PRIMARY Class & Family Scripture Study
“O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory?”
Interactive Activities For Youth
New Testament LESSON 15
Teaching Primary & Home – Come Follow Me just got easier with our activities for APRIL (week #2)
Theme: “O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory?”
Easter
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 15 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 14-18 Scripture Scholars
April’s BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (to download separately, below).
APRIL STAMPS $1.50
Stamps for weeks 1-5 Scripture Scholars Lessons 14-18 – New Testament – Included in the BUNDLE
STAMP KEEPER (1-53 stamps) $3.00
This is included in the January BUNDLE (or, download it below)
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. . . JESUS, MY SAVIOR . . .
Jesus Christ is my Savior.
As you read about the Atonement of Jesus Christ, ponder how you can help the children feel how much Jesus loves them.
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Show a picture of Jesus, and ask the children to share what they know about what He did for us. Bear your testimony of the Savior’s love and His power to save us from sin. Hold up a mirror, and let the children take turns looking into it. As each child does, say, “Jesus loves [child’s name], and He can help [child’s name] live with Heavenly Father again.”
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Show the picture Jesus Praying in Gethsemane (Gospel Art Book, no. 56) as you tell the story of Jesus suffering in Gethsemane for the sins of the world (see Matthew 26:36–46; Luke 22:39–44). Testify that because of His suffering, we can be forgiven when we make a wrong choice. You could also use “Chapter 51: Jesus Suffers in the Garden of Gethsemane” (in New Testament Stories, 129–32, or the corresponding video on ChurchofJesusChrist.org).
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Read with the children Luke 22:39–44 and selected verses from Matthew 27:29–50. Invite them to look for words that help them understand what the Savior experienced in Gethsemane and on the cross.
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Help the children memorize the third article of faith. Bear your testimony that Jesus Christ has the power to save us from sin and from death.
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Help the children prepare short talks about the Atonement of Jesus Christ that they can share with others. Encourage them to include a scripture and their testimonies in their talks. If they need additional help, they could read “Atone, Atonement” in Guide to the Scriptures (scriptures.ChurchofJesusChrist.org).
SEE Atonement Index and find the song visuals (HERE at the bottom of the page) to obtain ideas for talks. The words could be the entire talk with pictures to match.Sing together a song about Jesus’s love for us, such as “I Feel My Savior’s Love” (Children’s Songbook, 74–75). Help the children identify words in the song that describe the Savior’s love. What helps us feel His love? How can we help others feel His love?
OLDER CHILDREN
Jesus suffered for me in Gethsemane and on the cross.
As you study the scriptures this week, ponder how you can help the children build their faith in Jesus Christ and His Atonement.
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ACTIVITIES FOR:
Jesus Christ is my Savior.
POST-AND-PRESENT. PERFECT BRIGHTNESS OF HOPE mood changer. Youth can draw tissue from the box as they: #1 Draw a SAD SUN card and read the situation. #2 Tell how Jesus made it better to “dry our tears” (Revelations 21:4). #3 Place a HAPPY SUN under the story pictures that match the situation: Garden of Gethsemane, After the Resurrection, and Spirits in Heaven. READ MORE
AGES 1-5 ACTIVITY. JESUS LOVES ME – Count the Ways spotlight. Book Reads: Jesus came to earth to show the way. – Jesus showed me how to be baptized. – Jesus taught me how to pray. – Jesus showed me how to care for others. – Jesus showed me how to love. – Jesus died for me. – Jesus was resurrected so I can live again. READ MORE
Jesus Praying For Us in The Garden of Gethsemane
AGES 4-7. HEAVENLY FATHER HELPS ME WHEN I PRAY dot-to-dot. As children draw Jesus following the numbers as He knelt and prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane they can think about God the Father and the Son and how we are also spirit children of Heavenly Father who can pray to Him daily. He will answer our prayers. When we need guidance He is there just as He was for Jesus when He prayed for us. READ MORE
YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. JESUS IS MY LIFE SAVIOR Life-preserver Promises planner. This reminds youth that Jesus suffered for our sins (so we can repent) and gave His life for us (so that we might live again); He is our Savior. Write on planner ways to draw close to Him through Prayer, Scriptures, and Actions (life preserver promises that will help you earn eternal life). SREAD MORE
YOUTH ACTIVITY. JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD little lamb block. Youth can read John 1:29 to learn that Jesus Christ is the lamb to take away “the sins of the world.” Several blocks can be made to push around pretending to herd sheep (and more). READ MORE
SINGING TIME. “I FEEL MY SAVIOR’S LOVE” song visuals. Youth can feel the love of Jesus Christ “in all the world around” them. “His Spirit warms” their soul “through ev’rything” they see. They know they “will follow him, give all” their “life to him” because of their love. When they “kneel to pray” their “heart is filled with peace.” These words and more can be written on cue cards and placed on the back of visuals to teach. READ MORE
. . . I WILL LIVE AGAIN . .
Because Jesus died and was resurrected, I will live again.
How can you help the children understand that because of Jesus Christ, we and our loved ones will be resurrected someday?
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Teach the children the story of Easter using pictures of Christ in Gethsemane, on the cross, and after His Resurrection (see Gospel Art Book, nos. 56–60 and the full-page picture in this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families). Let a few children hold the pictures while you tell the story. Tell the children about a few of the people who saw Jesus after He was resurrected, such as Mary (see John 20:1–18) or Thomas (see John 20:24–29).
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Ask the children why we celebrate Easter. Explain that on Easter we celebrate the day Jesus Christ was resurrected. Ask if any children would like to share what their families do to remember Jesus Christ’s Resurrection.
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Explain that resurrected means to live again after we die. Bear your testimony that because of Jesus Christ, we will be resurrected—we will live again after we die, and we will never die again.
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Use a glove to teach the children that we all have a body (represented by the glove) and a spirit (represented by a hand). When we die, our spirits and bodies are separated. Our spirits continue to live, but our bodies do not. When we are resurrected, our spirits and bodies come together again. Let the children take turns putting the glove on and taking it off.
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Sing together an Easter song, such as “Did Jesus Really Live Again?” or “Jesus Has Risen” (Children’s Songbook, 64, 70), and show the children pictures of Jesus after He was resurrected (see Gospel Art Book, nos. 59–61).
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Display a picture of someone you know who has died. Share your testimony that he or she will be resurrected because of the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Watch together the video “Jesus Is Resurrected” or “The Risen Lord Appears to the Apostles” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Or show another Easter video found at Easter.ComeuntoChrist.org.
OLDER CHILDREN
The children you teach will someday experience the death of a loved one if they haven’t already. Help them know that because Jesus Christ was resurrected, we will all be resurrected.
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Display pictures nos. 57–59 in the Gospel Art Book, and ask the children to match the pictures with the following passages: Matthew 27:29–38, 59–60; John 20:10–18.
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Invite children to individually read “Resurrection” in Guide to the Scriptures (scriptures.ChurchofJesusChrist.org) and find something they would like to teach their families. Give the children time to share what they found.
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Help the children look in the topics index of the Children’s Songbook to find a song they would like to sing about Jesus Christ or the Resurrection. Sing the song together, and ask the children what they learn from this song.
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Show the video “Jesus Is Resurrected” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org), and invite a few children to share their testimonies about the Savior’s Atonement and Resurrection. (You might ask these children to do this a few days before class so they can prepare.) Invite the children to write down their testimonies to share at home.
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ACTIVITIES FOR:
Because Jesus died and was resurrected, I will live again.
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. RESURRECTION MIRACLES Easter match game. Jesus volunteered to be our Savior, to die for us so that everyone will live again. Learn resurrection miracle stories by matching body-part cards. For example, “Marsha was blind and wanted to read books in Braille. Because Jesus was resurrected, Marsha can read all books someday.” READ MORE
Spirit and Body Separated – Then Brought Back
AGES 1-5 HEAVENLY HOME & EARTHLY HOME with plastic spirit & paper dolls. With the heavenly home and earthly home pictures, children can move their plastic spirits and paper dolls by inserting them into their pockets. These represent pre-mortal life, mortal-earth life, death (moving their spirits to heaven), and resurrection (moving spirit back over the body to earth life). READ MORE
AGES 4-7 ACTIVITY. I CAN LIVE FOREVER! resurrection garden tomb slideshow. Before we came to earth Jesus volunteered to be our Savior, to come to earth and die for us and be resurrected so we could also live forever. The tomb slideshow is of this story. READ MORE
AGES 8-11 ACTIVITY. HE HAS RISEN! write a story. Youth can learn from the images and scriptures about the resurrection, then write in their own words the stories. Both the Bible and The Book of Mormon testify of Jesus and His resurrection. READ MORE
SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. GOD LOVES US John 3:16 scripture poster/card set. Youth can know that our Father in heaven loves us so much that He allowed Jesus Christ who created us and our world to also sacrifice His life for us. John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” READ MORE
SINGING TIME. “DID JESUS REALLY LIVE AGAIN?” song visuals. Youth should know there were prophets of old who told of this moment when Jesus would live again and make it possible for all to live again. Write the words on the cue cards (in your language) to place on the back of the song visuals, e.g., “Yes, when the third day came, He wakened and he left the tomb.” READ MORE
SUMMARY OF SUBJECTS FOR:
NEW TESTAMENT
Easter
APRIL (week 2)
Lesson 15: April 3-9, 2023
“O Grave, Where Is Thy Victory?”
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