King Benjamin taught that when we are in the service of our fellow beings, we are in the service of God. This FHE lesson on service helps us better understand how we can better serve God, why it is important, and how service can change our hearts. Scripture Mosiah 2:17 And behold, I tell you […]

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Try this fun We'll Bring the World His Truth cup stacking singing time idea to give a meaningful representation of the song lyrics for LDS Primary music leaders

The people of Nephi faced many challenges, but they worked hard, follow God, built a temple, and found joy. Though we live in a world of turmoil, we too can live after the manner of happiness as we strive to follow Jesus Christ. This FHE lesson helps us understand God’s form of happiness and how […]

Scripture Luke 22:19-20 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. Hymn […]

Today we talked about Noah from the Old Testament. You can download his Scripture Hero Chart here. We watched the LDS Scripture Hero video about Noah. Then I retold the story using these flannelboard pieces. I also read Jan Brett's Noah's Ark book to them. We acted out the story as I read. They did this maze which is a pretty tricky one, just a heads up. The highlight of the day was playing pin the animal on the ark. They were aiming for the door I drew on the ark. I found some cute clip art animals here. I did a Noah's Ark Preschool Lesson with my four year old not too long ago. You can check it out here.

Recently we put together family home evening kits on the First Vision, helping to pass off teaching a family home evening on the first vision in the Gospel Living Section of their Faith in God book…

This is a quick and easy object lesson to teach your family to keep themselves free from Satan’s bonds.

This FHE lesson on Joseph Smith focuses on the different accounts of the First Vision and how the First Vision personally impacts our lives today. Scripture James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. Hymn Joseph Smith’s First Prayer | Hymn #26 […]

Hi! I’m Lisa and I am so happy to celebrate The Family Proclamation. On my blog Pebbles & Piggytails, I talk about making life meaningful. I believe in treasuring time with our familie…

I've had a request for a flip chart for Scripture Power. Here is one for both verses. Click HERE to download.

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Every month, there are 3 suggested songs to teach the Primary children. Discuss with your Primary President, and other chorister(s), which songs you’d like to focus on for each month. I try to pick one that THEY KNOW pretty well and one that they DON’T KNOW from the suggested songs. Teaching 3 new songs from scratch a month would be a lot for them to learn! So for the 3rd song, I will either sing it during a pick-and-choose Sunday, or as one of the opening songs that month. On the first Sunday of the month, I introduce the NEW SONG (the suggested song that they are unfamiliar with). To make Primary Singing Time interesting and fun and also bring the Spirit, I like to introduce the songs in different ways. I think introducing a song can be the most daunting of Sunday’s! I LOVE repeating songs, doing pick-and-choose activities, and incorporating holiday’s (if you follow our Instagram, it’s packed with those ideas!) But introducing a NEW song seems… I don’t know… boring? I don’t want to lose focus with their short attention spans by just telling them the words and then singing it over and over. So we’ve compiled some ideas as a resource on how to first introduce and help the children learn a BRAND NEW song. One they’ve NEVER heard before. ***With any and every new song, make sure you have the right attitude and prayer in your heart about the message the song will bring. Be enthusiastic, saying something like, “Today we are going to be learning a wonderful song”. You can also explain the words, message and story it conveys. Alright, you’ve waited long enough! Here are the ideas!!!!!! 1-Flipchart or Posters. I pretty much ALWAYS use a poster or flipchart for every song. I feel most children are visual learners and this helps Junior and Senior learn the words through pictures and words. Poster (my preference) Flipchart: (this flipchart is from Finch Family games found HERE) 2-Compound Learning. First, have them LISTEN to the song. This can be played on the piano, your phone through the Sacred Music app, CD, cassette, or Youtube video, etc. Second, let them HUM along to the melody. Third, have them SWAY their bodies (or sway scarves/wands) and hum to the music. Fourth, after showing and explaining the poster board/flipchart, SING the words to them (holding up the Poster or Flipchart). Fifth, have THEM SING along. Sixth, have them use shakers, paper plate drum, or clap/snap the rhythm as they sing along. 3-I sing, You Sing. After explaining the meaning of the song and showing the visual, play the music to the song all the way through. Sing the first line of the song with the piano, have the children repeat. Sing the second line of the song, have them repeat. Put the first and second line together and sing together. Continue on for the whole song. Make sure that before Primary you let your pianist know what you’re planning to do. You could also start with learning the chorus of the song. 4-Guess the Visual. Have the flipchart papers up on the board – all scrambled up and out of their correct order. Sing the first line of the song and have them guess which flipchart paper matches the first line. Continue this for each line of the song and put the flipchart in order. For Senior Primary, you could have word strips of each line of the song (out of order). Sing the first line and have them pick our which word strip is the correct one and have the children put the strips in order as you continue singing the rest of the song. For Senior Primary, you could have word strips of each line of the song (out of order). Sing the first line and have them pick our which word strip is the correct one and have the children put the strips in order as you continue singing the rest of the song. 5-Vanishing Flipchart Papers. For this one, call up as many children as papers you have in the flipchart. Each child holding one paper. Sing the song with children, one flipchart paper at a time. After the whole song has been sung, take away 1 paper and have that child stay standing. Sing the song and point to child as they sing that missing flipchart paper. Continue taking away papers and having them sing the song again until they’re all gone! Keep them up to the challenge using reverse psychology saying things like “Oh no! Can we do it now? (Yes!) Ok, here we go!” or “I don’t know, do you think you can remember this one????” 6-Bubblegum Blobs. For this idea, you’ll need a flipchart or poster hung up on the chalkboard. Sing the song with children (with idea number 2 or 3 on our list above). Tell the children you stepped on some sticky bubble gum on your way to church and thought the gum could help with singing time. Use one pink “gum blob” (pink paper or poster board cut into blob shape) to cover up a part of the song at a time. Sing after each blob is added. 7-Fill in the Blank. Write the words to the song on the chalkboard leaving out a word on each line. So intentionally NOT write some of the words to the song but draw a blank _______ so it can be added in. Sing the first line of the song. Have the children listen and see what the blank word is and fill it in. Continue on for each line of the song. This is a great one to get the children really listening! 8-Disappearing Words (eraser pass). Write the words to the song on the chalkboard. Have the children listen to the song as you point to the words. Next, sing the song with the piano. After, have the Primary sing along. Sing it one more time all together and tell the children to try to remember the words because they are going to start to disappear! As they sing the song, have them pass around the eraser. Whoever ends up with it at the end of the song, gets to erase 2-3 words!!! Sing again and pass the eraser! 9-Use Hand-Actions (or sign language). Sing the first line of the song. Ask the children to think of a hand action to be used for the meaning of the words. Sing the second line and again, ask them to think of a hand-action that would represent the words. Continue on for the whole song and combine all the hand-actions. This is another great idea for getting them to really listen to the words! (You could also sing the whole song together and only do sign language for KEY words). 10- Find It’s Home. Have the words to the song on the board - cut into separate word-strips and in the correct song order. Call up a child and give them a picture that matches up to one of the wordstrips. Have them match that picture to the word strip as you sing each line of the song. Have children sing along as they learn. 11-Picture to Lyric Match. (This one is the harder version of #10 "Find It's Home") Have pictures and song lyrics for each line of the song on the board (like a flipchart, but cut the words out separate from the picture so they’re not together). Sing the first line of the song and have the children try to match the picture to the words. Sing the song over and over until they’re all put in the correct place! 12-Listening Detective. Start by explaining we have a new song case. Listen up detectives!!! We need to find out: Who is it about? What do we learn? How many times does it read “He” or “Love”, etc.? You may want to read the scripture reference at the bottom of the song in the Songbook. 13-Visual Object Lesson. Show a quick visual lesson on what the song is about. Just a quick object lesson before you have them listen to the melody. In the Primary Music Instructions it say’s: For example, the song “Faith” (Children’s Songbook, 96–97) mentions a little seed. You could show the children a seed and talk about how we show faith when we plant a seed; this could lead to a discussion about ways we show faith in Jesus Christ, as described in the song. I also did this for “How Firm a Foundation” years ago. This helps them understand the meaning behind the song. Remember, it’s not just about learning the song and words, but learning and feeling the Spirit. AND now 2 last small tips: 14- Have the Pianist play the song as the interlude so that the children can hear the melody and be familiar with the tune. 15- Find the song in A Children’s Songbook Companion and read what’s suggested! This is a great resource for teaching the songs in the Primary Children’s Songbook. I refer to this book often. Find one HERE. It's seriously been a lifesaver on some Sunday's when I need an idea on how to introduce a specific song! and it also includes visuals on some songs! **Remember! This is the children's FIRST time hearing and learning this song! So don’t feel like a failure if they don’t pick it up right away! As you repeat and repeat this song, they will catch on! Also, remember the purpose is to help draw in the Spirit and let them feel the words and the meaning of the song. Good luck with your introducing your new song! Pray and listen the Spirit as you prepare! You can do this! -iheartprimarymusic

Tons of Primary Chorister ideas for teaching music to children in Primary. Singing time for junior and senior primary and even nursery. For teaching in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Samuel the Lamanite faced angry people who didn’t want to listen to his message. Because of his faith in the Lord and in his calling, Samuel was able to continue preaching and helped prepare hearts for the coming of Christ. This Book of Mormon lesson teaches us about being bold, having faith, and sharing the […]

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LDS lesson Helps and Handouts for Primary 3 Lesson 10: Repentance

The topic for this week is "When I repent I can be forgiven." There are a few different (but very similar) object lessons involving how sin can get us dirty and how when we repent we can be forgiven and made clean again. One involves sticking dots (or maybe splotches) on yourself or someone else as you talk about sins we might make. The second is to use a picture of a person (like the one found on Parenting in the Latter-days), making smears on it with peanut butter, frosting or something else gooey. And the third is to use a volunteer hand and some syrup. As you talk about the sins, squirt a little more syrup over the hands until they're covered (you'll need a bowl to catch the overflow). I like the splotch-ey dot idea best (I made them different colors because there are all sorts of different sins out there...). Whichever idea you use, I like another idea from Little LDS Ideas to finish out and explain the object lesson. Print out the phrase, "When I repent I can be forgiven" in a large font and then cut each individual word apart. Hide the words around the primary room underneath random chairs. After affixing the dots (or covering something/one in goo) tell the children to look under their chairs to help figure out what can help you get clean again. Have the kids bring them up, figure out the correct word order and read the sentence to the rest of the primary. Next, we need to delve a little more deeply into what it means to repent. I found a catchy idea on another post from Little LDS Ideas that talks about the ABCD's of repentance. I always learn (and remember, this is the important part) new information better when I am taught some sort of trick. This works perfect for that! While I really like the one I found, I ended up making my own because I wanted to change the letter C just a little bit. It's important to talk about how we must do our best to make reparations for or "fix" our mistakes. We can't always, but we should always try. You could cover up each line (or cut them apart and put them up one at a time), but it might be fun, especially with senior primary, to see if they can guess what each letter stands for before telling them. As you go through each step, make sure they understand what it means. To help them remember, I would go over each letter each time you uncover one. Then at the end, cover them up (one at a time again, or all at once) and see if they can remember what each letter stands for. To test their knowledge of the steps and how to use them in everyday life, I found a pyramid game on lds dot org. Read a situation (or re talk about the situations you used earlier to add your splotches/syrup/peanut butter) and then roll the pyramid. Ask the child who rolled to tell you what they should do in the situation for the step that is facing them. Or you could do the step that's facing down if figuring out which side is facing them seems too hard. The steps on lds dot org match up pretty well, but not exactly, so I adapted the pyramid for our ABCD's. Simply right click to save it as a picture, print it out, cut, fold and glue where it tells you. In closing, read the scripture mentioned in the Sharing Time outline, Mosiah 26:30 which says, "Yea, and as often as my people repent will I forgive them their trespasses against me." If you didn't take the opportunity while going through the steps, make sure you talk about how Heavenly Father will forgive each time we sincerely ask for forgiveness (we have to MEAN IT). Even after we've promised never to do it again. We all make the same mistakes over and over, and as long as are truly sorry, we can be forgiven over and over. Did you know there's a Forgiveness Day? Well, now you do and it happens to be this month (on the 26th)! I think it's very important that as we teach about seeking forgiveness for ourselves, we teach the importance of forgiving others. Kids need this lesson a lot less that we adults do, but it's good to mention that as we are trying to be like God, we need to work hard to forgive like Him. In fact, we need to forgive everyone, not just those that ask our forgiveness! Challenge all our kids (and the teachers, too!) to think of anyone who's made them upset and to pray for help in forgiving for Forgiveness Day. As we forgive, we feel more peace and joy in our lives. I am always amazed at how following the commandments brings such abundant blessings! Hope you have a wonderful week!!

LDS lesson Helps and Handouts for Primary 3 Lesson 10: Repentance

Nephi and his family faced many challenges in the wilderness. Yet, the Lord provided them with guidance and direction to make it to the promised land. This FHE lesson helps us discover ways the Lord may be directing us and how to recognize the small and simple things that will bring to pass great things. […]

This FHE lesson on prophets reminds us of why we need living prophets and how we can follow their counsel more faithfully. Scripture Doctrine & Covenants 107:91-92 And again, the duty of the President of the office of the High Priesthood is to preside over the whole church, and to be like unto Moses— Behold, […]

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Another version of the popular "Do As I'm Doing" action cards. Print these out and fold them into dice. Let the kids roll one to choose an action for Do As I'm Doing. Or, if you want them sturdier, you could always mod podge them to a wooden block. These are two separate files, so be sure to download both dice! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DICE 1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DICE 2

Article of Faith LDS Free prints, coloring pages, puzzles, numbers, come follow me 2021, free LDS primary lesson helpsInvite SharingToss a ball to a child, and ask the child to share something he or she believes about Jesus Christ or Heavenly Father. Repeat until each child has had an opportunity to share.Teach the Doctrine: Younger ChildrenThe Articles of FaithI believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ.You can use the Articles of Faith to review with the children some of the basic beliefs of the C

Article of Faith LDS Free prints, coloring pages, puzzles, numbers, come follow me 2021, free LDS primary lesson helpsInvite SharingToss a ball to a child, and ask the child to share something he or she believes about Jesus Christ or Heavenly Father. Repeat until each child has had an opportunity to share.Teach the Doctrine: Younger ChildrenThe Articles of FaithI believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ.You can use the Articles of Faith to review with the children some of the basic beliefs of the C

A fun variety of 25 ways to teach A Child's Prayer singing time ideas for LDS Primary music leaders including song helps, instruments, puzzle, a story and more!

Primary 2 Manual Lesson 33 I Can Pay Tithing Journal Page I use the handout from Veronica from Sugardoodle below for the Journal page I love the worksheet on Sugardoodle by Veronica here. It's a great worksheet for tithing. I have this handout that I use during all of my tithing lessons. The kids love it because it has real money on it. I always bring 10 real dimes and let them count the dimes and figure out how much to pay tithing on the 10 dimes. I give them all a tithing slip. I find it is easier to have the top portion filled out for these younger children - even my 7 year olds. It's a a huge task to help them all put in their address and even look them up for each child - now I just have it filled out ahead of time. Plus, it is easier for the clerk to enter the tithing if it is filled out by me - less questions. I give each child a dime and let them fill in the money portion of the ticket - and they can put in the date and ward (because it is the same for each child and you can print it on the chalk board). Then we walk down to the bishops office and give it to him or one of his councilors. I've printed out this handout from the Friend in the past - but DON'T do it - it is outdated and doesn't help at all. I have a tithing slip printed out to a full page size to show them - it's much easier. Paying tithing coloring page from the June 2012 Friend here: Where Does Tithing Go? handout from the September 2005 Friend. You will have to download all of this magazine to print off these pages. On the first line on this link, click the download button and download the PDF version of the magazine, Print off page 14 and 15 only here: This is a cute "Never Forget One-Tenth for Tithing elephant bank from the April 1981 Friend here: The next 4 pages with a "find the coin" activity and "Tithing Maze" come from the February 2010 here: The "windows of heaven" will be opened when we pay tithing activity frome the June 2012 Friend here: Why is tithing important? from the October 2009 Friend here: The Law of Tithing with scripture references from the February 2009 Friend here: Tithing around the world activity from the June 2006 Friend,here:

"Nephi's Courage" isn't our assigned song until June but i thought i'd post this now in case anyone wants to learn the actions or you have s...

Liahona singing time review activity, review primary songs using a Liahona printable or make a printable to create a scavenger hunt

The kids will have a blast and learn such a powerful lesson with this "Making Good Choices Object Lesson & Family Discussion Outline." Such a cool idea!!

Doctrine and Covenants Reading Chart - This reading chart is a really fun and meaningful way to track your reading progress. It has the old Palmyra Grandin Pres

We split up our Junior and Senior Primary. Below is the agenda we use so that whoever is conducting knows the schedule and what announcements to make. We do talks on the 2nd and 4th Sundays, scripture on the 1st and 5th Sundays and on the 3rd Sunday, one of the Bishopric comes in to do Sharing Time, so we don't have a talk or scripture so they have more time to speak. It is uploaded as a .doc so that you can change it to however you like. I'd love to hear how others do their sharing times, so comment below! Click HERE to download!