We concluded by coloring pictures of the Earth. Several children compared the round Earth in this picture to the flat map on the chalkboard.
We had a truncated class due to Ward Conference, but there was still enough time to eat chocolate-chip cookies! As usual, the only complaint was that there was a two-cookie limit. We had a great little geography lesson. The children pointed to where they thought Texas was--the first guess was near Moscow, but eventually they found North America. Then we found The Netherlands, Fiji, and Mexico, and learned a few things about each place. One child doesn't want to live in Fiji because no cold weather means no Christmas, and another said that he wouldn't want to live somewhere where people went swimming every day! The analysis of Holland wasn't very positive, either. Everyone likes Texas, though! We learned that Heavenly Father loves and cares for his children everywhere, no matter what language they speak or which clothes they wear. We also learned that children all over the world pray, have faith, and keep the commandments. We heard a story about two Mexican boys who prayed for help earning money for bread, and another one about a boy from the Netherlands who had faith to be healed. We talked about how much Jesus loves little children, and learned that he took time to bless them, even when his Apostles thought he was too busy. We concluded by coloring pictures of the Earth. Several children compared the round Earth in this picture to the flat map on the chalkboard.
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The fudge-swirl blondies were a huge success today. Each child ate two, and at least one of them thought he needed a third one! Click here for the recipe, although Sister Combs melted some leftover fudge and swirled it into the batter instead of using any of the mix-ins suggested by the blogger. We learned all about the Jaredites, who were instructed to gather their families and supplies and go on a journey to a promised land. We learned that the Brother of Jared had great faith and followed all of the Lord's commandments. He was instructed to build eight boats for his family and friends to ride in across the ocean. The children read the description of the boats in the book of Ether and then drew their interpretations of Jaredite ships. It was very hard to imagine a boat with no sails and no windows! We learned that Jesus Christ told the Brother of Jared to cut holes in the boats so that the people could have fresh air when the weather was good and be safe when the seas were stormy. Then we talked about how dark a boat with no windows would be. The children suggested that the Jaredites could have used flashlights or lanterns, but these were not available. We learned that the Brother of Jared made sixteen small stones and asked Jesus to touch them with his finger, so that they would illuminate the boats. The Brother of Jared was astonished to see Jesus Christ's finger, because he did not know that Jesus had a spirit body that looked like his physical body. Jesus explained that the Brother of Jared was allowed to see Him because he had such great faith.
We discussed that we will probably not need to be instructed in shipbuilding, but there are situations in which we need to have faith. If we pray and have faith, the Lord will help us with our problems. We concluded with a very easy review quiz. The children enjoyed coloring the wrong answers as much as the correct ones! Sister Combs decided not to share pink eye with the class, so Bennett's Mom taught the children about the Stripling Warriors.
We have a new boy in our class! Ian just moved here from Colorado and settled in very quickly, despite his dismay about it being Fast Sunday, AKA No Treat Sunday. Sister Combs had borrowed an outfit from her friend Caleb and invited the class to try it on, but they all said it was way too small! Five- and six-year-olds are a lot bigger than eight-month-old babies! We talked about all the things the children have learned to do as they have grown bigger. Then we talked about some of the things that they still have to learn. Heavenly Father knows that children need time to learn and grow before they are truly responsible for their actions, so he taught us that the age of accountability is eight years old. We noticed that this is also how old we have to be to be baptized! We talked about what it means to be accountable--we must accept the consequences of our actions, and work hard to make the right choices. We reviewed what CTR stands for: Choose the Right! We are in a CTR class and have CTR rings to help us learn and remember how to choose the right. We learned about the Anti-Nephi-Lehis, a group of Lamanites who converted to the Gospel when taught by Ammon and his brothers. They had been warriors, but made a promise to Heavenly Father that they would never fight or kill anyone again. Emmett eagerly told the class that the Anti-Nephi-Lehis dug a big hole (almost all the way to the planet core!) and buried all of their weapons. When their enemies came to fight, they chose not to break their covenant, and offered no resistance to the attacking Lamanite warriors. We learned that some of these people died for their faith, but their good example inspired some of their attackers to drop their weapons and join the true Church. We learned that it is important to choose the right and keep our promises, no matter what the consequences are.
We talked about how we are responsible for our own behavior. Our parents and teachers are accountable for what they teach us, but we are accountable for whether we keep the commandments or not. We colored a picture of children making good choices. There was a little extra time at the end, so we played Latter-Day Prophet Concentration, which is a little tricky, since some of the presidents of our church looked very similar! |
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