CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY. I HAVE FEELINGS Sunshine Face smile/frown flip-flag. Present both of the I HAVE FEELINGS activities (including the “I Have Many Feelings!” poster or coloring page shown below). With these activities, you can help them understand and identify their feelings and learn ways to be HAPPY.
USE FOR Come Follow Me, Primary/Church and Home lessons for ages 1-5
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
I HAVE FEELINGS sunshine face/frown flip-flag
See the “I Have Feelings” Lesson 21 in the Primary 1 manual (HERE).
OBJECTIVE: Help children understand and identify feelings and learn ways to be happy.
CRAFT ACTIVITY – Sunshine Face – Smile/Frown Flip-flag
1. Print or copy the activity. Glue a wooden stick or an unsharpened pencil in the bottom center. Fold the flag and glue back-to-back.
2. With this Smile/Frown flip-flag, children can flip back and forth to learn about their feelings and know that it’s more fun to have a sunshine face. To flip the flag, move it back and forth quickly to try and see both sides at once.
THOUGHT TREAT. Smiley-face cookies.
SINGING FUN. Sing the following song and notice the words HAPPINESS and JOY and actions that make us smile. In the song we learn that families that pray together, serve each other, and read the scriptures find JOY and HAPPINESS.
• DOWNLOAD Home Can Be a Heaven on Earth, Hymns p. 298 SONG VISUALS HERE (shown right). Focus on the words in the first verse:
Home can be a heav’n on earth
When we are filled with love,
Bringing HAPPINESS and JOY
In the 2nd verse find the words:
CHEERFUL hearts
MORE SINGING for I Have Feelings (lesson): Sing “Smiles,” “I Am Like a Star,” and “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam” (Children’s Songbook, 267, 163, 60).
MORE SUNBEAM LESSON ACTIVITIES:
GO TO ANOTHER LESSON 21 ACTIVITY
Click HERE to find 21b POSTER activity (shown right) for this same lesson – Sunbeam Lesson 21: I Have Feelings (shown below).
YOUTH CAN TEACH Activities to make this year a “HAPPY” New Year for children and youth
Use the following article to give you details (a preview) of the 26 HAPPY activities.
TEACH ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES anytime or follow these four topics (below) and teach them day-by-day or week-by-week at CHURCH or HOME as you set and achieve these goals in the new year. Enjoy!
TOPICS:
PARTS 1-2 (HERE)
• HAPPY Family (#1-5 Activities)
• HAPPY Service (#6-11 Activities)
PARTS 3-4 (HERE)
• HAPPY Choices (#12-22 Activities)
• Plan of HAPPINESS (#23-26 Activities)