you cannot make a spinner, point todi erent parts o your body and ask the children totell you how they can use that part o their body toobey Heavenly Father.) Invite the children to singI Have Two Ears (CS, 269).

Week 4: If I keep the commandments, I can live with Heavenly Father again.

Identify the doctrine (singing a song): Write onthe board, I I keep the _____ ____ _____, I canlive with Heavenly Father again. Hum Keep theCommandments ( CS, 146). Invite the childrento stand when they recognize the song and joinin humming. Ask, What do we need to do to livewith Heavenly Father again? Write command-ments in the space on the board. Invite the chil-dren to sing the song with you.

Encourage understanding (discussing com-mandments): Invite a ew children to share somerules their parents have made that keep their amilymembers sa e. Ask, What happens when you obeythe rules? Write their ideas on the board. Explainthat parents show love when they establish rules.

Ask, What happens when we obey HeavenlyFathers commandments? Write some o the chil-drens comments on the board. Explain that just

as obeying their parents rules will keep them sa e,obeying Heavenly Fathers commandments willhelp keep them sa e. Bear your testimony that i weobey the commandments, we will be able to returnto live with Him again.

Encourage application (reading scriptures): Give each child a pencil and a piece o paperdivided into our sections, with one o the ollow-ing scripture re erences written in each section:

D&C 1:37, D&C 10:5, D&C 59:910, and D&C119:4. Ask the children to read each scripturetogether as a class, discuss the commandment itdescribes, and draw a picture o that command-ment on their papers. When they are nished,invite the children to share how keeping the com-mandments will help them prepare to live withHeavenly Father again.

Children can be your best visual aids.

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Jesus Christ Is Our SaviorHearken ye to these words. Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Savior o the world (D&C 43Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: Jesus Christ taught the gospel and set an example for us.

Identify the doctrine (singing a song): Singtogether Do As Im Doing (CS, 276) several times,inviting di erent children to choose the action toper orm. Explain that when we ollow the actions o someone else, we are ollowing his or her example.

Ask who set the per ect example or us to ollow(Jesus Christ). Invite the children to say together,Jesus Christ set an example or us.

Encourage understanding (reading scrip-

tures): Place pictures o the ollowing events on theboard: Christ being baptized, Christ with children,Christ praying, and Christ teaching. Read oneo the ollowing scriptures together, and ask thechildren to explain what Christ is teaching in thatscripture: Mark 16:15; John 13:3435; 3 Nephi11:37; 3 Nephi 18:19. Slowly point to each pictureand invite the children to stand when you pointto the one that best shows Christ doing what Hetaught us to do in the scripture you read. Repeatwith the remaining scriptures.

Encourage application (drawing a picture):

Give each child a piece o paper, and invite themto draw a picture o themselves ollowing Christsexample. For example, a child could draw himsel being baptized, teaching the gospel to a riend,or helping someone. Invite a ew children toshare their pictures with the other children, andencourage them to share their drawings with their

amilies.

Week 2: Because of Christs Atonement, I can repent and live with Godagain.

Identify the doctrine ( lling in the blanks): Be ore Primary, write on the board, Because o Christs _______, I can ______ and live with_____ again. Write the words Atonement, repent,and God on separate wordstrips and tape them

under three o the chairs in the room. Invite thechildren to nd the wordstrips and place them onthe board in their proper place. Read the sentencetogether.

Song: If the SaviorStood Beside Me(page 28 in this outline)

Encourage good

behavior: Praising chil-drens good behavior will

promote good behavior better than asking childrento stop bad behavior.

March

Children are more likely to be reverent when theinvolved in learning. In this activity, having the cstand and sit reverently will help keep their atte


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Visuals: Children re-spond well to visuals. Avariety o visual aids willkeep the children inter-ested (see TNGC, 8990).

Encourage understanding (reading scripturesand answering questions): Place pictures o Christin Gethsemane and the Cruci xion on the board.Cover the pictures with several smaller pieces o paper. On each piece o paper write a questionabout the event in the pictures and a scripture re -erence rom Matthew 2627 or Luke 2223 wherethe answer can be ound. (For example: What isthe name o the place where Jesus went to pray?

Matthew 26:36.) Divide the children into groups,and ask each group to look up one o the scrip-tures and nd the answer to the question. Have thegroups share the answers to their questions andremove the corresponding pieces o paper to revealthe pictures.

Encourage application (seeing an object les-son): Discuss with the children the meaning o thewords Atonementand repentance,and explain howthe Atonement can bless us (see True to the Faith: AGospel Re erence[2004], 1420, 13235). Show thechildren a gi t. Ask a child to try to give the gi t to

another child, and ask the second child to re use toreceive it. Explain that when we do not receive a gi tthat is given to us, we cannot enjoy the blessings o

the gi t. Have the children listen or what they mustdo to receive the gi t o the Atonement as you readtogether Doctrine and Covenants 19:16.

Week 3: Because Jesus Christ was resurrected, I will be too.

Identify the doctrine (hearing a story): Use theillustration rom page 123 in the nursery manual(see instructions on page 121) to tell the story o the Resur rection (see John 19:4142; 20:1, 1118).Explain that when Jesus Christ was resurrected,His body and spirit were reunited; this made itpossible or everyone to be resurrected. Have thechildren say, Because Jesus Christ was resur-rected, I wi ll be too.

Encourage understanding (discussing eel-ings): On the board list words that describe howthe disciples might have elt the day Jesus died(such as grie , sorrow, sadness,and despair ). Havethe children suggest opposites o those words (suchas happiness, joy, hope,and aith), and write them on

the board. Explain that these eelings are what thedisciples elt when Jesus was resurrected. Discusssome o the blessings that come rom knowing wewill be resurrected (see Isaiah 25:8; Alma 22:14).

Encourage application (sharing eelings): Write on the board, I am thank ul Jesus was resur-

rected because . . . Invite a ward member who hashad a loved one die to come to Primary and briefyshare why he or she is thank ul or the Resurrection.

Ask the children i they know anyone who has died,and invite them to close their eyes and think o thatperson. Invite some o the children to stand andcomplete the sentence on the board and share whatthe Resurrection means to them.

Week 4: Jesus Christ is our Savior.

Identify the doctrine (discussing the wordSavior): Show some objects or pictures repre-senting people who might save our lives (such asa doctor, a policeman, or a l i eguard), and discusshow they might save us. Show a picture o Jesus,and explain that He is the only one who has thepower to save us rom the eternal consequences o death and sin. Write on the board, Jesus Christ isour Savior, and read it with the children, empha-sizing the word Savior.

Encourage understanding and application(hearing scripture stories): Tell the children somescripture stories about people who were saved romsin by the Savior ( or example, Alma the Younger[see Alma 36:624], Enos [see Enos 1:18],Zeezrom [see Alma 15:312], Lamonis ather [see

Alma 22:126], or the man brought to Jesus [seeLuke 5:1726]). Explain that through Jesus Christs

Atonement, all o us can be saved rom sin. Testi ythat Jesus Christ is our Savior, and invite a ewchildren to bear their testimonies o Him.

To adapt scripture reading activities or younger children, ask them to listenas you read and then stand when they hear a speci c word or phrase.


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Jesus Christ Restored HisChurch in the Latter DaysI have sent orth the ulness o my gospel by the hand o my servant Joseph (D&C Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: After Jesus Christ and His Apostles died, gospel truths were lost.

Identify the doctrine (discussing): Ask thechildren to name some things Jesus Chr ist taughtwhen He was on the earth. Show a picture o Christ ordaining the Apostles. Explain that a terChrist died and was resurrected, His Apostlestaught the gospel, but many people would notlisten to them; soon, the Apostles died, and someimportant truths about the gospel were not taught

anymore. Write on the board A ter Jesus Christand His Apostles died, gospel truths were lost,and have the children say it with you.

Encourage understanding (drawing pictures): Write on the board some gospel principles thatwere lost or changed during the Apostasy ( orexample, baptism, priesthood, temples, living

prophets, and the sacrament). Divide the childreninto small groups. Give each group a piece o paperwith one o the gospel principles written on it,and ask the children to draw a picture to representthat principle. Invite a child rom each group toplace their picture on the board. Explain that whenChrist was on the earth, He taught all o theseimportant gospel truths. Ask the children to closetheir eyes. Remove all o the pictures and hidethem. Then ask the children to open their eyes.Explain that the gospel truths were lost a ter JesusChrist and His Apostles died. Tell the children thatthe gospel was restored through Joseph Smith.Replace the pictures, and testi y that The Church o

Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saints has all the truthsthat were once lost. (Keep the pictures to use inweek 4.)

Week 2: Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith.

Identify the doctrine (seeing a picture): Covera picture o the First Vision with several smaller

pieces o paper. Invite children to remove thepieces o paper one at a time. Ask the children toquietly raise their hands when they know whatthe picture is. A ter all the pieces o paper havebeen removed, ask the children to tell you what ishappening in the picture.

Encourage understanding (reading scrip-tures): Show the children where in the scriptureswe can read Joseph Smiths description o his expe-rience in the Sacred Grove ( Joseph SmithHistory1:1419). Read or ask some children to read sev-eral verses that describe what happened. You may

want to ask younger children to do simple actions,such as standing and stretching their arms up like

trees or olding their arms as i they are praying. Ask the children how they might have elt i theycould have watched Heavenly Father and JesusChrist appear and talk to Joseph Smith. Discuss theimportance o this event.

Encourage application (sharing testimonies): Have the children sing The Sacred Grove ( CS, 87). Then bear your testimony that HeavenlyFather and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith.Invite a ew children to share their testimonies o the First Vision.

Song: Song of yourchoice from theChildrens Songbook

Testify: As you teach thechildren, take opportu-nities to briefy testi y o gospel truths (see TNGC, 45).

Drawing allows children to express their understanding o gospel principles. Children love to see their own pictures used as visual aids.

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Joseph Smithtranslatedthe

Book of Mormonand restored

gospel truths.

Guest speakers can add varietyand interest to Primary.

Week 3: Priesthood authority was restored by heavenly messengers.

Encourage understanding (singing a song): Ask the children how they might announce some-thing very important. Explain that long ago trum-pets would be played when something importantwas announced. Ask the children to close theireyes and imagine that they hear trumpets asthe pianist plays The Priesthood Is Restored(CS, 89). Ask the children to sing the song anddiscover what important message this song isannouncing. Ask a ew children to explain whatthe song means.

Encourage understanding (listen-ing to guest speakers): Show the chil-dren pictures o the restoration o the

Aaronic Priesthood and the restorationo the Melchizedek Priesthood. Invitean Aaronic Priesthoodholder to briefy sharethe story o the resto-ration o the AaronicPriesthood (see D&C 13;

Joseph SmithHistory1:6872). Then invite aMelchizedek Priesthoodholder to tell the childrenabout the restoration o

the Melchizedek Priesthood(see D&C 27:1213; JosephSmithHistory 1:72). Showthe pictures again, and ask thechildren to name the peoplein the pictures.

Encourage application(sharing testimonies): Haveeach class write on a piece o paper one thing that we havetoday because the Aaronic

Priesthood was restored ( orexample, baptismand the sacrament)and one thingwe have becausethe MelchizedekPriesthood wasrestored ( or exam-

ple, con rmationand blessings or thesick). Ask some o the

children to share what theywrote. Express your gratitude or the blessings thatcome rom our Heavenly Father because o the res-toration o the priesthood.

Week 4: Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon and restoredgospel truths.

Identify the doctrine and encourage under-

standing (discussing): Be ore Primary, writeJoseph Smith translated the Book o Mormon andrestored gospel truths on a sheet o paper, andcut the paper into puzzle pieces. On the back o each piece, write the name o a person or thingrelated to the translation o the Book o Mormon( or example, Joseph Smith, Urim and Thummim,angel Moroni, golden plates, power o God, andOliver Cowdery). Give each class one o thepuzzle pieces, and ask them to discuss how the

item or person on the back o the piece is related

to the translation o the Book o Mormon. Inviteeach class to come to the ront o the room, sharewhat they discussed, and put their puzzle pieceon the board. When the puzzle is complete, readthe sentence together.

Encourage understanding (listening to aguest speaker): Invite a priesthood holder to por-tray Joseph Smith and tell the story o how hetranslated the Book o Mormon. Give him severalo the pictures the children drew in week 1 andask him to share how the gospel principles wererestored through Joseph Smith. He could wear a

simple costume, such as a black ribbon bow tie.Invite him to take o the costume and bear his tes-timony o Joseph Smith.

Encourage application (sharing ideas): Askthe children to stand i they can name a gospeltruth that had been lost and was restored through

Joseph Smith. Invite a ew o the children toshare their thoughts. Share your testimony o therestored gospel and the Book o Mormon.

Adapt activities: Someo the activities in thisoutline would work better

or older children; otherswould work better or

younger children. As you plan your lessons, con-

sider the ages and abilitieso the children you areteaching.

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Prophets Teach Us toLive the Restored GospelSurely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the

prophets (Amos 3:7).Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Weeks 1 and 2: The living prophet leads the Church under the direction ofJesus Christ.

Identify the doctrine (seeing pictures and play-ing a game): Show a picture o the living prophet.

Ask several chi ldren to take a turn leading thePrimary in a simple action such as hopping orclapping their hands. Point to the picture o the

prophet and explain that he is the President o the Church and we should ollow what he asks usto do. Ask: Who does the prophet ollow? Showa picture o Jesus Christ, and explain that theprophet works under His direction.

Encourage understanding (discussing the prophets teachings): Show the children the mostrecent con erence issue o theEnsignor Liahona.Explain that at general con erence, the prophetteaches us what Jesus Christ wants us to do. Selectsentences rom the prophets talks, and invite

children to read them aloud. Together, make alist o things the children could do to ollow theprophet.

Encourage application (drawing a picture): Give each child a piece o paper. Invite them to

old it in hal . Ask them to draw a picture o theprophet on one hal o the paper and to write ordraw one way they will ollow the prophet on theother hal . Invite the children to stand and holdtheir pictures as they sing the chorus to Follow theProphet (CS, 11011).

For week 2, teach the children about somethingthe prophet has taught in a recent general con er-ence. As you plan the activities you will use, thinkabout how you will identi y the prophets teachingand help the children understand it and apply it intheir lives.

Week 3: Prophets teach me to pay tithing.

Identify the doctrine (reading a scripture): Explain that Malachi was an Old Testamentprophet who taught the people to pay their tith-ing. Ask a chi ld to read Malachi 3:10 as the otherchildren listen or what the Lord promises us i wepay tithing. Explain that open you the windowso heaven re ers to blessings we receive when wepay tithing.

Encourage understanding (seeing an objectlesson): Invite 10 children to the ront o theroom. Give each one an apple (or other ruit) andask them to hold their apples up and pretend to beapple trees. Have another child pick the applesand put them into a basket. Explain that tithingis one-tenth o what we earn and is usually paidwith money, but there have been times when

Song: Song of yourchoice from theChildrens Songbook

Reinforce the doc-

trine: Throughout thismonth, emphasize that theliving prophet teaches uswhat Jesus Christ wantsus to know today. Helpthe children understandthat when we ollow the

prophet, we are ollowing

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people paid with whatever they had. Ask howmany apples the child would give to the bishop ortithing.

Encourage application (discussing tithing): Show a tithing receipt and envelope. Discuss theprocess o paying tithing. Invite children to sharehow their amilies have been blessed by payingtithing. Bear testimony o the blessings that come

rom obeying the prophets counsel to pay tithing.

Week 4: Prophets teach me to live the Word of Wisdom.

Identify the doctrine (reading a scripture): Ask the children to tell about a time when theirparents warned them about danger. Ask themwhy their parents would warn them. Explain thatHeavenly Father loves us and warns us o dangerthrough His prophets. Ask a child to read Doctrineand Covenants 89:4, and have the children listen

or what this warning is called. Explain that theProphet Joseph Smith received this warning, the

Word o Wisdom, as a revelation rom God.

Encourage understanding (reading scriptures): Be ore Primary, tape the ollowing scripture re er-

ences to the bottom o di erent chairs: D&C 89:7,D&C 89:8, D&C 89:9, D&C 89:10, D&C 89:12,D&C 89:16. Explain that Heavenly Father gave usour physical bodies and He wants us to take care o them; He has given us the Word o Wisdom to helpus know what things will help our bodies and whatthings will hurt them. Ask the children to lookunder their chairs to nd the scripture re erences.Invite each child who nds a re erence to read the

scripture out loud. Discuss what each verse means.Clari y that strong drinks are alcohol and hotdrinks are co ee and tea.

Encourage application(playing a game): Place in a bagsome pictures o various oods,drinks, and other items that areeither good or bad or the body.Invite a child to select a picture

rom the bag and show it to theother children. Ask the childrento open their mouths i the item

is good or to cover their mouthsi the item is bad. Read Doctrineand Covenants 89:1821 anddiscuss the blessings we receivewhen we ollow the prophetscounsel to live the Word o

Wisdom.


A song or this month could be We Thank Thee,O God, or a Prophet (Hymns,no. 19). The ollow-ing are some ideas that can be used to teach anysong. Although wordstrips are used in this exam-ple, with some songs pictures can be used to teachyoung children.

Write each phrase o the song on a di erent colorwordstrip (or write each phrase in a di erentcolor). Divide each phrase into two parts. Use anyo the ollowing methods to teach the song:

1. Randomly place all the wordstrips around theroom. Allow a ew children to put the phrasesin the correct order as you and the childrensing the song over and over. Sing and discusseach phrase, and then sing the whole song.

2. Begin with the wordstrips in place on theboard. Sing the song with the children. Ask achild to remove one wordstrip, and sing thesong again. Repeat until a ll o the wordstripshave been removed.

3. Place the rst part o each phrase on the boardin the correct order and put the second parts

on the board in random order. Sing the rstpart o a phrase and ask the children to nd thesecond part o the phrase and explain what thephrase means.

4. Divide the children into two groups. Have onegroup sing the rst part o each phrase andthe other group sing the second part. Switchgroups and repeat.

Children can learn through un activitiesand movement and still maintain an

attitude o reverence.

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We thank thee, O God, for a prophet

To guide us in these latter days.

We thank thee for sending the gospel

To lighten our minds with its rays.

We thank thee for every blessing

Bestowed by thy bounteous hand.

We feel it a pleasure to serve thee

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I Will Follow Heavenly Fathers Planby Being Baptized and Con irmedCome unto me, and be baptized in my name, that ye may receive a remission o yousins, and be flled with the Holy Ghost (3 Nephi 30:2).Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: I will follow Jesus Christ by being baptized and confirmed andkeeping my baptismal covenants.

Be ore Primary, cut two large ootsteps out o di erent colors o paper. Write on one beingbaptized and con rmed and on the other andkeeping my baptismal covenants. Prepare severalsmaller ootsteps in both colors. Write one o the

ollowing on each ootstep o the rst color:8 yearsold, repent, interview with the bishop, immersion, priesthood authority, covenant, white clothing, HolyGhost.On each small ootstep o the secondcolor, write one o the standards rom MyGospel Standards. Randomly place all thesmall ootsteps around the room.

Identify the doctrine: Write on the board Iwill ollow Jesus Christ by . . . Place the large

ootsteps on the board, one at a time, and readthem together. Explain that these are necessarysteps in Heavenly Fathers plan. I necessary,

help the children understand what a baptismalcovenant is.

Encourage understanding and applica-tion (playing a matching game): Ask a child to

nd one o the ootsteps o the rst color. Ask himor her to read the word or phrase on the ootstepand place it on the board under the matching large

ootstep. Ask the children what this has to do withbaptism and con rmation. Repeat with all the oot-steps o the rst color.

Ask a child to nd a ootstep o the second color. Ask him or her to read the word or phrase onthe ootstep and place it on the board under the

matching large ootstep. Discuss how living thegospel standard listed on the ootstep will help thechildren keep their baptismal covenants. Repeatwith the other ootsteps.

Week 2: If I live worthily, the Holy Ghost will help me choose the right.

Identify the doctrine (singing a song): Ask the

children what gi t we are given a ter we are bap-tized. Sing the second verse o The Holy Ghost(CS, 105). Be ore you sing, ask the children to lis-ten or the answer to the ollowing question: Whatdoes the Holy Ghost help us do? Help the childrenunderstand that the still, small voice is the HolyGhost and that He helps us choose the right.

Encourage understanding (seeing an objectlesson): Explain that we have to learn to listento the promptings o the Holy Ghost by payingattention to thoughts in our minds and eelingsin our hearts (see D&C 8:2). Have a child place

a coin in a glass jar and shake it. Let the children

observe how clearly they can hear the sound. Have

children add spoon uls o dirt, rice, sand, or cottonballs to the jar. A ter each spoon ul, have a childshake the jar again, and let the children commenton how this a ects the sound. Continue addingspoon uls until the children cannot hear the coin.Liken this to the di culty o listening to the HolyGhost when our lives are lled with distractions orsin. Empty the jar and demonstrate how clearly thecoin can be heard again. Testi y that keeping thecommandments and repenting o our sins help ushear the Holy Ghost.

Song: When I AmBaptized(CS, 103)

Show love: To show your love or those youteach, give sincere compli-ments to children who par-ticipate, even i an answer they give is not exactlywhat you were looking or.

June

Connecting a doctrineto a visual will help thechildren remember the

lesson being taught.

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Encourage application (sharing ideas): Dividethe children into groups and have each group passaround a small object while you sing or say thewords to The Holy Ghost. Stop randomly and

have each child who is holding an object tell onething they can do to hear the Holy Ghost moreclearly. Conclude by singing The Holy Ghosttogether.

Week 3: When I take the sacrament, I renew my baptismal covenants.

Identify the doctrine (looking at pictures): Show a picture o baptism and a picture o the sac-

rament and ask how the two pictures are related.Remind the childrenthat we make covenants

with Heavenly Fatherwhen we are baptized,and explain that when we take the sacrament werenew our baptismal covenants.

Encourage understanding (listening anddiscussing): Invite the children to point either tothemselves or to heaven to identi y who is makingthe promise as you read the ollowing statements

rom the sacrament prayer (see D&C 20:77): takeupon them the name o thy Son; always remem-ber him; keep his commandments; always havehis Spirit to be with them. Discuss the meaningo each phrase.

Encourage application (doing actions): Askthe children to think o an action to remind them

o each part o the covenant we hear in the sacra-ment prayer, such as placing their hand on theirheart (take upon them the name o thy Son);pointing to their orehead (always remember him);opening their hands like a book (keep his com-mandments); and wrapping their arms aroundthemselves (always have his Spirit). Repeat all ourpromises with the actions several times. Encouragethe children to review these actions in their mindswhen they hear the sacrament prayers.

Week 4: When I repent, I can be forgiven.

Identify the doctrine (unscrambling words): Ask the children to explain the meaning o thewords repent and orgive.Give each class an enve-lope with the ollowing words inside, each on aseparate piece o paper: When, I, repent, I, can, be, orgiven.Invite each class to put their words in thecorrect order. When they have nished, have all

the children repeat the sentence together.Encourage understanding (acting out a scrip-ture story): Tell the story o the prodigal son (seeLuke 15:1124) in your own words, using as manyactions as possible ( or example, hold up two n-gers to represent two sons, and rub your stomach

to represent hunger). Invite the children to listento the story and silently copy your actions. Show apicture representing the prodigal son and ask howthe ather in the story is like our Heavenly Father.Explain that just like the ather, our HeavenlyFather loves us and wants us to return to Him; Hewill orgive us o all we do wrong i we repent.

Encourage application (reading a scripture): Invite a child to read Mosiah 26:30. Ask the chil-dren to listen or how o ten someone can be or-given. Invite them to think silently about what theywill do the next time they do something wrong.

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Families Are Part o Heavenly Fathers PlanThe amily is ordained o God (The Family: A Proclamation to the World, paragrapSupplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: Heavenly Father planned for me to come to a family.

Identify the doctrine: Show the childrenThe Family: A Proclamation to the World, andexplain that it teaches that Heavenly Fathers planis or His children to come to earth in amilies.

Encourage understanding (looking at pic-tures): Divide the children into groups and giveeach group a picture o a amily ( or example,

Adam and Eve teaching their children [ GAB,no.5], Christ raising Jairuss daughter [ GAB,no. 41],Lehis amily arriving in the promised land [GAB, no. 71], and a amily praying [ GAB,no. 112]).

Invite each group to nd the amily members intheir picture. Have each group show their pictureto the rest o the children and point out the ather,mother, and children. Ask the children to showwith their ngers how many people are in theirown amilies. Tell them that their amilies are parto Heavenly Fathers plan.

Encourage application: Ask the boys to stand.Explain that they can each be the ather o a righ-teous amily someday. Invite a ew o the boys tosay something they might do to be a good ather.

Ask the girls to stand, and explain that they caneach be the mother o a righteous amily. Ask a ewo them to say something they might do to be a

good mother. Invite all the children to share some-thing they can do to bring happiness to the amiliesthey have now.

Week 2: Family prayer, family scripture study, and family home eveningcan strengthen my family.

Identify the doctrine and encourage under-standing (seeing an object lesson): Have a child

hold a bundle o sticks. Explain that the sticksrepresent members o a amily. Write amilyprayer, amily scripture study, and amilyhome evening on three strips o paper. Ask the

children how these activities strengthen or helphold amilies together. Invite children to wrapthe papers around the sticks. Explain that theseactivities invite the Spirit into our homes and livesand bring us closer to Heavenly Father and JesusChrist, which makes our amilies stronger.

Encourage application (drawing pictures): Give the children pieces o paper, and invite themto draw pictures o activities they have done withtheir amilies that have strengthened them. Invitethem to share what they drew with their amilies athome.

Song: Families CanBe Together Forever(CS, 188)

Object lessons can be used

to create interest, ocusthe childrens attention,and introduce a gospel

principle (see TNGC, 164).

Adapt activities: Thesecond activity in week 1will work well or younger children. For older chil-dren, plan ways to teachabout these amilies romthe scriptures.

Children will learn better and remember longer when you present ideas using pictures

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Week 3: The priesthood can bless and strengthen my family.

Identify the doctrine (playing a guessinggame): Tell the children that you are going to givethem some clues about something that blessesand strengthens amilies. Ask them to raise theirhands when they know theanswer. Give some clues aboutthe priesthood, such as Fatherswith this can bless their ami-lies and Boys who are 12 canreceive this. A ter the childrenhave guessed correctly, saytogether, The priesthood canbless and strengthen my amily.

Encourage understanding (discussing the priesthood): Ask the children to name some thingspriesthood holders can do ( or example, baptize,give the gi t o the Holy Ghost, bless the sick, andpass the sacrament). Show pictures o these ordi-

nances and blessings as you discussthem, and help the children under-stand how they bless and strengthen

amilies. Show a picture o a temple.Explain that one o the greatest bless-

ings o the priesthood is that itmakes it possible to go to thetemple and be sealed togetheras a amily orever.

Encourage application(sharing ideas): Invite severalchildren to stand and share oneor two ways the priesthood

has blessed and strengthened their amilies.Encourage them to share these ideas with their

amilies at home.

Week 4: Heavenly Father wants me to marry in the temple and have aneternal family.

Identify the doctrine (seeing a picture): Show apicture o a couple standing in ront o the templein their wedding clothes. Ask the children whyHeavenly Father wants us to be married in thetemple. Explain that when we are married in thetemple, our amilies can be eternal.

Encourage understanding (hearing testimo-nies): Invite a ew teachers, including couples, toshare blessings they have received because o thetemple and temple marriage. Ask the children tolisten or speci c blessings as the teachers sharetheir thoughts. Make a list o these blessings onthe board.

Encourage application: Ask a ew children tostand and share why they would like to be marriedin the temple and what they can do now to prepare

or that blessing.

Tip: As you teach abouteternal amilies, be sensi-tive to children who do nothave both a mother and a

ather in their home. Alsobe sensitive to childrenwho have parents or sib-lings who are less activeor not members o theChurch. Encourage all thechildren to live worthilyand prepare so they canhave eternal amilies o their own someday.


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August Heavenly Father Hears and Answers My Prayers

Be thou humble; and the Lord thy God shall lead thee by the hand, and give thee ansto thy prayers (D&C 112:10).Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: The scriptures teach me how to pray.

Identify the doctrine: Hold up the scripturesand ask the chi ldren to tell you some o the thingswe learn about in the scriptures. Tell the childrenthat one o the things we can learn about in thescriptures is how to pray.

Encourage understanding and application(hearing a scripture story): Tell the story o Almaand Amulek teaching the Zoramites (see Alma 31;3334). Invite the children to pantomime the cor-rect way to pray. Ask the children what the storyteaches about prayer. Make a list on the board o the childrens answers. Invite the children to dis-cuss how the story applies to them.

Week 2: Heavenly Father wants me to pray to Him oftenanytime, anywhere.Identify the doctrine and encourage under-standing (reading scriptures): Tell the childrenthat they can pray to Heavenly Father anytime,anywhere. Have them look up Alma 33:39. Readthe verses together and have the children raisetheir hands each time they hear a place whereZenos prayed. Write these places on the board.Help the children understand what these placeswould mean to them today by creating word-strips or the modern-day equivalents o them ( or

example, a place where you have elt lost or aloneorwilderness; yard, playground, or park or eld;and our classes and meetings at church or congrega-tions). Ask the children to match the wordstripsto the corresponding words on the board.

Encourage application (discussing prayer): Divide the children into groups and ask them toshare experiences when they have prayed in theplaces Zenos mentioned.

Weeks 3 and 4: Answers to prayers come from Heavenly Father in many ways.

Identify the doctrine (playing a game): Be orePrimary, write on the board, Answers to prayerscome rom Heavenly Father in many ways, andcover each word with a separate piece o paper.Have a child remove one piece o paper, and askthe children to guess what the sentence is. Repeatuntil the children discover the sentence, and askthem to read it together.

Encourage understanding (reading scrip-tures): Tell the children that Joseph Smith prayed

to know which church to join. Read together Joseph SmithHistory 1:17 to nd how his prayerwas answered (through a visit rom HeavenlyFather and Jesus Christ). Tell the children that

Alma prayed that his son, Alma the Younger, wouldlearn the truth. Read together Mosiah 27:11 to

nd how Almas prayer was answered (an angelappeared to Alma the Younger). Explain that mostanswers to prayers come in other ways. On sepa-rate pieces o paper write the ollowing scriptures

Song: A ChildsPrayer(CS, 1213)

Children themselves canbe e ective and engaging

visuals. In this activity,the children have the

opportunity to demonstratethe correct way to pray.

Reverence: Childrenlearn through movementand activity. Plan ways toreverently bring an activ-ity involving movement toa close to help the children

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Scriptures: It is impor-tant or the children tolearn gospel truths romthe scriptures. Hold thescriptures while you teach

rom them.

that describe ways prayers may be answered: D&C6:2223 (through peace ul eelings); D&C 8:2(through thoughts in our minds and eelings in ourhearts); Mosiah 27:36 (through the actions o otherpeople); and 2 Nephi 32:3 (through the scriptures).Place the pieces o paper in a container. Have achild draw one and read it. Look up the scripturere erence, read it together, and ask the childrenwhat each scripture teaches about how Heavenly

Father answers prayers.Encourage application (hearing stories): Invite

our guests to share a story illustrating one o theways that prayers are answered. The examplesmay come rom personal experiences, Churchmagazines, or the scriptures. Invite the children toask their amilies at home about times when theirprayers have been answered.


To help the children learn A Childs Prayer (CS, 1213), consider the ollowing:

Ask the children to imagine being away fromtheir amily or a long time and nally cominghome; they open the door and are surroundedwith com ort and love. Explain that prayingis like opening a door to Heavenly Father; Heis really there to com ort and love us, and Hewants to hear and answer every childs prayer.

Ask the children to listen for the words thereand prayer as you sing the rst two lines o

A Childs Prayer. Have the children touchtheir ears when they hear the words. Invitethem to sing those lines with you. Continuewith the rest o the song, having the childrenlisten or the rhyming words in each line.

Sing the second verse a phrase at a time, andask the children to repeat each phrase whenyou point to them. Then divide the childreninto two groups and ask one group to sing the

rst part o each phrase ( or example, Pray)and the other group to nish the phrase (heis there). Invite all o the children to stand tosing, O such is the kingdom, the kingdom o heaven.

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September I Will Serve God with All MyHeart, Might, Mind, and StrengthThou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy might, mind, andstrength; and in the name o Jesus Christ thou shalt serve him (D&C 59:5).Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: Jesus Christ taught us how to serve others.

Identify the doc-trine (looking at

pictures): Displaya ew pictures o

Jesus Christ ser v-ing others. For

example, use GAB pictures 41, 42, 46,47, and 55. Ask thechildren to describewhat is happeningin each picture.Point out that Jesusis serving others ineach picture. Writeon the board, JesusChrist taught ushow to serve others.

Encourage understanding (reading scripturesand role-playing): Ask the children to take turnsacting out one o the needs described in Matthew25:3536. For example, a child could pretendto be hungry, thirsty, a stranger, or sick. Ask theother children to guess the need and then act out

how they can serve someone with that need. ReadMatthew 25:3540 together, and ask the childrento look or who Jesus Christ says we are servingwhen we serve others.

Encourage application: Give the children apiece o paper and ask them to list names or drawpictures o people they can serve and acts o ser-vice they can per orm or those people. Ask themto share their papers with their amilies at home.

Week 2: Prophets and apostles show us how to serve.

Identify the doctrine: Display pictureso Moses, King Benjamin, Joseph Smith, andThomas S. Monson. Tell the children that theseprophets, just like all prophets and apostles, showus how to serve others.

Encourage understanding (playing a guess-ing game): Prepare clues about how Moses, KingBenjamin, Joseph Smith, and Thomas S. Monson

show us how toserve. For exam-ple, some cluesabout PresidentMonson could beI visited widows

rom my wardregularly, WhenI was a boy I gaveanother boy one o my avorite toys,

and I o ten visit people who are in hospitals. Youmay want to use the ollowing re erences to pre-pare the clues. Moses: Exodus 2:1617; 1 Nephi17:2429. King Benjamin: Mosiah 2:1219. JosephSmith: Joseph SmithHistory 1:62, 67; D&C135:3. Thomas S. Monson: Ensign,Sept. 1994,1217; Dec. 1995, 24; Nov. 2006, 5659.

Choose our children to represent these proph-ets, and invite one o them to read the clues youhave prepared. Invite the other children to raisetheir hands when they think they know who theprophet is. Then have them nd the picture o thatprophet. Repeat with the other prophets.

Encourage application (listening to con er-ence): Invite the children to watch or listen togeneral con erence next month. Encourage themto listen or stories about how to serve others. Givethem opportunities to share what they learn.

Role plays: Role-playingor acting out situationshelps children apply gospel

principles to real-li e situ-ations. It also provides op-

portunities or the childrento actively participate.

Simple costumes such asrobes and hats can makedramatizations more in-

teresting. Dramatizationshelp children gain a great-er understanding o gospel

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Keep the doctrine

pure by teaching thetruths o the gospel andnot other things. Always

use Church produced andapproved lesson materials(see TNGC, 52).

Weeks 3 and 4: When I serve others, I serve God.

Identify the doctrine (memorizing a scrip-ture): Help the children memorize the last part o Mosiah 2:17 by writing on the chalkboard, When

ye are in the service o your ellow beings ye areonly in the service o your God. Invite the chil-dren to repeat the phrase two or three times. Aska child to erase one or two words, and have thechildren repeat the phrase again. Repeat until nowords are le t on the chalkboard.

Encourage understanding (hearing case stud-ies): In preparation, prayer ully study PresidentDieter F. Uchtdor s April 2010 con erence talk,You Are My Hands (seeEnsignor Liahona,May

2010, 6870, 75). Ask the children how we serveGod when we serve those around us (we are doingwhat He would do i He were here). Share a storyor a personal experience o service, and explainhow it blessed both the giver and the receiver.(You can nd stories about service in the Friend orLiahona.) Prepare some case studies (see TNGC, 16162) that show how children can serve others.For example: Annie tripped and ell on the wayhome rom school, and her books and papers werescattered on the ground. David stopped to helpher up and picked up her books. Marys neighborwas struggling to carry groceries into her house

while her baby was crying. Mary helped her carryher groceries. Ask the children to act out the casestudies and tell who was served (both the recipiento the service and God).

Encourage understanding and application(playing a matching game): Find or draw pictures

o people children can serve, such as a parent, asibling, a grandparent, a riend, and a neighbor.Make a second copy o these pictures and play amatching game with them (see TNGC,169). Whena child makes a match, invite him or her to tell oneway to serve the person in the pictures. List thechildrens ideas on the chalkboard. For some ideasabout how to serve, see Primary 4, 166.

Games give variety to lessons, allow children to interact with each other, andrein orce the gospel principle being taught in a un way.


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Review: Remember togive the children opportu-nities to share what theylearned as they watched

or listened to generalcon erence (see September,week 2).

I Will Share the Gospel with All o Gods Children

Let your light so shine be ore men, that they may see your good works, and glori y Father which is in heaven (Matthew 5:16).Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: Living the gospel helps me to be a missionary now.

Identify the doctrine and encourage under-standing (hearing a story): Display a picture o missionaries. Ask the children what missionariesdo. Share the ollowing story or one rom theFriend or Liahona: One day two missionariesknocked on the door o a home. A woman named

Mrs. James opened the door. The missionaries toldher they were rom The Church o Jesus Christo Latter-day Saints. Mrs. James invited the mis-sionaries in and told them she would like to learnmore about the Church. . . . Mrs. James told themissionaries that she used to live next door to a

amily that belonged to the Church. She said thechildren in that amily were always very polite andkind. They played airly with everyone and treatedother peoples property with respect. Mrs. Jamessaid she would like to learn about a church thattaught those children to be such nice neighbors

(Primary 2, 52). Ask: How were the children wholived next to Mrs. James missionaries? Explainthat whenever we live the gospel we are beingmissionaries. Invite the children to say with youLiving the gospel helps me to be a missionarynow, emphasizing the word now.

Week 2: Living the gospel helps me to be a missionary now.

Encourage understanding (singing a song anddiscussing gospel standards): Make 13 cards, eachwith one o My Gospel Standards written on it

(see Sharing Time: Keep the Commandments,Friend, June 2006, 36). Hand out some o the

cards to the children, and have them pass thecards to one another while everyone sings I Wantto Be a Missionary Now (CS, 168). When the

song ends, have each child holding a card readthe standard aloud and then share how living thatstandard will help him or her be a missionarynow. Repeat, using di erent cards each time.

Encourage application (setting goals): Askeach child to choose one gospel standard they willtry to live better in the coming week. Have themwrite or draw a picture o the standard on a pieceo paper and look at it each day as a reminder.Invite them to report their experiences next weekin Primary.

Singing about a doctrine helps children learn and remember it. Children also learnbetter i they see a visual or per orm an activity in conjunction with the music.

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Invite responses: Whenchildren share how they

can apply a doctrine, itcon rms the message intheir hearts and invitesthe Spirit. A ter you havetaught a doctrine, give thechildren an opportunity toshare how they can applyit in their lives.

TESTIMONY

TRUECHURCH

Tip: Some weeks containmore ideas than you cancover in one sharing time.Prayer ully choose the ac-tivities that will work best

or the children in your Primary.

Week 3: I can share the gospel with my family and friends.

Identify the doctrine (hearing a story): Be orePrimary, read Elder Robert C. Oakss October2000 con erence talk, Sharing the Gospel (seeEnsign,Nov. 2000, 8182). Tell the children thestory o the orange juice. Explain that the gospel is

ar sweeter than orange juice and that we shouldshare it with others. Have the children say, I canshare the gospel with my amily and riends.

Encourage understanding (listening to aguest speaker): Invite a missionary or a returnedmissionary to speak about ways children can sharethe gospel with others (such as by being good

examples, inviting riends to Primary, and sharingtheir testimonies) and how their e orts to share thegospel help Heavenly Father and the missionaries.

Encourage application (hearing a story andsharing ideas): Remind the children they can bemissionaries now. Share a time when you or some-

one you know has shared the gospel. Have thechildren stand one at a time and each say one wordo the sentence I can share the gospel. Invite thechild who says gospel to think o a way he or shecan share the gospel with amily or riends. Repeatas time allows.

Week 4: My testimony is strengthened when I share the gospel.

Identify the doctrine (seeing an object lesson): Fill a clear container with water. Explain thateach time we share the gospel, our testimonygrows stronger. Put a drop o ood coloring in thecontainer. Give a ew examples o how we canshare the gospel, adding another drop o the samecolor o ood coloring or each example. Point outthat just as the color grows stronger with eachdrop o ood coloring, our testimony grows stron-ger each time we share the gospel.

Encourage understanding (discussing testimo-nies): Put the ollowing in a bag: a picture o JesusChrist, a picture o Joseph Smith, a picture o thecurrent prophet, a Book o Mormon, and the wordstrue Church. Write the word testimonyon the

board, and ask the children what a testimony is.Discuss their answers. Tell the ollowing story: Ayoung girl was a raid to bear her testimony because

she elt unsure o her eelings. But she knew it wasimportant, so one day she bravely stood and boreher testimony, listing ve things she believed in.

When she was through, she had a good eelingand knew that her testimony had grown stronger.Have the children discover the ve things she hada testimony o by pulling the items rom the bagyou have prepared. Discuss each item, and displaythem at the ront o the room.

Encourage application (sharing examples): Allow each child to share an example o how he orshe could share the gospel. Each time a child men-

tions something, add a drop o ood coloring to thecontainer o water to show that sharing the gospelcan strengthen testimonies. (I you have a largePrimary, you may want to do this in groups so eachchild has an opportunity to share ideas.)

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November We Are to Thank God in All ThingsHe commanded them that . . . every day they should give thanks to the Lord their Go(Mosiah 18:23).Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: I am thankful for my body, and I know that it is a temple.

Identify the doctrine (seeing pictures and read-ing a scripture): Display a picture o a child and apicture o a temple. Read 1 Corinthians 3:16 outloud together. Ask: What do we learn about ourbodies rom this scr ipture? Write My body is atemple on the board.

Encourage understanding (reading scrip-tures): Discuss ways that we show Heavenly

Father we are thank ul or our bodies; or exam-ple, we take care o them and we keep them clean.Explain that prophets have counseled us to take

care o our bodies by not smoking, using alcoholor illegal drugs, or getting tattoos. Divide the chil-dren into groups, and ask each group to read anddiscuss one or more o the ollowing scriptures:Doctrine and Covenants 88:124; 89:7, 8, 9, 1011,12, 1617. Invite each group to share what theylearned rom these scriptures about how they cancare or their bodies.

Encourage application (setting a goal): Havethe children write or draw something they will doduring the week to take care o their bodies.

Week 2: I am thankful for temporal blessings.

Identify the doctrine: Write on the board, Iam thank ul or temporal blessings. Ask the chi l-dren to repeat the sentence. Explain that temporalblessings are blessings that we can see, touch,hear, taste, or smell.

Encourage understanding (playing a guessinggame): Display objects or pictures that representsome o our temporal blessings ( or example,

bodies, homes, ood, water, clothing, health, thesun, the moon, stars, the earth, animals, plants,

amily, riends, toys, books, and school). Give cluesdescribing one o the blessings, and ask the chil-dren to guess which blessing you are describing.For older children, write each o the blessings ona separate piece o paper and put the papers in acontainer. Invite a child to choose one and giveclues about it to the other children. When the chil-dren guess a blessing, write it on the board, andask a child to share why he or she is grate ul or it.

Encourage application (sharing ideas): Askthe children to think about what they can do toshow gratitude or one o the blessings you dis-cussed. Ask a ew children to share their ideas.

Children will learn more e ectively whena variety o teaching methods are used.Choose activities and teaching methodsthat engage all o the children.

Primary songs helpchildren remember doc-trines. Consider singingsongs that rein orce what

you teach. This monthsome o those songs mightbe Children All Over theWorld ( CS, 1617), For Health and Strength ( CS,

21), I Think the World IsGlorious ( CS, 230), MyHeavenly Father LovesMe ( CS, 22829), andThanks to Our Father( CS, 20).


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Inviting the children toshare in small groupsgives more children theopportunity to participate.Teachers can help ensure

participation and maintainreverence.

Week 3: I am thankful for spiritual blessings.

Identify the doctrine and encourage under-standing (reading scriptures): Prepare a gi t witha picture o the Savior and the ollowing scripturere erence inside: Moroni 10:817. Write on theboard, I am thank ul or spiritual blessings.Explain that there are many spiritual blessings theLord may give us; He gives us these blessings bythe power o the Holy Ghost. Have a child openthe gi t and show its contents. Ask the childrento look up the scripture and nd the spir itualblessings the Lord can give us, and write them onthe board. Discuss some o these blessings, andexplain that we should use them to help others.

Week 4: We should thank Heavenly Father for all our blessings.

Identify the doctrine: Show the children oneor two items that someone has given you. Explainthat these gi ts are important to you and that youhave said Thank you or them. Ask the childrento share other ways we can show our gratitude

or gi ts we receive. Ask the chi ldren who weshould thank or all our blessings. Discuss rea-sons we should thank Heavenly Father or all ourblessings.

Encourage understanding (making lists):

In ve separate sacks, place a piece o paper, apen, and one o the ollowing items: a picture o a Church meetinghouse, an article o clothing,scriptures, a picture o a amily, and a picture o the

Savior. Divide the children into groups, and giveeach group one o the sacks. Have each group lookat the item in their sack and write on the paper oneway they can show gratitude or it. Then ask themto put the item, paper, and pen back in the sackand pass it to another group. Let each group have aturn with each sack, and then invite each group toshare what is written on the list in their sack.

Encourage application (sharing ideas): Ask aew children to share what they have learned rom

this activity and what they will do to apply it intheir lives.

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I Know That Jesus Christ Will Come Again

I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the eart( Job 19:25).Supplement the ideas provided here with some o your own. Each week, plan ways to (1) identi y the doctrine, (2) help the children understand it, and (3) help them apply it in their l ives. Ask yourself, What will the children do to learn, and how can I help them feel the Spirit?

Week 1: The prophets foretold that Jesus Christ would come to earth.

Encourage understanding (reading scrip-tures): Display pictures o Isaiah, Nephi, KingBenjamin, Abinadi, Alma, and Samuel the Lamanite

rom the Gospel Art Bookand the Primary 4 picturepacket. Divide the children into groups and giveeach group one o the ollowing scriptures to look

up: (1) Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; (2) 1 Nephi 11:1415,2021; (3) Mosiah 3:58; (4) Mosiah 15:1; (5) Alma 7:1012; and (6) Helaman 14:13. Ask thechildren to look or which prophet is speaking andwhom he is prophesying about. Ask each group to

show the picture o the prophet and tell the otherchildren who he is and what he said. (For youngerchildren, help six children dress in simple cos-tumes to depict the six prophets. Briefy tell abouteach prophet and what each said concerning thebirth and mission o Jesus Christ.) Explain that

each o these prophets oretold that Jesus Christwould come to earth. Sing Samuel Tells o theBaby Jesus (CS,36). Testi y that Jesus Christ cameto earth as the prophets oretold.

Week 2: Jesus Christ will come to the earth again.

Identify the doctrine: Display a picture o theSecond Coming (GAB,no. 66). Remind the chil-dren that Jesus Christ rst came to earth as a babyin Bethlehem. Explain that we learn in the scr ip-

tures that He will come to earth again.Encourage understanding (playing a match-ing game): Make two matching sets o the ollow-ing scripture re erences, with each re erence on aseparate piece o paper: Matthew 16:27; Matthew24:30, 36, 42; Acts 1:911; D&C 36:8; D&C

45:5759; D&C 88:9598. Put the papers ace-down on the board. Have the children take turnschoosing two pieces o paper. Turn the papers overto see i they match. I they do not match, turn

them back over. I they match, leave the scriptureshowing and ask the children to look up the re -erence to discover what it teaches about Christcoming again. Repeat until all the matches havebeen made.

Week 3: I will prepare to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ again.

Identify the doctrine (playing a guessinggame): Invite two or three children to pantomimepreparing to go to bed, to church, or on a long

trip. Ask the other children to guess what theyare doing. Discuss with the children what wouldhappen i we did not prepare to do these things.Explain that one important thing we should pre-pare or is living with Heavenly Father and JesusChrist again.

Attention activities, such as pantomime,can be used to create interest and to help thechildren ocus their attention on the subject

o the lesson. Those not participating will beengaged as they watch the other children.

December

Adapt activities: Adaptactivities or the resources

you have available and or the children in your

Primary. For example, or the application activity inweek 3, you could invitethe children to hold up one

nger or each thing theycan do to prepare insteado writing their ideas on a

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Encourage understanding (singing songs): Sing the third verse o I Am a Child o God (CS, 2), and invite the children to listen or how wecan prepare to live with Heavenly Father again.Invite the children to stand and sing the phraseI I but learn to do his will again. Explain thatsome Primary songs remind us o things we can doto prepare to live with Heavenly Father and JesusChrist again ( or example, I Will Follow Gods

Plan [CS,16465], Keep the Commandments[CS, 14647], Kindness Begins with Me [CS, 145], and When I Am Baptized [ CS, 103]). Havethe pianist play a ew notes rom one o thesesongs, and ask the children to guess which song it

is. Invite the children to sing the song and to standup when they sing about a way they can prepareto live with Heavenly Father. Repeat with the othersongs.

Encourage application (drawing): Have thechildren think o ways they can prepare to live withHeavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Give each childa piece o paper, and invite them to draw an out-line o their hand. Then ask them to write or drawon each nger o the outline one thing they can doto prepare. Ask the children to choose one o thosethings to work on during the week. Tell them youwill ask them to share what they did next Sunday.

Week 4: I have a testimony that I am a child of God.

Identify the doctrine (playing a guessinggame): On the board write, I have a _________.Tell the chi ldren to listen to the ollowing cluesand to old their arms and stand up when theythink they can ll in the blank:

This makes us feel good, happy, or warm

inside. The Holy Ghost gives this to us.

This helps us want to make right choices.

We can share this with others when we givetalks in Primary, in amily home evening, andin ast and testimony meeting.

Ask, What is this wonder ul thing? Fi ll in theblank with the word testimony,and tell the chil-dren that they can have a test imony that they arechildren o God.

Encourage understanding (singing a song): Invite the children to sing I Am a Chi ld o God(CS, 23), and ask them to think about how they

eel inside as they sing. Ask a ew children to sharehow they elt. Explain that good eelings theymay have elt were rom the Holy Ghost, tellingthem they really are children o God. Explain thatknowing this is true is what it means to have atestimony. Explain that there are many ways toknow we are children o God. Ask: How do youknow you are a child o God?

Encourage application (hearing testimonies): Ask the children, Why is it important to have atestimony that we are children o God? How doeshaving a testimony help us make right choices?Share your testimony and invite a ew childrenand adults to share their testimonies that we are allchildren o God.

Testify: As you are prompted, bear your testi-mony o the doctrine youteach. The Holy Ghostcan witness to each childthe truth o what you say.Bearing your testimony

helps the children eelthe Spirit and motivatesthem to strengthen their testimonies.

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If the Saviorstood beside

me,

if I could seethe Savior

standing nigh,watchingover me??would I dothe things I do? ?Would I thinkof Hiscommandments ?and try harderto be true? ?Would I followHis example? ?Would Ilive morerighteously

How to Use Music in PrimaryThe purpose o music in Primary i s to teach children the gospel o Jesus Christ. Primary songs

make learning the gospel more enjoyable, invite the Spirit , and create a reverent atmospherethat is ideal or learning (see Handbook 2: Administering the Church [2010], 11.2.4).

When preparing to teach a song, ask yoursel : How can I at tract and keep the childrens atten-tion? What questions can I ask to help the children understand the gospel message o the song?

What methods might I use to teach this song? The ollowing are some methods you might try.The examples will help you teach songs suggested in this outline. For additional ideas, see thePrimary section o Serving in the Church on LDS.org and the How to Use Music in Primarysections in the 2010, 2011, and 2012 outlines.

Emphasize the gospel principles in the song.

Consider the ollowing ideas as you teachFamilies Can Be Together Forever (CS, 188).

Ask the children to listen or a part o HeavenlyFathers plan as you sing the rst line o the songand to stand when they know what it is ( amily).Invite the children to sing that line with you.Point out that the melodies or here on earth andgood to me ollow the same pattern, and ask thechildren to sing those words. Ask them to listen tothe next part o the song to nd out how long theycan share their li e with their amily. Sing the sec-ond line, emphasizing the words through all eter-nity. Invite the children to sing that l ine with you,and then sing both lines together.

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