The Prophets Foretold Jesus Would Come to Earth

There are 2 lessons you can give this week to choose from! TWO is like we always do, and reiterate what was taught in Sharing Time. ONE is a short yet powerful video about the true meaning of Christmas!

LESSON ONE:
Watch this video with your family. Then ask each person 1 or 2 things they will give for Christmas. Personally, I'd like to see a little more sharing and obedience! http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages?v=2874125972001&cid=HPWE120413186

LESSON TWO:
SONG: http://www.lds.org/music/library/childrens-songbook/samuel-tells-of-the-baby-jesus?lang=eng

Have these pictures ready and set up in different places of the house:

Isaiah



Nephi


King Benjamin


Abinadi


Alma


Samuel the Lamanite


Have the kids get in a "car" and drive around to each of the places. Each place has a picture of a prophet who testified of the coming of Jesus to the Earth. Have your scriptures ready. Once the scripture is read for the prophet's picture, go over what it talked about and match the pictures below to each prophet so your child can visually see what was the prophecy.

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a ^asign; ^bBehold, a^cvirgin shall conceive, and bear a ^dson, and shall call his name^eImmanuel.


1 Nephi 11:14 And it came to pass that I saw the ^aheavens open; and an angel came down and stood before me; and he said unto me: Nephi, what beholdest thou?

 15 And I said unto him: A virgin, most beautiful and fair above all other virgins.

Mosiah 3:5-8 (King Benjamin) 5 For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the ^aLord ^bOmnipotent who ^creigneth, who was, and is from all ^deternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a ^etabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty ^fmiracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the^gblind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases.

 6 And he shall cast out ^adevils, or the ^bevil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men.

 7 And lo, he shall ^asuffer ^btemptations, and pain of body, ^chunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can ^dsuffer, except it be unto death; for behold, ^eblood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his ^fanguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.

 8 And he shall be called ^aJesus ^bChrist, the ^cSon of God, the^dFather of heaven and earth, the ^eCreator of all things from the beginning; and his ^fmother shall be called Mary.
 

Mosiah 15:1 (Abinadi) And now Abinadi said unto them: I would that ye should understand that ^aGod himself shall ^bcome down among the children of men, and shall ^credeem his people.


Alma 7:10-12 (Alma) 10 And behold, he shall be ^aborn of Mary, at ^bJerusalem which is the ^cland of our forefathers, she being a ^dvirgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and ^econceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.

 11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and ^aafflictions and^btemptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will ^ctake upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.

 12 And he will take upon him ^adeath, that he may ^bloose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to ^csuccor his people according to their infirmities.

 

Helaman 14:1-5 (Samuel the Lamanite) 1 And now it came to pass that ^aSamuel, the Lamanite, did prophesy a great many more things which cannot be written.

 2 And behold, he said unto them: Behold, I give unto you a sign; for ^afive years more cometh, and behold, then cometh the Son of God to redeem all those who shall believe on his name.

 3 And behold, this will I give unto you for a ^asign at the time of his coming; for behold, there shall be great lights in heaven, insomuch that in the night before he cometh there shall be no darkness, insomuch that it shall appear unto man as if it was day.

 4 Therefore, there shall be one ^aday and a night and a day, as if it were one day and there were no night; and this shall be unto you for a sign; for ye shall know of the rising of the sun and also of its setting; therefore they shall know of a surety that there shall be two days and a night; nevertheless the night shall not be darkened; and it shall be the night before he is ^bborn.

 5 And behold, there shall a new ^astar arise, such an one as ye never have beheld; and this also shall be a sign unto you.

Jesus Christ is My Savior

This Sunday, they actually made the Resurrection Rolls I mentioned last post! The kids had a lot of fun. So for today's FHE, I found a great idea taken from the Primary Manuel. But this lady has developed it into a matching game and later a ring toss.

Song: I Feel My Savior's Love

So the matching game has people who SAVE us everyday, like policemen, firemen, doctors, lifeguards, etc. and you match them to each situation. Two cards don't match. You ask who saves us from Death or Sin: Christ. Then there are some examples from the scriptures for your ring toss. Don't think I'll do the ring toss though. I can just tell the stories since my son is so small. :)

Find the entire lesson plan and printables at http://0e2adbce82be14fd6bcb-5584cc5742c63ca82c29a0709ec0b026.r46.cf2.rackcdn.com/March_week4_savior.pdf

Because Jesus Christ was resurrected, I will be too

Sorry this post is late. We are moving soon so it's getting hectic around here! But I will try my best to keep up with FHE lessons for toddlers!

The Resurrection is a hard topic for toddlers to understand, and even with some great ideas I found online, I am still wondering if mine will understand much of the abstract concept...

The teacher was great this Sunday! She had little tombs and Jesus figures cut out of paper all ready for the kids to color. She told the story and they were able to match it with an interactive picture! She talked about how a beloved, fellow church member had passed away and asked how the children felt about it. Then she taught how the Sister who died would once again live because Christ rose from the dead so we all can too, when we die!

Here's the actual picture if you want to do it again with your child or if your child didn't get to do it, or like mine, who lost the Jesus figure!

SONG: Did Jesus Really Live Again?

So for tonight, I am going to tell the story again with the Gospel Art Book but if you don't have one, I'm sure you can find pictures online or maybe you have a Baby Bible book. Then I'm going to attempt the "glove lesson." For those of you who don't know what that is, go to http://www.littlefamilyfun.com/2012/04/teaching-children-about-resurrection.html

If it's too much, even just explaining how the bad men who didn't understand that Jesus was the Son of God killed Him but Jesus opened heaven for all of us when he rose from the dead and that He lives forever and so will we after we die...

I know a family who gets out their Resurrection Eggs during Easter and I think it's a neat idea. 

You can make your own Resurrection eggs by going to http://wantingwhatyouhave.com/2009/03/make-your-own-resurrection-eggs.html

or here: http://voices.yahoo.com/make-resurrection-eggs-tell-real-easter-story-1051601.html?cat=34

Then for older children, or if you just want some fun in the kitchen, you can make Resurrection Cookies! 

Here is the recipe: http://www.beyondbathtime.com/a-recipe-to-teach-the-resurrection/

On a somber note, the same dear Sister in our ward who passed away did this amazing thing for the children last year. She made Resurrection Rolls. 

The marshmallow represents Jesus' body, the cinnamon represents the spices they put on His body, the dough represents the linens they wrapped His body in, and the tomb is the oven. You can even put them in the oven the night before and right before the kids wake up, put them back in again so when you open the oven, they are there. When they open the roll, the marshmallow is gone! And that symbolizes that Christ rose from the dead! I like this post from someone else because it has pictures for you to follow in making the recipe: http://catholicicing.com/how-to-make-resurrection-rolls-aka/

I Can Be Clean Through Christ's Atonement

As I am learning to do this, and researching sources, I came across a great PDF file that you may choose to use for 2013 instead of coming to my blog every week! Though, and again, some of the lessons are for children that are older than 3 years. I just don't think my little son is going to get everything. We have to build up by starting with very basic stuff. So if you want to check it out, it is http://0e2adbce82be14fd6bcb-5584cc5742c63ca82c29a0709ec0b026.r46.cf2.rackcdn.com/2013%20Primary%20Themed%20FHE%20Lessons.pdf

Tomorrow's FHE lesson is going to come STRAIGHT from a blog called "Little LDS Ideas" and I just love this lesson because I think it is something my 3 year old can understand. He did REALLY well with last week's lesson, so we will build upon it by applying the atonement when we do things we shouldn't do.

She uses this idea for sharing time, but you can easily adapt it to your home setting with your family.

SONG: I Know When I am Baptized

'Clean Again' Object Lesson

This idea that you can use to begin your Sharing Time actually came from the 2011 Sharing Time Outline.

You will need something to use to get a child’s hands dirty {I used chocolate syrup when I did this}. You will also need a large bowl and towel to help with the mess.

Invite a child to come to the front of the room

Ask your helper to show all the children their clean hands. Then show the children the chocolate syrup, tell them that this represents sin. You could even make a cute label to put onto your chocolate syrup.

 Have your helper hold out their hands and squirt a little syrup onto their hands. Tell the children that the other day (child's name) lied to his/her parent's. Then a few days after that (child's name) cheated at school {add another glob of syrup}. 

Then ask the children if your helper's hands are clean anymore.

They should all say, NO.

Show the children the sentence with the missing words {from the outline}. Tell them that we need to figure out what this says so that (child’s name) can be clean again.

Have the children look under their chairs for the missing words and invite the 3 children up to the front once they have found the words.

Have them show the words to the rest of the Primary and read the words aloud. Then have everyone read the sentence aloud.

Have the children try to place the words in the correct spot.

Once the sentence is correct read it aloud to all the children.

‘Oh, so because of Christ’s atonement (child’s name) can repent and be made clean again, right?’

‘So, how does he repent?’

Have the children share their knowledge of repentance. Have a bottle of soap and some water and label it ‘Repentance’ and have the child wash his/her hands.