Items needed a plate of cookies Have someone walk around the room holding a plate of cookies -- but do not offer one to anyone. If someone asks for a cookie they give them just a piece. Liken this to missionary work or our missionary efforts. We have something wonderful in the Church why don't […]

Items needed a bag of popcorn Ask the class if the would like some popcorn. After someone volunteers take out a piece of popcorn chew it up and spit it back into the bag. Shake it up then offer it to the person who wanted it. (they should no longer want it.) Then simply say, […]

Items needed a drawing of an umbrella surrounded by large raindrops OR a real umbrella, with paper raindrops hanging off of it, attached by different lengths of string. Have the class write or tell different temptations that occur in their lives. Write them on the raindrops and explain that just like in a rainstorm, Satan […]

Items needed a dirty glass a glass cleaner wipe I dirtied the glass by misting it with water and sprinkling it with dust. I placed the glass on an easel on the table. At the appropriate time in the lesson, I used a glass cleaner wipe to clear away a swath on the glass. The […]

Items needed a yardstick The following is from Teaching, No Greater Call, B: Basic Principles of Gospel Teaching--Use Effective Methods, 27: Choosing Effective Methods, page 92: For example, a young missionary was teaching an investigator about the need for the gospel to be restored to the earth. The investigator responded that his church had taught […]

Items needed a small refrigerator, plugged in OR a picture of a refrigerator.  You could even make a little display fridge that opens and closes. Set Up Display your refrigerator with the door closed. What you could say: Please listen with your spiritual ears as I describe some of the characteristics of my refrigerator. Inside […]

Items needed a map To illustrate the importance of the gospel, display a map. Ask why we use maps. Then compare the map to the gospel. Explain that like a map, the gospel of Jesus Christ guides us. It helps us stay on the path that leads to eternal life with our Heavenly Father. (Source: […]

To teach about nourishing the word of God after it has been planted in our hearts (see Alma 32:28–43), draw pictures of two plants—one that is healthy and has moist, rich soil and one that is unhealthy and has dry, poor soil. (Source: Teaching, No Greater Call, F: Methods of Teaching, Comparisons and Object Lessons) […]

Items needed: a coin To show that ordinances and covenants are inseparable, display a coin. Then ask which side of the coin is more important. (Neither side is more important.) Ask learners if they can separate the sides of the coin. Then explain that ordinances and covenants are inseparable, just as the two sides of […]

Items needed Several dozen paper cups a board The best way to describe is just to describe how I used it in Relief Society. I put a cup to represent the RS president under the board and then stood on it (I represented the demands of serving in Relief Society). Of course I crushed it! […]