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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ABC OF WONDERFUL THANKFULS

i work with the QUEEN of patience

the QUEEN of softness

the QUEEN of work

she brought an adorable 

JUNIE B. JONES book 

to share with the class,

 which inevitably led into our own

honest list of

THANKFULS

each day

a team of students would be assigned a

letter of the ALPHABET.

they would share.

lists would be turned in to be recorded

and then somehow

i would compile them on a page

in which students would later illustrate.

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the final product

in my biased view,

was too adorable not to share...

too adorable not to duplicate 

and add to my collection

of ALPHABET BOOKS

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

FORGIVENESS

last week,

we said good bye to charlie

today,

we welcomed a new teacher

sister tindell

and a new boy

the ebb and flow of life

last week,

a lesson on the atonement

today,

a lesson on

FORGIVENESS

the ebb and flow of primary.

sugardoodle linked to an adorable
(lesson 23) 

happiness is to FORGIVE

or be a

GRUDGE MONSTER

happy or angry by lisa hill
*love the flag on the dress and the shirt.
with the 4th of july a few days away,
we tied our celebration of our freedom to choose how we will act
be happy? or be a grudge monster?

treat option--"ROLL UP"
the atonement and forgiveness are ROLLED UP into a powerful principle
forgiveness formula added and ROLLED UP = LOVE

the class attached the lesson formula
to the paddle
FORGIVE

when others hurt us,

are unkind in any way.

get rid of the feelings of anger,

forget the unkindness,

treat the person with kindness and

LOVE

i learned this morning

this is a lesson

i don't ever outgrow.

refrigerator magnet !

TREASURE THIS

TREASURE

everyone's creativity

that expressed what was in my heart.

google images was overflowing with wonderful thoughts artistically designed

TREASURE

ideas on the numerous sites

of clever bloggers.

tempting... "TIE"rific,

but that was last years gift.

i TREASURE little hands

and the tender phrase of a child saying

"i love you this much"

with outstretched hands.

TREASURE

divine inspiration

(turns out, the primary presidency

planned to do the little hands project

for a FATHER's day gift

in sharing time.)

i made a very last minute switch to

 an idea that

"POPPED"

into my head

(prompted by "TIE"rific)

i had bags of POP secret POPcorn

extra envelopes

and scraps of paper.

inasmuch as i work with little hands and fingers

i pre-cut and pre-glued a few items:

 collar

ties in different patterned paper

(pre-glued to collar)

punched buttons

a pocket with the words

"the SECRET is out POPS,

you are the best DAD ever!"

a small handkerchief

(pre-glued to the pocket)

black belt

and the words

"happy FATHER'S day"

the children worked on their gifts

while i gave the lesson

on the 

TREASURES

received

(lesson 21)

when being BAPTISED and

  CONFIRMED a member

of the church of JESUS CHRIST of

latter-day saints.

they listened intently and shared in the discussion.

 TREASURE

taking the name of CHRIST upon me

receiving the gift of the holy ghost

being forgiven when i make mistakes.

TREASURE

visitors that joined us in primary.

TREASURE

the sweetest little class

 i have the opportunity

to teach the gospel to each week.

TREASURE

that noah has a FATHER

that loves him

and honors the priesthood

TREASURE

the random gifts that show thought

"C's" candy

(get it "SEES" chocolates)

the above is becka's "C's" version versus the other "SEE's"

rick says
 my jokes aren't funny if i have to explain them

dr. POPPER

POPcorn

and his own bag of 

TREASURES

TREASURE

a visit from my parents

and a chance to say

happy FATHER's day to my DAD

in person...

and the absolute most wonderful

TREASURE

to TREASURE

 i TREASURE

and what TREASURE 

does one give

  HEAVENLY FATHER?

HIS WILL
"we should bring our wills into subjection to the will of the father,
and feel to say,
'what is the will our our father,
whom we are here in the world to serve?'"
-president lorenzo snow

GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST

"and by the power of the HOLY GHOST 

ye may know the TRUTH of all things"

moroni 10:5

for lesson 20

"HOLY GHOST 

HELPS ME TO 

KNOW THE TRUTH"

i typed and printed out

the book of mormon scripture

moroni 10:4-5

HOLY GHOST and TRUTH

were highlighted and bolded

for

emphasis

(once large, once small as I wanted it to fill up the whole page)

this paper was used to make paper boxes

(large print was the top of the box, small print was the bottom)

the lesson suggested that the

  HOLY GHOST will give us a warm

happy feeling

when confirming TRUTH

so

i put a SMILIE FACE sticker inside the box

to represent that happy feeling 

as i reviewed the first article of faith

"we believe in God the Eternal Father

and in His Son Jesus Christ

and in the Holy Ghost"

i pondered

three separate beings

one in purpose

hence the class treat

a three musketeers candy bar

 i likened the Godhead

to the three musketeers

"one for all

and all for one"

(with the extra scraps of paper, i cut around HOLY GHOST

and TRUTH and glued to each box)

ask with a sincere heart and real intent

TRUTH

awaits

NEPHI'S BOAT

i can be like NEPHI

primary lesson #18

heavenly father and jesus will help me

obey their commandments

"i will go and do !"

 my primary class built a BOAT

1) found out how (youtube) to fold an orgami BOAT

2) type, cut and paste lesson objective on the side of the BOAT

3) print out lesson handout for the sail

(thanks emma's place!)

http://emmasplacetobe.blogspot.com/2011/05/primary-3-lesson-18.html

4) glue the handout to a straw

5) attach to the orgami BOAT

6) let the children personalize with stickers, coloring, names

7) for the treat, rootbeer FLOAT gum

"CHEWS" to obey
to keep the BOAT a FLOAT

FOR THE GRADUATE

april showers

bring may flowers

usher in june graduations 

i am literally showered wtih

beautiful announcements

declaring words of accomplishment

ceremonies and celebrations

fulfillment of dreams...

each part of the stationery

from stamp

to adorable nameplate becomes a treasure to me

and yet

the time comes when it must be

scrapped 

in a can or in a book

or

{i}

is for

idea

a memory box

1 - the individual parts 

 

2 - school name and words of inspiration scrolled and tied with a string to fit nicely inside the box

3 - fold the boxes

(I do not know who to credit for teaching me how to fold the boxes. It came on a handwritten piece of paper which I committed it to memory.)

With a graduation announcement, I was able to do a nesting box

 so that every part of the announcement could be preserved.

4 - glue the stamp and return address inside the box

5 - place scrolls inside the box

6 - tie a ribbon around the box and attach it to the name plate

7 - I even saved the vellum that was stamped with "class of 2013" by folding it into a miniature envelope with the original envelope seal glued to the back of the vellum

8 - place the photo in a clip or cute frame