CHILD ACTIVITY Ages 4-7. CHOOSE TO FOLLOW HEAVENLY FATHER & JESUS premortal life puppet show. Children can show and tell about the WAR IN HEAVEN before we came to earth. Satan’s plan was to force everyone to choose the right. Jesus’ plan was to let us have “agency” to choose for ourselves. Those who followed Satan did not receive a body. But we chose to follow Jesus, come to earth to receive a body, and make our own choices. This way we can earn our way back to heaven. Jesus volunteered to be our Savior to help us return.
GREAT FOR Come Follow Me lessons (Primary and home), family home evening, and scripture study
Little LESSON LIFESAVER
Choose to Follow Heavenly Father and Jesus – Premortal Life puppet show
OBJECTIVE: Help children understand that in the pre-earth life we lived with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and chose to follow them.
ACTIVITY:
1. Children can move puppets across the premortal life scene to show that we knew Jesus and Heavenly Father in the spirit world.
2. Explain, “We had a choice to follow Satan or to follow Jesus. We liked Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness and chose to follow Jesus, who followed God’s plan. For this reason, we were sent to earth to receive a body like Jesus and Heavenly Father and to learn to live Heavenly Father’s commandments, as Jesus did. This way we can find happiness and live with Heavenly Father and Jesus again someday.”
TO MAKE Print, color, and cut out the puppets and puppet-scene. Mount puppets on wooden sticks or straws.
*MANUAL SUGGESTS: Testimony
Bear testimony that before we came to earth, each of us made a choice. We chose to follow Jesus Christ, and we will again live with Him and Heavenly Father if we do what Jesus has taught us to do.
Encourage the children to thank Heavenly Father in their prayers for sending Jesus to earth to be our Savior. Suggest that they ask Heavenly Father to help them make the right choices so they can live with Him and Jesus again someday.
THOUGHT TREAT (when appropriate): SMART Snacks. Share apple slices, carrot and celery sticks, and raisins. Remind children that since we were SMART enough to choose to come to earth and receive a body, we need to be SMART enough to eat our fruits and vegetables and other good food to keep our bodies healthy and strong.
LESSON IDEAS (for the activity above):
Present CTRA Lesson 4 “Choose to Follow Jesus” (see details below*)