4th Week Sharing Time Idea for September: My love for Jesus Christ grows when I study the scriptures.

Sorry I have been M.I.A. this past week and haven't posted my idea for this Sharing Time. I promise I haven't been lazy. :) We've been fighting the stomach flu....so fun! And we also recently found out that I am pregnant! This will be our 3rd child and we are very excited. The only thing is this one is already so different. I haven't had the normal morning sickness, I just feel nauseated all day. So, please bear with me these next few months. :)

Alright, as for my Sharing Time idea. I used an idea that I used from last year, just changed a few things so that it would fit this topic. I also included a really fun activity that I did last year that the children loved.

Scripture Cookies!

I hope this idea can be of help to some of you. I just kind of threw it together, so if you use it, but add a few changes, please share!

And again, I am so sorry that I am posting this so late, but I hope you understand. :) I hope all of you have a great week!

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3rd Week Sharing Time Idea for September: My Love for Jesus Christ Grows When I Pray

It's officially Back to School! And here in Idaho it is starting to feel like Fall. I really love this time of year. The weather is great, the leaves are changing, I just love the Fall.

Now for my Sharing Time Idea.

Once again, my idea is really similar to the idea given in the Primary Outline. I start out with splitting into groups and reading the 3 different scriptures. After each group has read their scripture, I thought you could discuss them by asking questions or having the children match their scripture to a phrase that had to do with the scripture that they read.

Next, you will discuss the importance of prayer. I also liked the idea of the chart with the 4 columns for each part of prayer. I changed it up by finding several pictures that had to do with things that we might pray for (examples: our home, the Prophet, the missionaries, etc). I have included several pictures for you to print and cut out. For Sharing Time, you will tape each of the pictures underneath some of the children's chairs. One by one the children will look underneath their chair and have to decide whether it's something we 'Thank Thee' for or we 'Ask Thee' for. Some pictures have 2 copies, like 'Our Family'. You can Thank Heavenly Father for your family and also ask Him to bless them. Don't put both pictures underneath a chair, just one. Have the child choose which column it goes under, if they only say one of the columns get the other picture and explain to the children that there are 2 of these pictures because you can 'Thank' and 'Ask' for it.

I also included a little prayer chart that you could copy and give to each child. Challenge them to say their prayers everyday for 1 month.

So, there's a quick overview of the Sharing Time.

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Thanks again for all your support!! Have a wonderful week!

School of Service- A Primary Quarterly Activity

Well, it's Back to School time and Primary Quarterly Activity time. A few months ago our Primary Presidency brought up what we were going to be doing for our next Quarterly Activity, I was completely blank. So, I asked if anyone had any themes/topics they would like to focus on. Our Primary President asked if we could do something on Service. So, I went to work....

I got the idea from a past Activity Day activity I did while I lived in Hawaii (I'll have to share that idea sometime soon.). I just changed some things, so that it went along with our theme. I came up with the name:

'The School of Service'

And this is what we're going to be doing.

The children will be attending The School of Service, where they will be learning about Serving Others, and we will be putting together School Kits.

So our classes the children will be attending are:

History Class: People from the scriptures who served others

P.E. (a 'Perfect Example'): Jesus was a 'Perfect Example' of service.

Health Class: we will be making 'Service First Aid Kits'

Art Class: we will be putting together School Kits

Then of course we'll have Lunch! We will be giving the children brown bag lunches.

I asked the children to bring their backpacks. They will be getting neat little handouts during class, so instead of having to find everyone's handouts/treats I thought they could keep them in their backpacks.

I am really excited for this activity, I think it's going to be alot of fun. Sorry I didn't get this posted sooner, but maybe you can still use it or save it for next year.

Click Here to view 'The School Of Service' Primary Quarterly Activity Instruction Sheet

and

Click Here to view 'The School of Service' invitations that I will be using.