Next Week

And here's what I'll be doing next week, along with learning a mother's day song.

I Feel My Savior's Love -Week 2

This week's idea with downloads can be found HERE.

1. Preparation:
Cut out a dozen paper hearts and a dozen CTR shields. Tape them on the walls around the Primary Room.
Write "I Feel My Savior's Love when..." above a big heart drawn on the left half of the chalkboard.
Write "I will Follow Him by..." above a big shield drawn on the right half of the chalkboard.

2. My Savior's LOVE
Here's my dialogue...

How many times do we sing the word "love" in this song? Let's sing and count. (Sing the song.)
Show me with your fingers how many times we sang "love." That's right, three.
How do you know Jesus loves you? (Take a few answers.)
This time while we sing the song, three teachers are going to pick someone that is singing their best to get one of the hearts on the wall and bring it to the front and tell us how they know Jesus loves them. Let's see if we can fill up this heart with ways Jesus shows His love for us.
(Sing the song, choose the teachers...)
Be ready to offer suggestions like "I feel Jesus' love when I look at the pretty sunset." "He gave me a family." "He suffered for me in Gethsemane."
After sharing their thought have them put their heart inside the heart drawn on the chalkboard.

3. I will FOLLOW Him

My dialogue...
When we feel the Savior's love it makes us want to follow Him.
How do we follow Him? (Take a few answers.)

This time while we sing the song, three teachers are going to pick someone that is singing their best to get one of the CTR shields on the wall and bring it to the front and tell us how they follow Jesus. Let's see if we can fill up this shield with ways we can show Jesus we will follow Him.
(Sing the song, choose the teachers...)
Be ready to offer suggestions like "I follow Jesus when I share my toys." "I follow Jesus when I forgive someone who hurt my feelings." "I follow Jesus when I help someone without being asked." "I follow Jesus by being baptized."
After sharing their thought have them put their heart inside the heart drawn on the chalkboard.

4. TESTIFY:
My dialogue will be something like...
Jesus does love you and wants you to be happy. Following the commandments will help you be happy even when life is hard and things don't go your way. We show Him we love Him when we love each other.

VARIATION: Senior Primary might like to choose whether they pick a heart or a shield. To do this ask both of the bolded questions and have all of the discussion first, then sing the song and choose the teachers.

TIP #1: If you are running low on time, pick more teachers to send a child to get a heart, or have each teacher send two children.

I Feel My Savior's Love

I chose I Feel My Savior's Love to teach the Primary kids this month. Instead of using the accompaniment from the Children's Songbook, however, we'll be singing to a different arrangement found HERE. I think it's so pretty. It is written in a lower key than the original and it has all 4 verses. It has one key change and a simple additional ending. You can listen to the first bit when you go to the link I provided. You can also look at the first page to check out the accompaniment level. Thanks to Precious Primary for finding and sharing this song.

I'm fairly sure the Primary kids already know the words to this song, but since the rhythm is a little different in this arrangement, I'm going to make shakey eggs and have the kids help shake out the rhythm using the eggs. If you want more information on how to make your egg shakers, CLICK HERE.

Easter Eggs

We had Stake Conference in March and I was out of town for one week too, so I didn't post anything. But last week was Easter Sunday and I really felt like I needed to impress the importance of our Savior and the Resurrection so I put together this Easter Resurrection Eggs activity.

This is a picture of someone else's eggs, but mine were similar. Here's what to put inside each egg:

Egg #1: (palm) Jesus rode into Jerusalem and the people waved palm branches. Matthew 21:1-11

Egg #2: (cotton ball with cologne on it) Mary poured perfume on Jesus' feet. John 12:3

Egg #3: (bread) Jesus shared the Last Supper with His disciples. Matthew 26:26

Egg #4: (coins) Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. Matthew 26: 14-15

Egg #5: (a thorny stick) Soldiers placed a crown of thorns on Jesus' head. John 19:2

Egg #6: (cross made from toothpicks) Jesus carried His own cross. John 19:17

Egg #7: (dice) Soldiers took Jesus' clothes from him and cast lots for them. John 19:24

Egg #8: (nail) Jesus was nailed to the cross. John 19:18

Egg #9: (sponge) They gave Jesus vinegar mixed with gall to drink. Matthew 27:34

Egg #10: (whole cloves) Spices are used to prepare Jesus for burial. John 19:40

Egg #11: (rock) The stone covering to Jesus' tomb was rolled away. Matthew 28:2

Egg #12: (empty) He is not here He has risen! Matthew 28:6

Pick a child to come up and choose an egg. Read the scripture inside and show what object is inside and explain what part it played in the Easter story. It was a very quiet and reverent time and both Jr. and Sr. Primary were reverent. My favorite part occurred in Jr. Primary after we opened egg #9 and talked about how Jesus died. One little boy asked, "Was that the end?" and I was able to tell him (with teary eyes) that no, that was not the end! He has risen! :)

We ended by singing Jesus Has Risen. So, not much singing, but the Spirit definitely was there.