As I was reading through the manual this week, I was reminded of a poem that was shared by one of the youth in our ward a few weeks ago. It is called Holes and I was able to find a copy of it here. It's so beautiful and worth the read. *Originally posted in 2020 This week for Come Follow Me we are covering 2 Nephi 6-10. I am actually following the primary manual topics pretty closely this week. I learned so much this week and one strong feeling I had over and over as I read and studied is how much the Savior loves us. He volunteered to come down and suffer and die for us. He didn't have to but he chose to. These story cards go with the very first idea in the manual. Its a about a person who falls into a pit and how someone helps him. Its a great way to help the children understand how Jesus saves us from death and sin. You will need to use the picture with the pit and Jesus twice. (Also forgive my clipart of the pit-umm I know it's actually a hole with grass but hopefully it gets the job done :) The next suggestion was to sing a song about the Savior's love and then draw pictures of things that help them know the Savior loves them. I have two options for you. The first is this heart mini book. This is the cover and then there is a blank heart where they can draw their pictures. Print as many blank ones as you want to create the book. Cut out the hearts and staple along one edge. Another option if you don't want to make a book is to use this page to color or decorate. Another option is this adorable journal page. They can write or draw their answer in the box. Another more hands on option that is great for discussions are these adorable match games. With Valentine's day this week I thought it might be fun to include a themed activity. The idea is to play like a regular match game but when a person finds a match they share a way they know the Savior loves them OR a reason the love him. There are 2 different games included. You only need one of the boards and print two of that board. The first one is a full blown Valentine's theme (I had a lot of adorable clipart and wanted to use it) the 2nd is just hearts. Pick the one that works best for you :) In 2 Nephi 9:49 Jacob talks about something he loves and hates. This is a fun intro activity to this verse. There are 12 things that you are going to ask the kids if they like (page with the pizza, frog, etc). You can print this page and cut the pieces out to use as a visual. Show one of the cards and if they like it they can give you a thumbs up or if they don't like it a thumbs down. Go through the cards and then talk about Jacob and the thing he loves (righteousness) and the thing he hates (sin). A few extra options I included are printable thumbs that you can print and give to each person to use. I also included a recording page where they can sort their answer to the page. *The cards are a little big to fit all of them in the columns. If you would like an option of printing 2 sets to a page or a black and white option please let me know! Next I have a few ideas that go with choosing the right brings us joy or happiness. This board game is actually from an old post found here. There are tons of ideas in that post on this topic. If you don't want to play the game you can use the scenario cards and these cute puppets. The kids will hold up the happy or sad face depending on if its a good or bad choice. I also included this free printable that can be displayed throughout the week. This idea goes with the last one under teaching younger kids. It suggests singing the song when were helping we're happy and then take turns pretending to be the parent and asking the others to do something. Then they practice doing it joyfully. Sometimes kids have a hard time coming up with something on the spot so I made this fun dice they can take turns rolling. Also you can use it with the "fun to do" song. So it would go something like "Sweeping the floor is fun to do, fun to do...." while they pretend to sweep. One of the ideas under teaching the older children talks about Adam and Eve. This story sequence activity from last week would be great to review the story or provide a visual ( you can find it in this post) That's all for this week. If you have any questions or trouble with the download please let me know :) Download the Free printables Here!