PRIMARY Class & Family Scripture Study
“Be It unto Me according to Thy Word”
Lesson-match Activities & Song Visuals
New Testament LESSON 2
Teaching Primary & Home – Come Follow Me just got easier with our activities for JANUARY (week #2)
Theme: “Be It unto Me according to Thy Word”
Matthew 1; Luke 1
YOU WILL FIND:
• SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS to get them reading.
• Then scroll down to find Lesson-Match Interactive Activities to match the CFM curriculum
TEENS
See our new SUNDAY SCHOOL interactive activities for this month RIGHT HERE
Lesson 2 Scripture Scholars
Week’s Scripture Scholars BOOKMARKS & scripture POP-UP Includes:
• BOOKMARKS with Come, Follow Me scriptures to read and discuss topics for Primary and Individuals and Families. Also, for Sunday School (teens).
• POP-UP to glue in scripture binding next to scripture you underline.
EXTRA ITEMS (not included) … THERE’S MORE:
• STAMP. Award readers with a STAMP for the week’s scripture reading. See below to find matching STAMPS.
• STAMP KEEPER. These can be placed on the STAMP KEEPER (see below) where you can collect 50 stamps for the year
Lessons 1-5 Scripture Scholars
January’s BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (to download separately, below).
SCRIPTURE SCHOLAR STAMPS. The STAMPS are included in the BUNDLES that include each week’s SS Kits.
STAMP KEEPER. If you purchase the JANUARY bundle the STAMP KEEPER is included. If not, this can be purchased individually and found on the BUNDLE page or the weekly pages.
STARTER PACK Includes the STAMP KEEPER and the STAMPS for January (SEE ABOVE)
Click on the weekly lesson posters (below) to find interactive activities:
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. . . JESUS, GOD’S SON IS BORN . . .
Angels announced the birth of Jesus.
Mary and Joseph were each visited by an angel who announced the birth of Jesus Christ. These experiences can help the children see how important Christ’s birth was.
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Invite a child’s parents to come to class dressed up as Mary and Joseph. Ask them to share the experiences recorded in Matthew 1:18–25 and Luke 1:26–38.
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Tell the stories of angels appearing to Mary and Joseph, as recorded in these verses. (See also “Chapter 2: Mary and the Angel” and “Chapter 4: Joseph and the Angel,” in New Testament Stories, 8–9, 12, or the corresponding videos on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.) You could show the picture in this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families. Invite the children to repeat the stories back to you.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Jesus Christ is the Son of Heavenly Father and Mary. What can you do to help the children learn more about Him?
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Tell the children that the angel told Mary that her baby would be called the Son of God (see Luke 1:35). Help the children repeat the phrase “Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” Help the children understand who Jesus’s parents were by inviting them to draw pictures of their own parents. As they do this, tell them that Jesus had parents too—Mary and Heavenly Father. In addition, Joseph was asked to protect and take care of Jesus while He lived on earth.
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Share your testimony that because Jesus was the Son of God, He could die for our sins and come back to life. Show pictures of Jesus’s Crucifixion and Resurrection (see Gospel Art Book, nos. 57, 59).
Jesus Christ is the Son of Heavenly Father and Mary. How can you help the children learn this truth?
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Ask the children to read Luke 1:30–35, looking for answers to these questions: “Who is Jesus’s mother?” and “Who is Jesus’s Father?” Help them understand that Jesus Christ is the only person who had a mortal mother, Mary, and an immortal Father, Heavenly Father (see also 1 Nephi 11:18–21).
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As you read these verses, invite the children to search for names or titles of Jesus Christ. What do these names mean, and what do they teach us about Jesus?
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Share your testimony of Jesus Christ, and invite the children to share their testimonies as well.
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ACTIVITIES FOR:
Angels announce the birth of Jesus.
Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. JESUS’S BIRTH FORETOLD – Christmas Concentration. Prophets told of Jesus coming to be our Savior hundreds of years before He came. Mary and Joseph, shepherds and wise men were told to follow the bright star. Youth can place the star over the manger and match the stars (with the messages given) to tell their story of the Son of God born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2). READ MORE
AGES 1-5. JESUS’S BIRTH: Jesus is Heavenly Father’s Son poster or coloring page. Children can view the manger scene where Mary gives birth to God’s only begotten Son sent to this earth. This is God the Father’s way of bringing Jesus to earth through Mary a mortal and Heavenly Father an immortal parent. THE HOME ACTIVITY motivates them to learn of Jesus. READ MORE
AGES 1-5, 4-7. JESUS IS HEAVENLY FATHER’S SON 3-D stand-up card. Children can ponder how Jesus, born in Bethlehem, once a little child is now grown to be like His Heavenly Father. Like a prince, He is the only begotten physical Son of God our Heavenly Father with an earthly mother, Mary. We too are children of God, only we are God’s spirit children born of an earthly father and mother. READ MORE
AGES 4-7, 8-11. JESUS IS THE STAR WE’VE WAITED FOR! Star Bright that special night! ornament. Children and youth can brag about this special gift we’ve received that we all celebrate at Christmas time. Hang it on the tree to remember the Old Testament and Book of Mormon prophets told of His coming to save the world from sin and death. READ MORE
CHILDREN’S LESSON ACTIVITY. JESUS IS HEAVENLY FATHER’S SON baby Jesus in a cradle 3-D manger scene. This pop-up picture shows Baby Jesus to remind us that He is God’s only begotten Son. Tell them that for many years prophets told them that He would come to save the world from sin and death. He would teach us how to live so we can be happy and live again with Him in heaven someday. Baby Jesus can be removed if placed on Velcro to pop in and out of the manger. READ MORE
SINGING TIME. “HE SENT HIS SON” song visuals. With this song youth can know how much Heavenly Father loves us, to send His only begotten son to earth to sacrifice his life for us. All because He wants us to return. Write the words on the cue cards (in your language) to place on the back. For example, “How could the Father tell the world of love and tenderness?” READ MORE
. . . PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED . . .
Heavenly Father answers my prayers.
Zacharias and Elisabeth had probably been praying for a child for many years. Eventually Heavenly Father answered their prayers by sending them a son, John the Baptist. How can you use this story to teach the children that Heavenly Father answers prayers?
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In your own words, share the story from Luke 1:5–25, 57–63. You may want to repeat the story a few times. Assign children to play the parts of Zacharias, Elisabeth, and the angel and act out the story. Emphasize the angel’s words to Zacharias: “Thy prayer is heard” (Luke 1:13). Share an experience in which Heavenly Father answered your prayer.
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Use “We Bow Our Heads” (Children’s Songbook, 25) or another song to teach the children how to pray. Every time the children sing the words “pray” or “prayer,” invite them to bow their heads and fold their arms.
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Ask each child to do actions that represent something he or she can pray for. Let the other children guess what the actions represent. They can find ideas on this week’s activity page.
God answers prayers but not always in ways we might expect. How can you use the account of Zacharias and Elisabeth to teach the children this truth?
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Ask the children what they would say to someone who had prayed for a blessing but had not received it yet. Invite them to think about this question as they read together Luke 1:5–25, 57–66. (See also “Chapter 1: Elisabeth and Zacharias” and “Chapter 3: John the Baptist Is Born,” in New Testament Stories, 6–7, 10–11, or the corresponding videos on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.) What might Zacharias and Elisabeth tell someone who felt their prayer wasn’t being answered?
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Invite several children ahead of time to share experiences when Heavenly Father answered their prayers. Share a time in which you felt your prayers were answered in an unexpected way.
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Invite the children to draw a picture of a time when Heavenly Father answered a prayer—especially one of their own. Let them share their drawings with the class.
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ACTIVITIES FOR:
Heavenly Father answers my prayers.
YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. ANGEL TELLS OF TWO BIRTHS: John and Jesus puppet story and match game. Youth can present these to younger children to know that an angel appeared to tell Mary and Elizabeth they were having babies and Mary’s would be Jesus and her cousin Elizabeth would have John (the Baptist) who would later baptize the Son of God (Jesus). READ MORE
AGES 1-5. I THANK HEAVENLY FATHER Many Thanks mini-book. Children have plenty of things to talk to Heavenly Father about, expressing gratitude for with this flip-through reminder book. There’s Family, food, home, pets, health, and friends. READ MORE
AGES 4-7 PRAYER ANSWERS Yes and No wristbands. Wristbands say “Heavenly Father will answer my prayers YES Because it’s ok!” “Heavenly Father will answer my prayers NO Because it’s best for me.” Heavenly Father knows us and knows what is best? We can learn of His ways as we pray. Then, we can choose for ourselves (part of His plan). READ MORE
AGES 8-11 PUZZLED ABOUT PRAYER crossword puzzle. Youth can not be puzzled anymore about prayer with this crossword full of words about prayer: Heavenly Father, ask, morning, listen, thank, still small voice, help, Holy Ghost, prayer, Jesus Christ, yes, guidance, knees, night, blessings, no, peace. Wow! Now you know the answers not fix them into place across and down. Like, “spirit friend,” who would that be? READ MORE
SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. TRUST IN GOD Proverbs 3:5-6 bite-size memorize poster. Youth can share ways they have been guided as they trusted in Heavenly Father. Memorize “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” READ MORE
SINGING TIME. “I PRAY IN FAITH” song visuals. Youth can learn this song about: HOW we pray: “kneel to pray” “pray in faith” WHEN to pray: “ev’ry day.” WHOM do we pray to: “Heav’nly Father.” WHAT does God do? “He hears and answers me.” WHAT do we say and do during prayer? “Thank him for blessings he sends; Then humbly I ask him for things that I need.” HOW do we end the prayer? “In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.” READ MORE
SUMMARY OF SUBJECTS FOR:
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew 1; Luke 1
JANUARY (week 2)
Lesson 2: January 2-8, 2023
“Be It unto Me according to Thy Word”
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