Free Come Follow Me ideas for Alma 5-7 for primary and families
Happy Sunday! I am excited to share these fun and free Come Follow Me lesson helps today. This week we are covering Helaman 7-12. These activities are perfect for families and primary classes. We will be talking about remembering the Savior, following the prophet, and what it means to ponder the scriptures. I am excited we are also going to review the talk President Nelson gave during the April 2020 General Conference and discuss what it mean to "Hear Him." I love this talk and I can't wait to focus on it this week. I hope you find something that works well for you. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. I hope you and your family enjoy these activities as you study Helaman 7-12. Download FREE Come Follow Me Lesson Helps Here Material hier herunterladen
This week we are covering D&C 41-44. We will be learning about serving others, following the prophet, and obeying God's law. Your family or primary class will love these fun, free activities. You can find them in the free download below. Download Here Material hier herunterladen
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week. I have some fun Lesson Helps for you this week. They go right along with lesson 36, I am wise when I choose the right. You can find the lesson here. You can find all these printables in one download free at the end of this post. Just a heads up I included a black and white option for 2 of the activities...sometimes you just need to save on ink. So when you download and print make sure you are only selecting the pages you need and don't end up with two copies of those activities. Also if you have any questions about an activity (I'm not sure if I explained one very well this week), ever have trouble downloading any of my documents, or have some lesson help requests please let me know :) I hope you find something that is helpful for your class this week. 2 Signs. Print and attach to a Popsicle stick (optional) You can use these through out the lesson. Introduce at the end of the attention activity. Hold up the correct sign as you share the story about Harry. You can also use them during the game below or if you choose to do the game described in the lesson these work for that as well. Interactive Scripture Story Cards. Print the 2 page that say wise man and foolish man. Also print the pages with the 2 houses and the rain. Cut the houses and rain out. (Available in color and black and white in case you want to save some ink! Print what you need :) You can use these a couple of different ways. Easiest put the two Wise/foolish pages on the board and add the pieces of the story with magnets or tape. Another fun idea would be to add popcicle sticks to the houses and the rain. Cut a small slit under the wise man to slide his house in place-you want it kind of snug. Cut a larger hole under the foolish man to slide his house in place. You can either tip his house over or make the hole big enough that it will slide right through. I haven't printed mine yet but let me give you a quick visual so you know what I'm talking about :) You'll have 2 pages that look like this (the other says foolish man). Leave these as they are except the for the hole you cut below each person (optional!) As you tell the story place the house directly over each person. Again this can either be taped directly on or use the Popsicle stick method. Then the rain comes. Hold above or tape to your board. This house stays still The foolish man's house will either tip over and look like this when you are done or if you decide to make the hole big enough for it to slide though it will completely disappear. Hope that helps but use however you want! For the Activity section I decided to make a board game instead of drawing cards this week. Print the board game, print and assemble the dice (or bring your own), bring playing pieces for each team. Divide into teams and take turns rolling the dice. The first team to make it through wins. (These are the same scenarios suggested in the lesson.) You can decide if you want to just play through of if there will be a reward or consequence for different choices. For example on a foolish choice you must go back one space. You can also have the team hold up the signs from above to let you know if they think its a wise of foolish choice. Wise Man Review Game: Goes with Enrichment activity #1 and review discussion in the lesson. Print the Wise Men, Camels, and review questions. Cut all of them out. Glue the review questions to the back of the wise men and camels. Before class hide these around the room. Follow enrichment suggestion and talk about the 3 wise men. Then have your class hunt for the wise men and their camels. As each one is found read and answer the question on the back. (These are available in color and black and white! Just print what you need) Coloring page: Goes with Enrichment activity #2 For the 3rd Enrichment activity you can use the houses above instead of building blocks. If using water you might want to laminate them if you want to reuse them later. Download the Free Lesson Helps Here
Free Come Follow Me Lesson Helps for Alma 53-63. Free Printable perfect for families and primary.
Free Come Follow Me ideas for Alma 5-7 for primary and families
I have a fun match game that would be perfect to play during General Conference. You can find the FREE download below. Print on cardstock and cut the cards apart. Take turns finding the match to your favorite Book of Mormon heroes. I created this set originally for Activity Days and will be sharing all the details soon! Download the Free Printable Here Graphics are from the amazing Melonheadz's Graphics and Fonts are from Kimberly Geswein Fonts.
This was such a fun project from beginning to end. The end result turned out really pretty as well. My 3 year old thought the extra flowers needed to stay on her picture. Start by picking some flowers. Around here there are not a lot of flowers yet but lucky for us (and unfortunate for my husband) the orchard behind us provides our yard with a lot of dandelions early spring. We ran out and picked a few before they were all sprayed. We even found some little purple ones. I'm sure this would work with any type of flower you can find. I loved watching her run through the yard picking as many as her little hands would allow. She doesn't realize these are weeds to her they are as pretty as any flower. She melts my heart. Next squeeze a little paint on a plate. Dip your flower in and start stamping away. Stamp gently. The different flowers made some pretty fun designs.
*Originally posted in 2020 Hello! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Here are the Come Follow Me lesson helps for Alma 22-29. We are going to learn about the Anti-Nephi-Lehies and feeling joy through service. Here's a look at the activities included in the free download. (also comes in black and white) This goes along with my idea in the Ensign If you have any questions or trouble with the download please don't hesitate to ask. I am now using adobe to create these lesson helps. If you are getting black boxes around the images I am so sorry-I have read that you need to make sure you are printing from Adobe to get rid of this problem. If you have any questions I can try and help :) Download Free Printables Here Material hier herunterladen
*Originally posted in 2020 Hello, I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. We are in the middle of tax season (meaning my husband works all the time) and my 2 year has a stomach bug. So life is a little crazy over here :) But I am so excited to share these lesson helps with you! We are covering 2 Nephi 31-33 this week. These ideas are perfect for families or primary classes. This week I went with the topics found in the primary manual. I have found this helps my kids prepare for their upcoming primary lesson and helps them participate a little more. Let's jump right in. Jesus Christ taught me how to return to Heavenly Father. 2 Nephi 31 This is a fun cut and paste activity that helps teach the Doctrine of Christ. You'll cut and glue in the correct box to discover the different steps along the path to returning to live with Heavenly Father again. This can be done as a group or individually. There is a boy and girl option. Also I did include color and black and white option. This is also a great week to review the 4th Article of faith. Point out that these steps are very similar to the ones mentioned in 2 Nephi. The first activity is a number puzzle. You will need to cut out the green number 4 along the black lines. Then you can use the next page to build your puzzle. Each pieces has a picture that correlates to the 4 steps. This activity has the same pictures but it can be used with playdough. You will want to laminate or place in a sheet protector. You can use the playdough to create the number 4. Then Make balls of playdough and place on each circle. As you say the Article of Faith you will smash the ball as you get to each matching picture. This week we are also talking about baptism. It is one of the steps above :) I included a journal page where the kids can write some of their memories about their own baptism. and a coloring page option. In the blank space they can draw a picture of themselves on their baptism day. For the little ones they can draw a way they are preparing or what they imagine their baptism day will be like. In 2 Nephi 32:3 talks about feasting upon the words of Christ. I don't know about your kids but mine are super picky unless there is pizza involved. Suddenly they are starving. My plan is to make pizza with my kids and then do this activity. We'll talk about what it means to feast and compare that to feasting on the scriptures. Then we'll use this activity to discuss some of the things we can learn about when we feast on the words of Christ. To prepare print the page below and the page of pepperoni. Cut out the pepperoni and tape on the circles. To use take turns pulling off a pepperoni, identify the picture, and share something you have learned about that topic studying the scriptures. (*pictures include: temple, sacrament, prayer, commandments, Holy Ghost, Savior's example, repentance, and kindness/love one another) That's all I have for this week. I did want to mention that there are so many topics in this week's lesson that we have already covered. Use the search bar and it will take you to some of the past lessons. I know there are several on the Holy Ghost, baptism, and the sacrament. As always thank you for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions. Download the free printables here
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*originally posted in 2020I hope you all had a wonderful week. Here are some fun lesson helps for Alma 30-31. I focused on Alma 30:44 and how all things testify of God. I hope you find something that works for your family or primary class :) Download Free Come Follow Me Printables Here Material hier herunterladen
Hi everyone! I have some really fun FREE lesson helps to teach Matthew 13, Luke 8, and 13. This week it's all about parables and these ideas are great for families and primary. Today I'm going to take a minute to get real with you. I don't do this really ever because I honestly like to be the behind the scenes person. Every time I publish a new post or idea I have so much anxiety just pushing that publish button. Not because I'm afraid that someone may not like my idea-it happens and I'm okay with that. But its more about putting myself out there, talk about major introvert over here. These Come Follow Me lessons have taken that worry to a whole new level. I worry that I'm not teaching something quite right or maybe I don't know the gospel well enough and there are so many people that know so much more then me. However I am so grateful for this new curriculum. Its pushed me to study, to pray and then listen to the spirit as I work on these lessons for my family and primary class each week. I have been learning so much and I can see my own children's testimonies grow. It has been such a blessing. I also feel so much joy that some of these posts have helped others teach their families and class. And I want to thank all of you that stop by, for your kind words, and just for taking a chance on me. I'm sharing this because I know there are some of you that may have felt these same insecurities when it comes to teaching your own family. Its easy to look at others and think they have it all together. The truth is there is no wrong way to do this and you are doing great! Last week I was planning and studying the wrong lesson and luckily caught my mistake in time to prep the right lesson. I'm grateful for that extra week to study this lesson because I sure needed it. This is one of those lessons that really stretched me and pretty much lead to the rambling above :) Anyway I hope you find something that works for your family or primary class. I know I learned a few things this week and I can't wait to teach my little ones about some of Christ's parables :) This week we are covering 6 parables! Its totally up to you if you want to do all of them or just 1 or 2. Each parable has a couple of ideas. There is so much so break it up or use just what works for you. My plan is to use the parable of the sower one day, the wheat and tares the 2nd day, then combine the pearl of great price and hidden treasure on a day, and then the leaven and mustard seed the last day. I pulled ideas from the Individual and family, primary, and even a couple of quotes from the Sunday school manual. Each parable has one of these puppets. You can add it to a Popsicle stick and hold it up while you read or tell the parable. Sometimes its just nice to have a visual especially since little ones might not know what wheat or a pearl is. The Parable of the Sower In the download I've also broken it up with a cover page for each parable with a list of ideas. This one is the longest and some just have one idea or a link if I referenced another post. You do not need to print these pages its just to help you out so you don't have to scroll through this post so much. The first idea is to use these jumbo puppets to tell the story. I did include color and black and white. Hold them up with you read the parable or I thought it would be really cute to dress one child up as the sower and give them some seeds (maybe jellybeans!) Have them walk and drop a few seeds and then have another child bring the birds in and pretend to eat them. Then keep moving to the stony ground, the thorns, and the good soil dropping seeds. These pictures have rectangles on the page and an additional one on the top-now I haven't tested this yet but hopefully it works :) Cut along the bottom straight edge and around the top of the picture and the extra rectangle. Tape the ends together to create a circle (like a crown) and have your little prop stand up. Your sower can drop the seeds into the center of this circle. Another option would be to just cut around the picture and glue it to a Popsicle stick and use as a puppet. The thorns do look like grass hopefully a little like weeds. The main reason is I didn't have the right clip art but also I ran with it because my kids don't really know what thorns are but they definitely know what weeds are. Its kind of the same idea where their seed is planted among the thorns or weeds and there is so much extra stuff that the little plant cant' grow. Its a lot like when we allow all of the extra worldly stuff into our lives that that we can't grow. I really love this talk by Elder Oaks. It really helped me understand this parable so much more and I am going to reference some of his example while teaching my older children. I included a notes page. This would be great to slide into a journal. And I included a little recipe page for dirt cups! These would be so fun to make and kids remember treats haha. One additional idea I thought of would be to plant some jellybeans in your dirt to carry on with the theme. Here's pin the seed in the dirt game. The idea is just like pin the tail on the donkey but you are trying to plant your seed in the good soil. The picture below shows the easy version of the game. I also included another one for the kids that want more of a challenge. It has a lot more of everything on it and small good soil spots. If you see a page that looks like a jumbled mess you've found it :) There is also a page of seeds-print on brown paper or color them. Write each child's name on their seed and add tape to the back. Blindfold and have fun! There are also 2 coloring pages with space to answer the question at the top of the page. One can be done individually the other would be fun to do as a family. You can also find smaller puppets for this parable in this post Wheat and Tares: I love how this parable is explained in the primary manual. We are going to talk about good and bad choices. If you played my choosing the right makes me happy game then you might recognize these scenario cards. To play roll the dice and move the correct number of spaces. Then pick a card, read it, and decide if its a wheat choice (good choice) or a tare choice (bad choice). I've also included a quote page (the quote if from the Sunday School manual). We are going to use this quote for our discussion that there is wickedness around us and sometimes its hard to recognize. The wheat and tares look a lot a like in the beginning and relate that to somethings in their lives that may seem okay at first but turn out to be not so good. We actually had an experience with this not too long ago with a tv show we were watching. It was a cute one that we really enjoyed watching together but one day they introduced a new plot line that we were not comfortable with. We decided together to stop watching the show. It was a great teaching moment and an example I will be using when we go over this parable. mustard seed- This is one of those activities that I was hoping to have a sample for you but I didn't make it to the store. I share mine as soon as we do it! I'm hoping my extra images will help out with my explaniation. I'm going to get some mustand seeds and we are going to glue one in the cirlce. Then we are going to draw a tree in the empty space where it says after. You can make your tree however you want. Paint, construction paper, etc. We have been loving directed drawing lately so that's what we are going to do. I found one for a tree here. If you have't heard of directed drawings (I hadn't a few weeks ago) the idea is you and your kids draw a picture step by step together often with you modeling it. I'm not very good at drawing so I usually show them the instructions and we draw each step at the same time. Even my 3 year old joins in. The fun part is they all end up a little different and it gives those little ones that may not be that comfortable with drawing enough help that it really boosts their confidence in this new skill. Anyway after we draw we either color it or outline it in sharpie and use watercolors. If you are going to use watercolors I strongly suggest printing this page on cardstock. leaven-This one I do not have any printables for you. We are going to make homemade pizza and observe what happens when we add the yeast and what happens to the dough after its had some time to rise. If you don't want to make pizza bread is another good options. I added a link for bread in a bag that looks like a lot of fun. Hidden treasure-We are going on a treasure hunt! I've included some gems with pictures that make the gospel a treasure. I also included some coins without pictures. First you want to assemble your treasure box. It's simple print the 2 pages for the treasure box-color or b&w. Careful there are 2 colored lids-you only need one of these pages. One has colored coins and the other has b&w coins. Its up to you which ones you want to use. After you print your treasure box cut around the outer edges. Staple the lid at the top on the top (on the blank white part) so your lid can open. You will glue your treasure to the white part after you find it. Cut all your gems and coins. Hide them around the room and let your little ones hunt for them. After all the of the treasure is found read the parable of the hidden treasure. Talk about the pictures on the gems and how they are a treasure to you. Pass out the coins and have everyone draw something about the gospel that is a treasure to them (they can copy some of the ideas you already discussed if they want to). I've also included some mini treasure boxes and coins to go with each. You can lets your littles decorate their own box and treasure. pearl of great price-We are going to "search" for the missing pearl. You can play this 2 ways. The first is to get a bead (pearl) and 3 cups. Hide the pearl under one of the cups and mix them up. The other player has to guess what cup the pearl is under. The second option is the same type of idea but I wanted to add a printable in case you didn't have a bead to use. There are 5 colored squares and one pearl. Lay out your 5 squares. Have someone leave the room and hide the pearl under one of them. Have the person come back and try and guess which square the pearl is under by lifting each square. Let them continue guessing until the pearl is found. Continue playing until everyone has had a turn. I also included a story from the Sunday School manual that goes with this parable. Okay that's it for this week! I hope you found something that will work for your family or primary class. As always if you have any questions or are having trouble accessing the download please let me know! Download your Free Printables Here Adorable graphics from Melonheadz, DSart , Chirp Graphics, Glitter Meets Glue, Krista Wallden - Creative Clips, Mather's Music, Creating4 the Classroom, Educlips and Fonts by Hello Literacy and Kimberly Geswein Fonts
Free Come Follow Me Printable lesson helps for Alma 13-16. Perfect for families and primary.
*originally posted in 2020 Wow this has been quite the week. I hope everyone is doing well. We just found out our schools will be closed for 6 week and are figuring out what that will look like for us. As I was preparing this post I ran across this printable I made a while back and I thought it fit so perfectly. I mentioned this on facebook with meetings being canceled temporarily I would love to know what you need for your family in regards to lesson helps for Come Follow Me. I have had such an overwhelming feeling of peace and gratitude knowing that we have been prepared to teach our families at home. While I will miss being at church I know that this can be a very special time for our families to learn and grow together. For this week I pulled ideas from the individual and family manual as well as the primary manual. Here are some helps for studying chapter 5. The first is a match game for the symbols and the meaning (the wording came from one of the church manuals). The second is a page for notes or to draw what is happening in the chapter. I broke it down using the suggestion in the individual and family manual. Also here are some great article from this month's Ensign here and here This one is for the younger ones-It's very basic and is from the primary manual. You can also use the two pages that say "master of the vineyard" and servants to help explain the meaning. Fold the page in half so they can only see the clip art side. Ask who do you think this is in the story. After they answer you can flip the page over to reveal the answer. I normally use clipart for my lessons but I couldn't find any and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to use real pictures. I plan to share these as we read through this chapter in hopes it will help them visualize the story a little easier. I'm pretty sure my 6 year old doesn't know what a vineyard is and I don't think I knew what an olive tree looked like. So I'm hoping this helps. They are a full page but you can print them small like 2 or 4 to a page if you want to save on ink. Also I'll add a pdf with just the pictures (turned the right way) in case you want to show them on your computer instead of printing. *Just added this! We are also going to talk about being a missionary and how we are helping the master of the vineyard. We are going to sing the song below-I'll find the page number and I'm going to share some of the suggested talk by Elder Ballard. I included the parts I'm going to share for convenience but as always I suggest sharing what you feel is best for your family. I found this cute article in the Friend where children share some ways they have been missionaries. I have them on different cards and will hide them around the room. After we find one we'll read it and see if it reminds them of a time they have been a missionary or if it helps them come up with something they can do. I really loved the idea of giving them example because we often talk about being a missionary but we don't always know what that looks like. It might seem a little intimidate when we tell them they can be a missionary right now but after this I'm hoping they will see that they are already doing these things! You can find lots of missionary activities from other weeks here. Here are a few samples I haven't completely decided how I am going to use these cute fruit puppets (maybe). If you have ideas please share :) I'm think I am going to print and attach to Popsicle sticks. Then we are going to talk about how our actions (works) produce good or bad fruit. I'll probably give them some good and bad choices and have them raise one or the other. Does that make sense? In the improving our teaching box at the bottom it talks about memorizing a scripture. This is one that I really loved and will share with my family. I'll encourage my older children to pick a scripture and work on memorizing it this week. I also included some song cards Download Free Printables Here Just the pictures Here
*Originally posted in 2020 Hello! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Here are the Come Follow Me lesson helps for Alma 22-29. We are going to learn about the Anti-Nephi-Lehies and feeling joy through service. Here's a look at the activities included in the free download. (also comes in black and white) This goes along with my idea in the Ensign If you have any questions or trouble with the download please don't hesitate to ask. I am now using adobe to create these lesson helps. If you are getting black boxes around the images I am so sorry-I have read that you need to make sure you are printing from Adobe to get rid of this problem. If you have any questions I can try and help :) Download Free Printables Here Material hier herunterladen
This week the Come Follow Me lessons cover Acts 16-21. At the end of this post you will find all of the free lesson helps that are perfect for families or primary classes. This week is all about Paul's missionary journey. I love Paul's example of repentance and change of heart. I love how he boldly testifies of the gospel of Jesus Christ. We are going to talk about about ways we can be missionaries like Paul, the importance of reading our scriptures, and that we are children of Heavenly Father. These go right along with the topics in the primary manual this week. To start we are going to work on these missionary pages. There are a couple options-1 with cute kids to color and one that is blank for older kids, teens, and you :) I thought this would be a great way to brainstorm what you know or believe to be true. You can discuss some ideas as a family first and then write or draw as many thoughts that come to your mind. Sometimes it can be scary to share our testimonies because we don't think its strong enough but I promise you even if there is only one thing written down its pretty special and something you can share. Just like every week there are so many stories and topics to cover. This week I decided to focus on the story of Paul and Silas in prison. (Acts 16:25–34) We love using these sequence cards to tell and retell the story. I like to print mine on cardstock and add Velcro. Magnets are also great especially if you want to take them to church and use during sacrament meeting. I did include black and white that your little one can color, cut and glue. Our full time missionaries bring such a special feeling and we can learn so much from their example. Maybe you know someone on a mission right now. This would be a great time to write them a letter and ask about a recent experience they've had. I found this cute story in one of the old primary manuals. Its such a cute example of sharing the gospel. The missionaries in our ward recently showed us this video and I thought it would be perfect for this week. Missionary Game-Print 2 boards (or more if everyone wants their own). Cut and put the scenarios in a bowl. Take turns drawing and reading one of the scenarios. If it is a good way to be a missionary then add one pop pom (gem, cheerio,etc) to one of the boxes. If it is not a good way remove one pop pom. The first to fill all of their boxes wins! After reading Acts 17:10–12 this would be a great time to discuss why reading the scriptures are so important. I created these next pages with the thought of making a family book. Each person will draw a picture of their favorite story. There is plenty of space on the page so you can also write why that story is your favorite. Staple or add to a binder to create your new family treasure. This would be fun to continue adding to over the years. The last topic we are going to discuss is Paul's teaching that we are the offspring of our Heavenly Father. Acts 17:22–31 Before you begin your discussion or read this scriptures play this cute mommy and baby match game. Talk about the word offspring. What does a baby goat grow up to be? What does a baby fox grow up to be? Now read or discuss Paul's teachings. What does it mean to us to know we children of Heavenly Father? Last is a page for your little ones to draw a picture of themselves. That's all for this week. I hope you find something that will help teach your family or primary class this week. As always if you have any questions or find any mistakes please let me know :) Download Free lesson helps here
*Originally posted in 2020 Hello and I hope you are all having a wonderful Sunday. Here are the FREE lesson helps for next week's Come Follow Me lesson. We will be covering Alma 8-12 and discussing the topics of missionary work, friendship, and obedience. All of the free printables and instructions are included in the download. If you have any questions or trouble with the download please let me know...I am using a new program and I'm still learning how to do everything correctly :) Here's a look at what's inside...I hope you find something that works for your family or primary class! Download Here I have some really exciting news! I have been working with a very sweet person from Switzerland and we are excited to announce that we will now be offering these Free Come Follow Me lesson helps in German! She has generously offered to translate the activities and share them with you. I am deeply touched by her kindness and am so happy we can help more of you as you teach your families and primary classes the gospel. Ich freue mich sehr, das Material zum Leitfaden "Komm und folge mir nach" nun auch in Deutsch anbieten zu können! Viele Eltern finden es schade, dass es meistens nur schöne Unterrichtsvorschläge auf englisch gibt. Hoffentlich kann ich so viele Eltern und PV Lehrer unterstützen. Bitte seid nachsichtig, die Uebersetzung ist sicherlich nicht immer fehlerfrei. Dazu kommt, dass die Uebersetzung in der Schweiz gemacht wird und dort gelten manchmal andere Rechtschreibregeln. Aber ich gebe mein Bestes! Viel Spass mit dem Material! Material hier herunterladen
This week for Family Home Evening I turned to "The Friend" for inspiration. The message from the First Presidency was by President Monson. (You can find it here) I read some of the message and we discussed what it means to let your light shine. We decided it means to be a good example and follow Jesus's example. For the activity part I created this little worksheet that I could easily print for each of my kids. Its based off the page that goes right along with this message. In the large center star they can draw or write how they can be a good example, help others, or any way they can let their light shine. The little stars around have scriptures about Jesus Christ's example. As they read them they can color the star. We each picked a star and looked up the verses and shared it with each other. If you have older kids it would be fun to do a scripture chase and see who can find it first. You can download a copy of this worksheet for your own FHE here. Graphics used with permission from Creative Clips
Here are a few lesson helps for (Primary 2) Lesson 32 Love One Another (lesson found here). I'm so grateful for the chance to study all of these lessons. This is one of my favorites. I loved rereading the scripture stories about our Saviors perfect example of showing love to everyone. I also really loved the story towards the end about the Prophet John Taylor. With a lesson on love I couldn't help myself but go all out with hearts and x's and o's. You can find all of these printables in a free download at the end of this post. I hope you find something that will help you plan your lesson:) Scripture Poster or Puzzle: This first page goes with the Scripture Story section. Display it as is or cut it into a puzzle. My class seems to love puzzles and its even better if I hide the pieces around the room. 2 activities in one :) (There is a black and white option as well) Scripture Story Bean Bag Toss: These hearts go with the Scripture Stories and Discussion Section. Assign each story a number. Cut out the heart and either lay them on the floor or tape each one to a bowl. Have the kids take turn tossing the bean bag. Once they land on the number (or in the bowl) share the story and questions that goes with that number. Love One Another Tic Tac Toe: This goes with the situation questions and I included some review questions from the lesson. Before class Print out your tic tac toe board, the page of x's and o's, and question cards. I recommend cardstock for durability. Divide the class into two teams. One side will be the x's and the other the o's. The teams will take turns picking and answering a question. If they get it correct they will place their X or O on the board. First to get 3 in a row wins. There are enough cards and some blank ones that it can be played a few times. Coloring pages and puzzle activity alternative: I have two different options for you. The first is a black and white copy of the poster from the beginning of the lesson. Use as a coloring page or print one for each child and cut into a puzzle for each child to take home. The second option is a fill in the blank coloring page. Help the children answer the question "I can show love by..." and write their answers in the hearts. Love Note Activity. (Goes with Enrichment Activity #1) Print and cut one out for each child. Have them write a letter to someone telling them some reasons why they love them or draw a picture. I tried to make these pretty plain so there would be lots of space for the kids to decorate and personalize their cards. I love this video clip called Dayton's Legs and plan to show it at the end. It goes really well with Enrichment Activity #4. Download The FREE Lesson Helps here! Adorable graphics from Creating4 the Classroom, Krista Wallden - Creative Clips, Jen Hart Design, Clip Art Connection, Mather's Music, Chirp Graphics, and fonts by Hello Literacy
With the arrival of baby #5 just a little over a month a way and the New Year I've been trying to find some ways to simplify life and figure out a routine that works for us. One of the big thing we changed is our preschool plan. We were apart of a little group where we rotated houses. It was fun but it wasn't the right fit for us. So that means we will be doing preschool at home and there will be more posts and plans for you! I can't wait! One thing I'm excited to start is this monthly calendar full of some fun and kind of quirky holidays. I found some kid friendly ones that I think will be perfect to incorporate into our preschool plan or use it as a fun way to connect with your kids (I'm really excited that my older school aged kids can join in as well). Simply download a copy of the calendar, print, and display. You do not need to celebrate all of them (we probably won't) just pick and choose what works for you and your family. Download your copy here My kids love something new and unexpected. It doesn't need to be anything elaborate or take a lot of planning. Many days just do exactly what it says like take a bubble bath, hug some one, or do a puzzle. Here are a few ideas I came up with (click on the images to take you to the post): New Years Bird day Martin Luther King Jr. Day Popcorn day: make a bag of popcorn, snuggle up and watch a movie. OR try one of the delicious popcorn recipes on pinterest. Like this Unicorn popcorn or This Cookies and Cream one! Appreciate a dragon day Sew some dragon tails or try this fun experiment a cute paper plate craft or watch How to Train Your Dragon or my favorite Pete's Dragon! This is just the cutest party/movie night idea I'll be posting ideas as I finalize my plans and also as we celebrate some of these holidays. My hope is that this will be something fun for your family and a way to create some special memories. I'd love to hear your ideas and see pictures of your celebrations! Amazing graphics by: Melonheadz Illustrating, Educlips, Bilingual Stars Mrs Partida, Prettygrafik, ChalkStar, Glitter Meets Glue Designs, Dorky Doodles, KHDigi, Hello Literacy
🎄🏡 Attention, holiday hosts and cottage-core enthusiasts! Are you ready to turn your dining table into a winter wonderland so cozy, even Santa might linger over his milk and cookies? Well, hold onto your jingle
🎄🏡 Attention, holiday hosts and cottage-core enthusiasts! Are you ready to turn your dining table into a winter wonderland so cozy, even Santa might linger over his milk and cookies? Well, hold onto your jingle
Today is Tell a Story Day, how fun is that! (find more fun holidays here) This little activity was a hit with my 4 year old. Roll the dice to discover your main character and setting, the rest of the story is up to you. If you happen to have a singer like I do make up a song instead. There are two different character dice. You only need one but it could be fun to roll both. One has animals, a monster, unicorn, and a robot. The other has people like an astronaut, farmer, and princess. You could have a princess on an island, a robot in space, or a superhero on a farm. There are so many possibilities and such a fun way to stretch their imagination. Use these for preschool, a bed time story, or take them in the car. To make your story dice download the pdf below. Print on cardstock. Cut along the solid lines and fold along the dotted lines. Glue or tape together. I use tape because its easy :) I also included writing paper in 3 fun colors to record your fun story. Each color has 2 styles: 1 with a picture box (like below) and one with just writing lines. Download your pack here.
🎄🏡 Attention, holiday hosts and cottage-core enthusiasts! Are you ready to turn your dining table into a winter wonderland so cozy, even Santa might linger over his milk and cookies? Well, hold onto your jingle
🎄🏡 Attention, holiday hosts and cottage-core enthusiasts! Are you ready to turn your dining table into a winter wonderland so cozy, even Santa might linger over his milk and cookies? Well, hold onto your jingle
*Originally posted in 2020 I have a couple of ideas to share with you for Helamen 1-6. I was busy with family last week and have been trying to catch up on everything since we've been back. Sorry I am just now getting this to you. Hopefully it will be helpful. These ideas are perfect for families or primary classes. I always try to follow topics from the Come Follow Me primary manual. In additional to the ideas in the download we are also going to use one of the ideas in the manual and build foundation out of a mixture of hard and soft supplies then use our wood blocks to build a house and compare the different foundations. In the download you will find journal pages, song helps, mini books, and our wise man and foolish man experiment. I hope you have a great rest of the week and enjoy learning the gospel with your little ones :) See you in a couple of days with next week's lesson helps! Download Free Come Follow Me Lesson Helps Here
It's day 3 of our Scrapbook series! You can find all of the posts here. Today is all about where to find the backgrounds, the embellishments, clip art, everything that gives your page personality and helps tell your story. These are also perfect for making printables! I use this software and it comes with some really great graphics and backgrounds. However I love to have a variety and some times I need something specific. I keep a folder on my desktop with all of my digital scrapbooking downloads and clip art. (*please note in many cases you will have to unzip the file...not sure what I'm talking about let me know.) I can use them in my program or you can use them with PicMonkey or whatever program you want to create your page with. So here are some of my very favorite sites when I'm looking for freebies! (Click on the images and it will take you to the source.) Sweet Shoppe Designs has a section of the cutest free kits. I use them ALL THE TIME!!! The rest of their store is worth checking out too. Ginger Scraps has a ton of freebies but you do have to sign up for their forum. Its easy and I think worth it. Since the freebies are hidden until you sign up here are some of my favorites in their store. They have really good prices and the kits are so cute! Mandy's Art Market is a blog with a few really amazing clip art options. This is my new favorite so I had to include it. Free Pretty Things For You is another great blog. She has a ton of free backgrounds and clip art We Lived Happily Ever After has free hand drawn graphics. I love the rustic look. and I just found this website and I'm so excited about it Quality DigiScrap Freebies. They find the cutest, free kits for you. Just Peachy Designs is a great resource for paper. She has tons for free! Now that I've shared my favorite free sites I wanted to add Etsy in this list. Obviously not free but you can find some of the best stuff. It is a great place to look if you are searching for something specific. I don't mind spending a little if its for something I'm going to use a lot or really want. There are so many cute options prices vary. Look up digital paper, digital scrapbook kits, clip art, etc. Here are some of my favorite finds. You can always google or search pinterest just make sure when you are searching there is a .png download option for any clip art/embellishments. (.jpeg works too but you don't have the transparent backgroud. It can make placement a little tricky). .jpeg works great for backgrounds and papers. You can use these in any program. I've found some really cute free downloads but have been sad when I realize they are only for photoshop/adobe programs (these are .ai or vector files). What are some of your favorite websites for scrapbook and clip art? You can follow my Fonts and Downloads pinterest board for more great finds.
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🎄🏡 Attention, holiday hosts and cottage-core enthusiasts! Are you ready to turn your dining table into a winter wonderland so cozy, even Santa might linger over his milk and cookies? Well, hold onto your jingle
I just finished the rest of this lesson (I posted some of it last week but ran out of time due to family in town). Here are some fun lesson helps for lesson 38 (I will remember Jesus Christ during the sacrament). Scripture Story and discussion. Cut apart and as you read the scriptures at the end you can use these as a visual. You can also fold or cover up the words and ask your class if they know what each represents before you show them the words. Scripture: Here's a fun match game I made for on of our family home evenings. The instructions and download are in the post. Story: Have the children draw a picture of their favorite story about the Savior. Let them come to the front of the class and share their picture as well as the story. Discussion: Print out the Question page and print and cut the circles on the next page. Place the circles in a bag and have the children take turns drawing them. After ask if they have any ideas and write them on your page. Activity:Print and cut out the cards. Take turns picking a card and decide if its something we should or should not think or do during the sacrament. You can use the idea in the manual and have them stand or sit, or do thumbs up or thumbs down, smile or frown, or use the happy and sad face from last weeks lesson. Enrichment activity #1: Here's a cute mini coloring book with the lyrics to the song. Print one for each child. If you have an older class they can cut and staple the books together during class. For younger classes I would have it ready ahead of time. Cut the pages apart and bind either with staples or hole punch the top corner and bind with a book ring or ribbon. If you are like me and have a few kids that are not real interested in making one for themselves (this could also read as a couple of 8 year old boys that have no interest in any of my coloring activities haha) encourage them to make on for their younger siblings. My hope is that they will bring this little book to church with them and look through it during Sacrament meeting. (Update: the link is now fixed. I'm so sorry to those that needed the mini book sooner! If there is ever a problem with one of the downloads please don't hesitate to let me know.) Download mini book here Enrichment Activity #3: Print and cut into 5 puzzle pieces. Make sure you have one question per puzzle piece. Place pieces on the table or hide around the room. Answer the questions and put the puzzle together. (B&W version also included) Enrichment Activity #4 A cute visual to go with the activity. Say together and ask the questions in the manual. \ Print the downloads Here and here and match game here Adorable graphics from Melonheadz, Mather's Music, Krista Wallden - Creative Clips, Graphics From the Pond, Party Printables, P4 Clips Trioriginals , and fonts by Hello Literacy