AGES 4-7. FAITH IN JESUS Growing Testimony seed planter. Children can know that the seeds of testimony can grow in our hearts. It starts as a small seed planted (they can grow in a cup with the label “My faith in Jesus Christ can grow! …). As they watch their plant grow they can also think about how their testimony and their faith in Jesus are growing.
USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home (family home evening), Activity Days, Sunday School, Bible Study
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Faith in Jesus: Growing Testimony seed planter
OBJECTIVE: The lesson helps strengthen children’s faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
ACTIVITY: Faithful Seed Planter
Help children plant seeds in a pot and at the same time talk about the seeds of testimony we plant in our hearts. Our faith in Jesus and Heavenly Father can grow each day as we attend Primary, have family home evening, read the scriptures, and listen to the prophet.
TO MAKE Print or copy, color, and cut out the activity on cardstock paper. Fill a plastic cup 3/4 full with potting soil and have seeds on hand. Mount the Jesus label on the cup, using tape. Laminating the label ahead of time will help it not to get wet and the ink run when they water their plant.
THOUGHT TREAT: Fruit with Seeds. Show children the seeds that make the plant grow, e.g., apples, tangerines, kiwi, watermelon, and/or strawberries.
CLEAR STONES FOR LESSON: To tell the Brother of Jared story* detailed below you can purchase 16 stones from Walmart or a craft store. These are glass gems to place in flower vases. Don’t let children take these home (choking hazard).
*Story: The Brother of Jared needed light inside the ships. He prayed and asked what they could do for light. In Ether 2:23 Jesus asked the brother of Jared what he needed. The brother of Jared went to a mountain and melted sixteen small, clear stones out of a rock. He then asked that the finger of the Lord could touch them to give them light. The stones were then taken to the ships to light each one.
LESSON IDEAS (for the activity above):
• Present Lesson 29 – Primary 3 Manual – CTR-A: Having Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Review the enrichment activities 3 and 4 (p. 142) in the manual for which the above activity illustrates.
