Sister Combs did not feel like baking this week, so she brought some chocolate-chip cookies her mother had made. Fortunately, everybody was fine with this plan. We had an amusing discussion about which Primary class cookies each child liked the best. We learned about the time that Jesus fed 5,000 people with only five loaves and two little fishes. We talked about what a miracle that was, and how Jesus had used the power of the Priesthood to bless those around him. Then we segued into our Loaves and Fishes board game. The goal of the game was to collect five loaves and two fishes. We should have played in teams--with ten children, there was not enough time for anyone to collect more than three loaves and two fishes--but it was still fun. We can definitely try this one again some time when we need to review. The questions (not shown in this picture) were all about sharing our time, toys, talents, and testimonies, since the boy in the New Testament had shared his loaves and fishes with all the other people who had come to hear Jesus. We were so involved with the board game that we were surprised when class was over and it was time to go home!
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We had a choice of vanilla or chocolate frosting in our cookie sandwiches today. Three chose chocolate and six chose vanilla, and everyone was happy! We tried walking around the classroom with beans in our shoes (or socks, for the ones whose shoes were too big for an effective object lesson). Just as a bean makes it uncomfortable to walk, when we make a wrong choice we feel uncomfortable. Saying we are sorry and trying to correct the wrong choice is like removing the bean--we feel much better afterward. We learned about the Prodigal Son, who ran away from home and wasted his inheritance money on silly things. When he ran out of money, he got a job feeding smelly pigs, which sounded awful to everyone except the boy in our class who really likes pigs. The Prodigal Son decided that he would go home and ask his father if he could be a servant. The father welcomed his son home and celebrated his return. We talked about how Heavenly Father is happy when we repent, and how it makes us and those around us happy, too.
We had a lot of funny faces to color. Some of the children colored each face a different color, some chose one or two faces and gave them bodies and elaborate hairdos, and one had them all cry until the whole page, front and back, was awash in streaky blue tears of joy. There is no shortage of creativity in this class! Class started on a high note, since everyone loved the super-sweet M&M Blondies. We reviewed the story of the Ten Lepers, which the children remembered really well from the previous lesson. We talked about some things that we could thank Heavenly Father and Jesus for, and then talked about saying "thank you" to other people who help us. We learned about a boy named Carlos who went fishing with his home teacher and had a lot of fun. Of course, that meant that we had to go fishing, too! Carlos was so grateful to Brother Taylor that he asked his mother to help him bake some cupcakes. Brooklynn: You love to bake cupcakes! Katelynn: We had some cupcakes at our house that you baked! Seph: I came to your house and you gave me a cupcake! Carlos took the cupcakes to Brother Taylor's house and thanked him for the fishing trip. We talked about how happy both Carlos and Brother Taylor felt. One of the children thought that maybe Brother Taylor would do something nice for Carlos to thank him for the cupcakes, and they would continue in a never-ending cycle of kindness and gratitude.
We also heard a story about a primary teacher who loved her class and spent a lot of time preparing lessons about Jesus and baking cookies for them (except on Fast Sunday). One Sunday evening, one of the students in this teacher's class brought came over to her house with a handwritten thank-you note. The teacher seemed to the children to resemble Sister Combs, and the student had the same first name as Sister Combs, so there was a certain amount of confusion and silliness, but we still managed to figure out the moral of the story: saying "thank you" is a good way to share our love. We made a list on the chalkboard of people who help us, and then started writing thank-you notes, which involved paper, crayons, and lots of heart and happy-face stickers. Although the children could think of lots of people who help them, they all decided to address their notes to Mom and Dad. It's good to teach people who have their priorities straight. According to Seph, today was not Fast Sunday. It was Slow Sunday, because "we don't have cookies in class today, and that makes class SO SLOW!!!!" We started by playing a thankfulness game: we had a cup of gratitude and added one button for each thing we could think of that we were thankful for. Eventually, we had listed so many wonderful things that the cup overflowed! We talked about how our hearts can be full to overflowing as we ponder all the blessings that Heavenly Father has given us. There was a lot of excitement before and during class about our teddy bear helper. She had come to help tell a story about a girl named Emily, whose grandma spent hours choosing a bear and sewing a dress for her to wear. Grandma gave the teddy bear to Emily for her birthday. We talked about how Grandma would feel if Emily wasn't grateful, and how much happier she would be if Emily showed her love and gratitude. Everyone agreed that we should say "thank you" when people do nice things for us. Next, we learned about the Ten Lepers. We talked about how scary it would be to have a dangerous illness, and how happy the lepers would have been when they discovered that Jesus had healed them. Even though only one of the ten lepers came back to thank Jesus, seven out of seven CTR 5's said they would have gone back! They certainly understand gratitude!
We talked about how we can thank Heavenly Father for our blessings: we can pray, and we can choose the right. We had a little extra fun with the Primary song "Children All Over the World" by matching the words for "thank you" in other languages with the flags of countries where the speak those languages. It was interesting to see all the different colors and patterns on the flags, but several of the American flag was definitely the children's favorite (even if two of them referred to it as "our Texas Flag"). We finished by drawing pictures of things that we are grateful for or ways that we can show our gratitude. . .and there were a few US and international flag stickers for decoration. Even without cookies, this was a pretty fun Slow Sunday! |
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