GREAT FOR CHILDREN – Come Follow Me Lessons for Primary, family home evening, Bible Study
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
I Have Many Feelings! poster
OBJECTIVE: Help children understand and identify feelings and learn ways to be happy.
POSTER ACTIVITY – I Have Many Feelings! Poster
1. Print or copy the activity poster to color.
2. Talk about poster, saying, “I have many feelings!” (happy, frightened, angry, sad)
• Talk about experiences children have that bring on these feelings and what they can do to feel better.
3. Talk about the Home Activity: “Ask me to tell you when I am happy, sad, angry, or frightened. Help me thank Heavenly Father when I am happy. Help me pray so the Holy Ghost can help me feel better when I feel sad, angry, or frightened.”
SHOW CHILDREN STEPS TO PRAYER. See the four steps to pray on the prayer poster (found HERE) to review how to pray. Or, DOWNLOAD the activity below.
THOUGHT TREAT: Feeling-face cookies. Give each child two cookies, one frosted with a smile and the other with a frown. As they eat each cookie, talk about feelings that come with that expression: smile (happy) and frown (angry, sad). Give them a mirror so they can try expressions. Show them how to look surprised (mouth open). The best expression is a smile that comes from making right choices. Sing “Smiles” (above) to turn frown upside-down and smile the frown away.
SINGING for Sunbeam Lesson 21 – I Have Feelings: Sing “Smiles,” “I Am Like a Star,” and “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam” (Children’s Songbook, 267, 163, 60). Sing “If You’re Happy” (Children’s Songbook, 266).
MORE LESSON IDEAS (for the above activity):
Present the Sunbeam Lesson 21 – I Have Feelings in the Primary 1 manual.
See#3 in the above activity to use this suggested poster activity on the steps of prayer.
Or, use this Post-and-Present activity to talk about the steps of prayer.
