MERRY CHRISTMAS PRIMARY CHILDREN

december lessons

focused on the savior

 we remembered him

and celebrated his birth.

the first sunday,

each child received a CANDY CANE

i held it up as the letter "J"

"J" is for jesus,

a name

i will hold dear.

jesus is the author of"JOY".

 in the word "JOY"

"J" stands for jesus

"O" for others

"Y" then yourself.

true "JOY"

is the outcome

as we put jesus first

and others before ourselves.

of course,

we turned the letter "J"

into the shepherd's staff.

jesus is our shepherd.

he will guide us back to  our

father in heaven

and gather us when we our lost.

the second sunday,

each child was given

JINGLE BELLS

and 

chocolate bells with this reminder:

that the shepherd knows his sheep

each, with a bell placed around the neck

is safely guided back to the fold

our shepherd,

the savior,

knows us by name.

the third sunday,

i brought CUPCAKES and a nice table cloth.

we had a birthday party for jesus.

we made presents for him

and sang happy birthday to him.

we looked at pictures and talked about

the life and miracles of

this special person in our life.

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PARENTS HELP US LEARN

if i had not procrastinated,

i would have liked to have made

the home in this handout

similar to an advent calendar

where the windows open

and the answer is revealed.

there are many primary songs

that remind us

that heavenly father

gave us earthly PARENTS

to guide and direct his children

we sang our way through this lesson

using some primary songs to help us fill in the blanks.

is there anything sweeter
than
goodly PARENTS

TESTIMONY BUILDER

i always think of sunday

as a peaceful day...

away from phone calls

and running errands.

it was nice to have the morning free

or any kind of preparations

as my partner was scheduled

to give the lesson.

on the way to the classroom,

my partner's husband stopped me in the hall

and said that his wife was ill.

i did not even have my manual.

i explained the situation.

we began with prayer

and had a review of previous lessons

and then

allowed inspiration to take over.

i had some photo cards

and the letter from my niece

that is serving in honduras.

week before last,

we had a lesson on how we can be missionaries now.

i shared hermana bodine's letter.

the children selected a photo card

and wrote to missionaries.

we discussed the importance of having a testimony

so that when a missionary opportunity presents itself,

we are prepared.

a TESTIMONY

that jesus christ lives and is our savior.

he died for us and atoned for our sins.

a TESTIMONY

that jesus christ's church and gospel has been restored to

the earth and that we belong to that very church...

the church of jesus christ of latter day saints.

a TESTIMONY

that joseph smith is the prophet of the restoration. he read the bible.

he followed the bible's words to ask of god.

the heavens were opened and he saw and spoke

with god the father

and his son jesus christ

 a TESTIMONY

that a prophet leads christ's church and is the mouthpiece 

for jesus through revelation.

a TESTIMONY

that the book of mormon is another testament of jesus christ

and is true.

reading the book of mormon and other scriptures will bring us

closer to god

and give us answers and direction.

there was a music stand in the corner.

the words entered my mind,

"have them practice their TESTIMONY"

i brought the music stand to the front of the classroom.

children continued on the cards 

while one by one,

each shared their TESTIMONY.

for not having anything prepared,

there was an ever present lesson available

for all of us to learn and be reminded of...

TESTIMONY

AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY

most often

sugardoodle

will have an idea to supplement

the primary lesson

or

i will have an idea
in the form of pure inspiration.

today,

i felt stumped.

sometimes

having an activity for children to work on

while i teach

holds their interest.

it is like a discussion at the round table

only ours

is rectangle.

there is a book

by 

jenna mitchell

"learning about my baptism

an activity book"

perfect for a lesson

on 

ACCOUNTABILITY

MOUTH OF BABES

there has been a slight change

in my primary calling

i have moved from

the fourth grade children

to the

first grade children

i had forgotten their pure innocence

in the middle of the lesson

one of the little darlings

raised her hand

"who invented heavenly father"

the other teacher paused

then replied

"just like we will have opportunities

to become gods and goddesses

i am sure that heavinly father

had a heavenly father"

"and who invented that heavenly father?"

kind of deep for a 6 year old

then came the ctr shield to color

one of the boys

exclaimed

"coloring ! i love to color ! it is one of my

favorite hobbits !"

i love my primary class