Items needed small bowl for each member of the class popped popcorn Have children sit on the floor with the small bowls in front of them. Parcel out 10 kernels to each, pretty much using up one bowl. Then ask each child if you can have one kernel, thanking each one who is willing to […]
When teaching primary teachers the importance of being prepared and knowing their lesson material relate it to the cake, which is on display. Talk about how desirable it is, how it took time to prepare it and make it. Compare this to the lesson manuals and helps put out by the church for teaching. They […]
Items needed about a dozen pencils I used this to teach how unity strengthens us and dis-unity weakens us. Have a YW take a pencil and break it. Talk about how it was easy to break because it was only one pencil. Then get several pencils (10 or so) and have a YW try to […]
Items needed two candybars Place a candy at each side of the room. Have two people come up and link arms, back to back. Tell them they have 10 seconds to get their respective candy bar. When you say go they will each begin pulling the other one in the opposite direction, one will either […]
Items needed 3 bags of M&Ms Have 3 young ladies come to the front of the class. Give the first girl an unopened bag of M&M's. Give the 2nd girl a bag of M&M's that have already been opened. Give the 3rd girl a bag of M&M's poured directly into her hand. Ask the girls […]
Items needed a cell phone I brought my cell phone and would play the different tones and asked them to listen to them and think what kind of promptings they would represent. The happy tones represented the Holy Ghost letting you know that something was good. The tones that sounded scary were warnings. The tones […]
Items needed dark-colored crayons picture of the Savior in a glass covered frame cleaner (Goo Gone or WD-40 will work fast, or you can use regular soap and elbow grease if you'd like it to take longer to clean) I used a picture of the Savior and took the crayons, mostly darker colors, and colored […]
Items needed heavy rocks or other items (like books) backpack Explain that sin burdens our souls. Then have someone put on the backpack. Place several large rocks in the backpack, talking about the burden of sin, or small sins that one might commit. Have the person in the backpack describe the weight of the backpack. […]
Items needed two mason jars water food coloring bleach Fill a small jar 1/2 full of water and another 12 full of Clorox bleach. Our attitudes and actions do affect the atmosphere of our homes. Relate the following story while squeezing small drops of food color into the water: Mother didn't have her normal sunny […]
Items needed one empty bucket one bucket filled with water a cup or ladle One daughter recalls that her father demonstrated how children can fill each other's needs within the family. "One time [dad] brought two buckets into the family room--one filled with water, one empty. Then he had each of us think of something […]
