Tell the story of "The March of the Penguins". Talk about how the penguins had to endure together through the worst conditions in order to live. We as ward members will all go though hard times in our lives but if we can endure together our reward will be great. Like the penguins who's reward […]

You can either read the following quote in class and/or tie it to each pretzel as a hand out: In about 610 A.D. a very creative Alpine Monk decided to make use of the pieces of dough left over from baking bread. The Monk formed them into thin strips folded into a looped twist to […]

To begin the lesson, pass around the muffin box with a mix inside. Have students look at the box. Smell the box. Ask them what their opinions are. "It's just a box." Next pass around the freshly made muffins in the basket. Ask the students to look at the muffins and smell them. What is […]

Have each student put a rubber band around his/her wrist and through out the week when they use inappropriate language, pop the rubber band. the pop will sting their wrist. This will be the consequence of using bad language.

Prepare a memory game by filling a box with 20 small objects. Include one very memorable object such as a $10 bill. Tell the class you are going to play a memory game. Take the lid off of the box and use the timer to give the class members about one minute to observe and […]

Items needed clear glass of water pepper sandwich bag of dish soap paper towel or dishrag Lesson Pretend like the glass of water is the world. Have the class give examples of sin in the world (smoking, swearing, not telling the truth, etc.) As they are giving examples, shake pepper into the glass of water. […]

Items needed Legos wooden blocks ball Lesson Before class starts build a fortress out of Legos and one out of wooden blocks. While talking about making choices now about what you will do when you're tempted you can use the fortress of wood blocks as someone who didn't decide before hand what to do when […]

Items needed a tarnished item silver cleaner a bowl of water Lesson I used this by showing the class how the silver looked when it was tarnished. Then as I was talking about how the church was restored, I was also cleaning the spoon with the silver cleaner. It probably took about 3 minutes. Then […]

Items needed something that your class will need during the lesson (pens, paper, a handout, etc) Lesson Tell a child right before going into class to stand up after the prayer and hand them out to each person without being prompted to. Then, ask the students why this person stood up and performed the action […]

Items needed pen with no ink clock with no hands glue hymn book small slip of paper pad of post it notes Lesson Keep items hidden until required. The say: I've got some amazing inventions to show you. Look at this pen - can you see what's special about it? It never runs out, because […]