CHILDREN’S LESSON ACTIVITY. SHINE BRIGHTLY I’M A PEACEMAKER light switch reminder. Children can place this card above their room light switch to remind them to “Shine Brightly!” that they are a PEACEMAKER. You can recite the words of Jesus during His Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.”
USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home lessons, Family Home Evening, Young Women, Activity Days, Sunday School, Bible Study
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Peacemaker Light Switch Cover
OBJECTIVE: This lesson activity helps encourage children to be a peacemaker at home. Talk about being a peacemaker at school, home, and church.
DOWNLOAD Let Your Light Shine activity (HERE or below) showing how to be an example at school, home, and church (shown right)
ACTIVITY: Peacemaker Light Switch Cover
Children can place this cover over their bedroom light switch to remind them to shine brightly each day, showing love and concern for others. Remind them they can make their home more peaceful by doing kind deeds and helping those in need.
TO MAKE:
1. Cut out the light switch cover that follows for each child.
2. Ahead of time, cut out the center of light switch cover with scissors or a Xacto knife or razor blade.
THOUGHT TREAT: Peaceful Pudding. Serve a large bowl or individual cups of pudding with a whipped cream smile on top. Remind children that when we are happy and others are happy too when we are a peacemaker. Share ways to be a peacemaker: Sharing toys, waiting for their turn at the drinking fountain, and raising their hand before they speak in class.
TESTIMONY: Testify that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ want us to be peacemakers. Remind the children that when they try to be peacemakers at home, they and their families can be happier.
• Present Lesson 22 – Primary 2 Manual – CTR-A: Blessed Are the Peacemakers. Review the testimony (p. 117) in the manual for which the following activity illustrates. SEE THESE LESSON DETAILS BELOW
LESSON 22
Blessed Are the Peacemakers
“Lesson 22: Blessed Are the Peacemakers,” Primary 2: Choose the Right A (1995), 115–18
Purpose
To encourage each child to be a peacemaker at home.
Preparation
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Prayerfully study Matthew 5:1–12 (or 3 Nephi 12:1–12) and Matthew 7:1–5, 12 (or 3 Nephi 14:1–5, 12).
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Make a larger copy of the following illustration for each child in the class and for yourself (save yours to use with lesson 26).
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If possible, obtain several pictures of families doing enjoyable things together.
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Write Blessed Are the Peacemakers at the top of a piece of paper for each child in the class.
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Prepare to sing or say the words to “Smiles” (Children’s Songbook, p. 267). The words to this song are included at the back of the manual.
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Materials needed:
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A Bible or Book of Mormon.
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Pencils or crayons.
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CTR chart (see lesson 1).
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Picture 2-37, Sermon on the Mount (Gospel Art Picture Kit 212; 62166); picture 2-42, Family Fun.
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Make the necessary preparations for any enrichment activities you want to use.
Suggested Lesson Development
Invite a child to give the opening prayer.
Follow up with the children if you encouraged them to do something during the week.
Feelings in Our Homes Can Be Happy or Sad
Jesus Christ Taught Us to Be Peacemakers
We Can All Be Peacemakers
Summary
Invite a child to give the closing prayer. Suggest that the child ask Heavenly Father to help the class members be peacemakers in their homes.
Enrichment Activities
Choose from the following activities those that will work best for the children in your class. You can use them in the lesson itself or as a review or summary. For additional guidance, see “Class Time” in “Helps for the Teacher.”
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Show picture 2-3, Jesus the Christ, or another picture of Jesus. Ask the children to pretend that Jesus Christ is coming to visit their homes. Ask them to think about how excited they would feel to have Jesus visit them.
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What will you do to get ready?
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How will you act when Jesus comes?
Let the children act out some things they would do if Jesus came to visit them. Explain that if Jesus were in their home they would want to try very hard to be a peacemaker by sharing, being kind to one another, and not fighting. Then they could enjoy the good feeling that Jesus brought to their home.
Tell the children that one way they can know how to be a peacemaker is to think of how they would behave if Jesus were visiting their home.
DOWNLOAD Jesus Is Knocking at the Door-Are You Ready? preparation ponder Post-and-Present Activity (HERE or below) -
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Sing or say the words to “A Happy Family” (Children’s Songbook, p. 198). The words to this song are included at the back of the manual.
DOWNLOAD A Happy Family song visuals (HERE or below)Remind the children that when they are peacemakers, they help make their families happy.
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Sing or say the words to “If You’re Happy” (Children’s Songbook, p. 266), replacing clap your hands with actions the children suggest.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
If you’re happy and you know it,
Then your face will surely show it.
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands.
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To show the children that they can control their reactions to the actions of others, have two children stand facing each other. Have one child try to keep a straight face (show no facial expression) while the other child tries to make him or her smile, laugh, or show some other facial expression. Let all the children who want to participate take turns trying this activity.
Help the children understand that they should try to control their own reactions when someone else does something that takes away from peace at home. For example, when a brother or sister yells at them, their first thought might be to yell back, but if they are trying to be peacemakers, they can find a better way to react.