Gather children in the doorway of a room leading out into a long hallway, have the light on in the room (or ask them to imagine such a hallway). Point out to the kids that you can't tell exactly where it becomes totally black in the hallway, it gradually darkens. Just as some activities we […]
Item needed pen Lesson Ask the student to hold out his fist (representing either himself or the world). The teacher then holds his fist above the student's fist (representing Heavenly Father). Ask the student to follow the movements of your fist as you move it around and about. Pretty easy. Then instruct the student that […]
Items needed crushed Oreo cookies seeds or a plant tools to plant a seed Lesson I set my objects on a table and tell the youth that I need a volunteer, one that will have faith in my instructions. I ask that the volunteer must be sure to follow my instructions explicitly and is not […]
Show the class the caramel covered onion. Really talk up the "apple". Tell them how delicious it is (they probably won't need much convincing.) Invite a volunteer to eat it and describe to the others in the class how good it is. At this point, depending on the volunteer's nature and how far you want […]
Items needed a pack of gum or small bag of candy Lesson Ask for a volunteer. Tell them that if they do 10 jumping jacks (or something quick) that you PROMISE (use the word "promise" over and over) that you will give them a pack of gum. After they have finished, tell them they did […]
Begin by singing Scripture Power. Say, “We are going to go on a treasure hunt and look for treasure”. Read 1st clue (below). During the treasure hunt try and get the children to do something else (say, “instead of going to the library how about if we go to the cultural hall and see if […]
Items needed a batch of cookies made with correct ingredients but wrong measurements a batch of cookies made correctly As you start out the lesson let the girls know that you prepared cookies for them and pass them out. Pass out the batch of cookies in which you did not measure the ingredients. See if […]
Items needed an hourglass or game timer Show the hourglass or timer and discuss how we are all like the individual pieces of sand. We are all together in the top of the hourglass, and we go down the hourglass we may feel like we are being restricted and squeezed. People are telling us what […]
Items needed two oranges an orange peeler (or long fingernails) two containers of water Start out with both containers about 3/4 full of water. Show the group the orange and explain to them that this represents a youth like them and you can name it "Joe" or "Susie" etc. - - tell them that it […]
Items needed a casserole dish a bowl of sand a rock two small houses, maybe made of paper or represented by lego blocks Put the empty casserole dish on the table so that all the children can see it. Then tip the small bowl with sand in it upside down inside the casserole dish to […]
