Latter-day Chatter: November 2013

Saturday, November 30, 2013

December Sharing Time WK 1

Materials Needed:

-Beanbag

-Printouts

-Scissors

- Tape/Sticky Tack

I love what's in the manual, using the scriptures to learn about prophesies of the birth of Jesus, but I wanted to add in a little something fun!

Cut out the pieces of the nativity puzzle. On the back of each piece write a scripture reference in the manual.

1) Isaiah 7:14; 9:6

2) 1 Nephi 11:14-15, 20-21

3) Mosiah 3:5-8

4) Mosiah 15:1

5) Alma 7:10-12

6) Helaman 14:1-3

Lay out the puzzle out on the floor (with space between each) with the picture side down. Divide up the classes into 6 groups, have one child from each group come up and toss a beanbag to see what scripture each group gets.
Let each group have some time discuss/share what the prophesies were and explain/share anything that you want to about each prophet. (how long before Christ's birth did they prophesy? - printout below the puzzle) Then come hang their piece onto the board.

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Junior Primary

I also found this little printout from the Friend. I thought it would be cool to share with the kids how long before Christ's birth they prophesied that he would be born. And a cool little coloring page for Junior Primary.

(right click-save)

Another idea for Junior Primary or Senior Primary:

Bring a Nativity set and on the bottom of each pieces from the Nativity tape a piece of paper with the name of a Christmas song or a question about Christmas on it. Here's some questions:

1)What city did Mary and Joseph go to for Jesus to be born? (Bethlehem -Luke 2: 4-6)

2) In the stable after Jesus was born where did Mary lay him down? (Manger - Luke 2:7)

3) What happened to the shepherds who were watching their flocks? (An angel came and declared glad tidings Luke 2:8-10)

4) What did the heavenly hosts tell the shepherds? (Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men- Luke 2:13-14)

5) Who did the wise men visit before finding Jesus? (King Herod- Matthew 2:1-3)

6) What gifts did the wise men bring? (Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh- Matthew 2:11)

7) Why didn't the wise men go back to see King Herod? ( They were told not to in a dream- Matthew 2:12)

8) What was Joseph told to do after the Wise Men came? (Flee to Egypt because King Herod would try to kill Jesus- Matthew 2:13)

9) What happened the children near Bethlehem who were 2 years old and under when King Herod found out the Wise men weren't coming? (They were killed- Matthew 2:16)

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Friday, November 22, 2013

November Sharing Time WK 4

For this week we'll be playing with the.... ABCs!!!

Materials needed:

-printouts (I've included a poster size so you can either see what it looks like or get it printed (finished size 22x24)

-tape/sticky tack

-scissors

Cut out all the leaves and print/cut out enough for a good majority (if not all of your kids) and put the poster tree up on the board. You'll begin Sharing Time by talking about how all month long we've been talking about all the things we have to be grateful for. And today we're going to play a game to see if we can find a bunch of blessings with the alphabet.

Begin with a random letter (or go in order) and ask all the As to stand up and shout out a blessing that begins with that letter. (talk about any that interest you or you'd like to talk about) then have the kids with that letter come up and put it on the tree. Continue throughout the entire alphabet. Some letters may be harder than others, so you can can make a list of those for ideas.

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