GREAT FOR CHILDREN & YOUTH – Come Follow Me Lessons for: Primary, family home evening, Sunday School, Seminary, Bible Study
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Lend a Hand of Support wheel
Description: Youth can spin the wheel to give support or service to the family member the spinner lands on. If landing on “Secret Choice” or “Someone in Need” they choose a family member to do anonymous service.
Youth can share this activity with a family with young children or their own family with younger siblings. Encourage them to lend support to specific members of their family each day by creating and spinning this support wheel.
How to Use Wheel. Each day of the week they can spin the wheel and concentrate on giving support to the person whose name the wheel lands on. If they land on Secret Choice, they choose a family member to show support and love to anonymously. When landing on Someone in Need, they choose a family member they can observe and help where needed. Family members can secretly spin the wheel and give anonymous support to the person they spin.
During a youth activity they can take turns spinning the wheel and sharing ways they can lend support and love to that family member for which the spinner (I will lend a hand of SUPPORT” points to).
TO MAKE: Print activity in color or black and white. Color and cut out wheel and spinner. Attach spinner to wheel with a metal brad at the visual hand/wrist. Punch and tie a string to hang spinner after use.
MUTUAL NIGHT, Family Night, Sunday School, or Seminary ACTIVITIES
VIDEO: Cheering Section – A girl is surprised by a zealous cheering section at her violin recital. (0:47) CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO FROM YOUR I-PHONE.
FAMILY SELF-ESTEEM: Tell youth that we are self-image builders. Before the workshop, have someone who is a builder prepare some precut boards; have nails, hammers, scotch tape, string, and glue available. Have youth in groups build a project without nails. Give them scotch tape, string, and glue. Demonstrate how the finished project is shaky and may not stand up under pressure. Bring out nails and hammer, and proceed to redo the project using nails. The project is now much more sturdy. Discuss our ability to supply “nails” (strong support) in building up others or in building up our self-image. If we supply only tape, glue, or string, the support doesn’t last. Discuss situations that build confidence. Create a favor by nailing two boards together and then nailing this note to the board: “When times get tough and you need to be strong, you can draw on your inner strength. Build up yourself and your family to withstand life’s challenges.”
VIDEO: Phone Call – A father calls his daughter just to say hi. (1:06) CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO FROM YOUR I-PHONE.
FAMILY SUPPORT COOKIE HOUSE: Construct a graham cracker house with frosting and decorate with candies. Youth can take it to their families and say, “I made this house for you to show you that I love and support you.”
FAMILY SUPPORT COOKIE CLOCK: Decorate a round sugar cookie by frosting and decorating it to look like a clock. Tell youth that if they plan their time well they can make time to support and enjoy their family, creating lasting memories and family ties.
VIDEO: The Fence – A father and his son paint their fence. (1:03) CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO FROM YOUR I-PHONE.
VIDEO: The Swing Set – CLICK HERE TO VIEW VIDEO FROM YOUR I-PHONE.
Source YW 1.10
August: “Marriage and Family”
“Marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and … the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children” (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2010, 129).
*QUESTION “Come Follow Me” Lesson: How can I strengthen my family?
October: “Becoming More Christlike”
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).
*QUESTION “Come Follow Me” Lesson: How can I develop Christlike love?
