We found out how President Spencer W. Kimball learned to pay his tithing. It was fun to hear about his life on a farm when he was five or six, just like the children in our class! Because President Kimball's mother and father taught him about tithing when he was little, when he grew up, he continued to be faithful in paying his tithing.
Next, we took a field trip to the Bishop's Office, which, according to the children, was really not far enough away from the classroom to count as a field trip. We each took a tithing slip and an envelope, so we could learn more about the process of paying our tithing. Sister Jones explained about filling out the form and putting our tithing money and the white copy of the slip in the envelope. Most of the children sealed the envelope and commented on whether the glue tasted good or bad! Since we didn't have any tithing money to pay, we didn't give all the sealed envelopes to the Bishop.
We learned about how our tithing money is used with a coloring page. Some of the children colored very carefully, with lots of crayons and details, while others used one or two colors and then switched to constructing paper baskets, fans, and cell phones. We are thankful for tithing!