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! Today's lesson was all about faith. We started by discussing what faith is: believing in something that exists and/or is true, even if we can't see it. We learned that it is most important to have faith in Jesus Christ, and that the scriptures contain many examples of people who demonstrated this faith. We learned about Bartimaeus, a blind man who asked Jesus to heal him. The children agreed that being blind would be a great burden--"you couldn't do anything, you would just have to do nothing all the time"--and they were happy that Bartimaeus had the faith to receive his sight. We learned about the faithful Nephites, who were visited by Jesus Christ after his Resurrection. The children were interested to know that He healed their sick and injured people, just as he had healed Blind Bartimaeus. We reviewed what we had learned about the First Vision in a prior class. The children are very proficient in telling this story! We talked about how we have faith that Heavenly Father will answer our prayers, but the answer will usually be a feeling or whisper from the Holy Ghost, not a vision.
We ended class by coloring our choice of two flower pictures, because faith is like a little seed. We talked a little about Alma 32, and how our faith needs to be nourished with prayer, scripture study, and choosing the right. |
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