USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home (family home evening), Bible Study
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
I Love Water!
Jesus Created Water (poster or coloring page)
Nursery Lesson 26: I Will Be Baptized and Confirmed*
OBJECTIVE: The activity talks about water; a creation of Jesus Christ. The LESSON is to tell them about baptism by immersion in water as follows. Tell children that Jesus was baptized to show obedience to His father who is our Heavenly Father. He set an example for us. When we are baptized, we show we want to follow Jesus and keep God’s commandments. After we are baptized, we can receive the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide us if we continue to choose the right.
POSTER ACTIVITY – Jesus Created Water Poster
1. Print or copy the activity poster to color. The poster helps children feel gratitude for water, thanking Heavenly Father and Jesus. See Emphasis on BAPTISM AND THE SACRAMENT (below).
2. Talk about the poster, saying, “I love water!”
• Help children answer questions:
– “What do you think would happen if you took a bath in tomato soup instead?” (You can show some tomato soup.)
– “Can you find the animal that lives in water?” (Help them find the fish.)
– “Do you know what ice is made of?” (Put ice cubes in each child’s drink.)
• Talk about uses for water: I am thankful for the water that comes from the sky, filling our lakes, rivers, and oceans. I use water for many things. I drink it, bathe in it, and use it to wash my hair and clothes. I use it to wash dishes, water the flowers and other plants, and water my pets.
• Talk about water in relation to BAPTISM AND THE SACRAMENT. We can be baptized in water like Jesus when we are eight. Each week in sacrament meeting we can partake of the sacrament bread and water to remember Jesus and promise to follow Him.
3. Talk about the Home Activity: “During the week, help me be thankful that Jesus created water.”
THOUGHT TREAT: Water. You can add ice cubes or blue food coloring, talking about how the blue sky reflects on the water (but the water is not blue—just a reflection).
SINGING for I Will BE Baptized and Confirmed Nursery Lesson 26: Sing “Baptism” (Children’s Songbook, 100).
You can DOWNLOAD these song visuals HERE ⇒
*LESSON IDEAS (for the above activity):
Present Nursery Lesson 26 – I Will Be Baptized and Confirmed in the Behold Your Little Ones manual.
Present Sunbeam Lesson 9 – I Am Thankful for Water in the Primary 1 manual.
MORE NURSERY LESSON ACTIVITIES:
GO TO ANOTHER LESSON 26 ACTIVITY
Click HERE to find 26a CRAFT activity for this same lesson – Nursery Lesson 26: I Will Be Baptized and Confirmed (shown right).
NEXT LESSON
Click HERE to find 27a CRAFT activity for the next Nursery 27: The Sacrament Helps Me Think about Jesus Christ (shown left).
Click HERE to find 27b POSTER activity for the Nursery 27: The Sacrament Helps Me Think about Jesus Christ (shown right).
GO BACK
Click HERE to find 25b POSTER activity for the previous Nursery lesson 25: I Belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (shown left).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Click HERE for Nursery lessons 1-30.
MORE Ages 2-5 SUNBEAM LESSON ACTIVITIES:
GO TO ANOTHER LESSON 9 ACTIVITY
Click HERE to find 9a CRAFT activity for this same lesson – Sunbeam Lesson 9: I Am Thankful for Water (shown right).
NEXT LESSON
Click HERE to find 10a CRAFT activity for the next Sunbeam 10: I Am Thankful for Trees, Plants, and Flowers (shown left).
Click HERE to find 10b POSTER activity for the Sunbeam 10: I Am Thankful for Trees, Plants, and Flowers (shown right).
GO BACK
Click HERE to find 8b POSTER activity for the previous Sunbeam lesson 8: I Am Thankful for the Day and the Night (shown left).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Click HERE for Sunbeam lessons 1-46.
Graphics/Embellishment(s) shown on the children’s photos can be obtained from memorymixer.com (Ettes and Co by Annette “Splash n Summer” embellishments).
