Many years ago, I did this object lesson for our YW. I put a purse in the room that the girls knew belonged to one of the YW. This "designated" YW left the room. After she left, I opened it up and asked them who wanted what. If the girls didn't speak up for it, […]

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. […]

Before starting class I just asked if anyone needed lotion as I stood with the bottle at the front of the class. As they said I do I walked around and gave all who needed a squirt. Then as I put the lotion away I asked who could tell me as we find principles in […]

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 […]

After starting the lesson, I asked for a volunteer to read a passage from the lesson. I continued with the lesson. About half way through the lesson I told the same volunteer that I need her to separate and put a copy of the lesson handout in a sheet protector. I told her that I […]

Items needed: rocks feather labels Lesson Explain that the feather represents ourselves and place it on the kitchen scale. Add a pile of rocks on top of the feather. As you discuss each step towards repentance, take off a rock and label it as that step. When you have gone through all the steps, the […]

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 […]

Items needed several items from the garden a very dirty piece of candy or a dirty boiled treat Lesson Earlier today I went into the garden to see what I could find. I collected a few things here in this margarine tub. Show the tub without revealing the contents. Pull out the items from the […]