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Little LESSON LIFESAVERS
“I Love Babies” baby in a blanket with baby-care items
NURSERY – Age 3 CRAFT & LESSON*
OBJECTIVE: The lesson helps children learn that Jesus Christ set a perfect example of kindness and love.
CRAFT ACTIVITY – I Love Babies – Baby in a Blanket with Baby-care Items
1. Print or copy the activity. Fold the blanket on fold lines and glue sides 1/4″ to create a pocket for baby and baby-care items. Place baby and baby items in the blanket to show and talk about baby care. Roleplay taking care of a baby to show love for others.
2. Tell children that Jesus set the perfect example of love and kindness. Jesus showed His love by serving and blessing the poor, sick, and distressed. He told His disciples to “love one another, as I have loved you” (John 15:12).
THOUGHT TREAT Baby-Rattle cookie or candy Pacifier. Bake a cookie in the shape of a baby rattle or give children candy pacifiers.
*NURSERY – Age 3 LESSON
NURSERY LESSON Click the following to find Nursery Lesson 5 – Jesus Christ Showed Us How to Love Others.
SUNBEAM LESSON Click the following to find Sunbeam Lesson 24 – I Love My Brothers and Sisters in the Primary 1 manual.
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LESSON 24
I Love My Brothers and Sisters
“Lesson 24: I Love My Brothers and Sisters,” Primary 1 (2000), 78–80
Purpose
To encourage each child to show love for his or her brothers and sisters.
Preparation
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Prayerfully study Exodus 1:22–2:10.
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With the approval of your Primary president, invite a mother to bring her baby to class. Ask her to talk about how she cares for the baby, including things that she and her family do to keep the baby safe. Encourage her to tell about the love she feels for her baby. If a mother with a baby is not available, you could invite a mother to come with pictures of her child as a baby.
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Materials needed:
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A Bible.
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A baby doll.
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Picture 1-2, Moses in the Bulrushes (Gospel Art Picture Kit 106; 62063); picture 1-13, Joseph Smith (Gospel Art Picture Kit 400; 62449).
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Make the necessary preparations for any Enrichment Activities you want to use.
Note to the teacher: As you give this lesson, be sensitive to the feelings of children in your class who do not have any brothers or sisters.
Learning Activities
Invite a child to give the opening prayer.
We can love our brothers and sisters
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Do any of you have a baby brother or sister?
Let children who have a baby brother or sister talk about the baby and tell how their families prepared for a new baby.
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Do any of you have older brothers or sisters?
Let the children talk for a few moments about their brothers and sisters. Remind the children that you talked in the previous lesson about how all families are different. Some people have lots of brothers and sisters, and some people have only a few or none at all. No matter how many brothers or sisters we have, we should love them and be kind to them.
We can help our brothers and sisters
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How can you help your brothers and sisters?
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How do your brothers and sisters help you?
We can help with our baby brothers and sisters
Explain that sometimes it is difficult when a new baby is born into a family because the baby takes a lot of the parents’ time and attention. Help the children understand that although parents may be busy with the new baby, they still love all their other children. Remind the children that a baby needs help with almost everything, while older children (such as those in your class) can do many things for themselves and for a baby brother or sister.
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How could you help your parents with a baby brother or sister?
Enrichment Activities
Choose some of these activities to use during the lesson.
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Give the children paper and crayons or pencils, and have them draw pictures of their brothers and sisters. Let the children take turns showing their pictures and talking about their brothers and sisters. Encourage the children to tell things they like to do with their brothers and sisters.
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Obtain a baby picture of each child and have the children guess who each baby is. (Be sure to return the pictures to the parents undamaged.) Remind the children who have older brothers and sisters that their brothers and sisters helped take care of them when they were babies.
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Sing or say the words to “Fun to Do” (Children’s Songbook, p. 253), using phrases such as “Rocking a baby is fun to do” or “Helping my sister is fun to do.” Improvise actions as suggested by the words.
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Sing or say the words to the first verse of “When We’re Helping” (Children’s Songbook, p. 198), substituting sister or brother for mother, or sing the second verse of “A Happy Family” (Children’s Songbook, p. 198).
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Bring a photograph of your own family and tell the children about your brothers and sisters. You may want to share some happy experiences you have had together.
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Using props such as a baby doll, a small basket or box, a blanket, and a scarf, help the children act out the story of Miriam and baby Moses in the bulrushes.
Additional Activities for Younger Children
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Place a small but easily recognized baby item into a bag or large sock. Have the children reach inside without looking and try to guess what the object is by touching it.
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Sing or say the words to both verses of “A Happy Family” (Children’s Songbook, p. 198). While you sing, join hands and move in a circle with the children, or make up simple actions to fit the song.
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Help the children do the actions to the following finger play while you say the words:
This is what the baby does:
Clap – clap – clap – clap (clap hands)!
This is what the baby does:
Peekaboo, I see you (play peekaboo with hands)!
This is what the baby does:
Creep – creep – creep – creep (make fingers “walk” in the air).
This is what the baby does:
Sleep – sleep – sleep – sleep (lean cheek against folded hands).
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Help the children do the actions to the following activity verse while you say the words:
Little Baby Moses
Little Baby Moses had a boat for his bed (cup one hand and place forefinger of other hand in it).
His loving sister watched him through the grasses where she hid (peek through fingers of hand held across eyes).
One day a princess found him (lean forward, looking down) and took him in her arms (pretend to lift baby);
She said, “I’ll take this baby and keep him from all harm” (pretend to rock baby in arms).
(From Fascinating Finger Fun by Eleanor Doan. © 1951. Used by permission.)