These ideas will be useful for engaging Children.
Have a youth stand on a stool and proceed to push them off without them expecting it! They were not prepared, so they fell right off. Ask them to get back on and then try to push them off again. This time (usually) they don't fall off but they are still quite "moveable" now give […]
This is a great object lesson for older kids that won't be hurt by the reminder of what happens to Bambi's mother. Cue up the video to the part before Bambi and his Mother go into the meadow. Show the video but stop it before the hunter comes. When you stop the video, ask the […]
-Hide items under seperate boxes or behind different doors (if you have that many in your classroom). -Label each box #1, #2, #3 -Ask for volunteers & let them know if they do this, they will have agency to choose which box they want, but once they open it they must accept the responsibility that […]
Items needed a balloon filled with helium rocks or heavy items labeled with the steps of repentance you will cover during class (like confession to God, ask for forgiveness of anyone you hurt, make restitution, forsake the sin, accept forgiveness) Lesson Explain that when we are free from sin we feel good, uplifted, free...like this […]
Experiment on the word, or feast upon the word. Challenging you to open your scriptures! Start by asking who likes chocolate? Who loves chocolate? Who is an absolute expert and knows everything there is to know about chocolate? Then pull out your bag of M&M's... Start asking...(can list on board) How many colors of M&Ms […]
Items needed ping pong ball funnel Lesson Take a ping Pong ball and place it in the funnel. Have a student hold the funnel in their mouth with their head tilted back, and blow hard. (This is an experiment about Bernouli's principle) The ball will spin, but not be blown out of the funnel. When […]
Start by holding up a relatively crisp bill (real, paper money). Ask how much this bill is worth. Then crumble it up into a ball, stomp on it, punch it down, do whatever you want to make it yucky. Finally, unfold the bill and hold it up again. Ask how much it is worth now. […]
Items needed picture of a relative picture of a stranger Lesson This is a different version of another suggestion in this category. The original suggested having 2 people come into the classroom while a class member is blind folded, one known to the person the other a stranger. This suggestion might work better for time […]
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 […]
