YOUTH CAN TEACH
REMEMBER JESUS Sacrament Manners match game (Ages 1-5)
HOW DO I WORSHIP DURING THE SACRAMENT?
YOUTH CAN TEACH children with this simple match game, telling them what to think about and what to do before and during the sacrament.
• Talk about Jesus giving the first sacrament to His disciples/apostles.
• Talk about the manners to have to be reverent during the sacrament and what to think about.
• Play this SACRAMENT MATCH GAME to review.
• Teach (See lesson below).
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Remember Jesus – Sacrament Manners match game
OBJECTIVE: With this Match Game, children can learn what to think and do as they partake of the sacrament. Children can say these words aloud to memorize, saying, “I WILL”:
• Sing the words or hum the sacrament song
• Bow my head when the sacrament prayers are said
• Listen to the sacrament prayer
• Think about Jesus
• Partake of the bread and water reverently
• Whisper if they need to talk
CRAFT ACTIVITY – Remembering Jesus Sacrament Manners Match Game
1. Print or copy two sets of the match game cards (on cardstock paper) for each child.
2. Help children talk about the sacrament and ways to show good manners when we take the sacrament and remember Jesus. Show a picture of Jesus when you do this (see the Jesus Loves Me mini-portrait to download below).
3. To Play: Turn cards face down. Take turns turning two cards over to try to make a match. If cards match, keep matching cards. If cards don’t match, turn the cards back over so the next player can try to make a match.
YOUTH CAN TEACH using LESSON 27 The Sacrament Helps Me Think about Jesus in the “Behold Your Little Ones” Nursery Manual (HERE).
. . . This lesson, and the above LESSON LIFESAVER Activity tells children that Jesus gave the sacrament to His Apostles before he died on the cross.
HERE’S ONE MORE ACTIVITY for The Sacrament Helps Me Think about Jesus lesson (see above). You may like this if you have younger children. The HOME ACTIVITY helps them discuss the lesson points with parents.
DOWNLOAD I Will Think about Jesus poster or coloring page (HERE or below).
THOUGHT TREAT: Cookies or graham crackers.
SINGING for this lesson, sing: “Jesus Loved the Little Children,” “Jesus Said Love Everyone*,” and “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam” (Children’s Songbook, 40, 61, 60).
*DOWNLOAD “Jesus Said Love Everyone” song visuals (HERE or below).
LYRICS: Jesus said love ev’ryone; Treat them kindly too. When your heart is filled with love, Others will love you. Words and music: Moiselle Renstrom, 1889–1956
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• The First Sacrament. Talk to children about the first sacrament when Jesus gave his apostles the bread and water and told them He would become their Savior. The BREAD represents his body, and the WATER, his blood.
DOWNLOAD Ages 4-7 Activity: I Will Remember Jesus. Last Supper shadow box (HERE or below).
• JESUS LOVES ME sacrament mini-portrait. With their very own picture of Jesus, the children can think about how Jesus loves them. Jesus gives us the sacrament ordinances with the bread and water to remember Him. Jesus also gave the bread and water to His Apostles and the Nephites (to remember Him).
DOWNLOAD Jesus Loves Me – Sacrament mini-portrait (HERE or below).
