POSTER ACTIVITY. HONORABLE FAMILY FOOD STORAGE match. Youth can pretend they are an item in the cupboard pantry. What would they be and what would they do to honor their family to make it a happy home? For example, “Tommy Tomato helped his brother study …” (match #1) “and catch up on his homework” (match #2).
USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home lessons, Family Home Evening, Young Women, Activity Days, Sunday School, Bible Study
POST-AND-PRESENT Activity
Honorable Family (Food Storage Match)
OBJECTIVE: Help youth ponder family situations that invite honoring and obeying parents or showing respect for others and doing as Jesus would do.
ACTIVITY:
- Tell the youth that Jesus honored His mother, Mary. When He was about to die on the cross, He still thought of His mother, asking John to take care of her (see John 19:25-27).
We need to love and care for our families. President Gordon B. Hinckley tells us to “love each other, respect each other, to treat each other with love, kindness, and respect” (Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, 25).
2. Place the Honorable Family Food Storage sign on the poster and say, “Let’s learn about ways we can honor our family. If you were an item in your food storage, what would you be and what would you do to honor your family? What can we do to make a happy home?
3. Demonstrate by placing the first food-storage item in the cupboard/poster. Show and read one of the match cards, putting it together by placing the left half of the cards (e.g., “Tommy Tomato helped his brother study . . .”) on the left side of the board and placing the right half of the cards (e.g., “and catch up on his homework”) on the right side of the board.
4. Place all the items with the top half on the left of the board and all items with the bottom half on the right. Ask children to match and fill the cupboard with honorable actions that will make your family happy.
5. Read each one aloud and talk about each action (and others children/youth want to share) that helps show honor and respect to your family, so you can do as Jesus would do.
TO MAKE Print, color, and cut out the food storage and cupboard that follow, and cut cards in half where indicated. Laminate for durability. Laminate one or two posters to mount cupboards and cards on. Place double-stick tape on visuals to mount on posters.
THOUGHT TREAT: Food Storage Snacks/Stew. Have youth (telling parents ahead of time) bring an item from their food storage they wish to share. Place these items on a table and have children come up after and pass out their treats to everyone, providing a plastic or paper bag/sack to take goodies home.
TESTIMONY SHARING: Ask children/youth to share their testimony on the following.
Ideas: How can I strengthen my family? “Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful … families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities” (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2010, 129).
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As we assist our parents in accomplishing these goals, we can help our families attain the happiness Heavenly Father wants for us.
