July - I Choose the Right by Living Gospel Principles - 2
This is our Children's Sacrament Meeting Presentation monthly and weekly theme help section. Find object lessons, music, sharing time ideas, clipart, and much more to help you with this month's LDS Primary theme from the Children's Sacrament Meeting Presentation booklet.
Primary Weekly Themes: July 2012
- Fasting and prayer can strengthen my testimony.
- Being kind is doing and saying nice things to others.
- Reverence is deep respect and love toward God.
- Honesty is telling the truth regardless of the consequences.
20 minute Music Time
- The song to teach during Primary Music Time in July is “The Wise Man and the Foolish Man” (CS, 281) or a song of your choice from the Children’s Songbook
If you've got ideas on how to teach this song please comment below!
Scripture
“Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord” (1 Nephi 3:16).
Jenny's Tips
July and June are the same overall topic, but this month covers a few difference principles. These are easy-to-teach and a great review of basic principles we should all do in our lives.
Note from the Primary presentation manual: "Having children read from their own scriptures reinforces the importance of the scriptures and invites the Spirit. If possible, invite the children to mark verses in their own scriptures and then read them together."
Reading from the scriptures is a superior teaching method to passing out the entire scripture printed out on a piece of paper, in my opinion. For my Seminary classes I write scripture references on the board so that everyone can turn to the reference, even though only a few students might read from that passage. It can be difficult for younger children to find a passage by themselves, but older Primary children should be looking up passages whenever possible. (You can always give the page number to help strugglers, but don't give it out at first. Let them hunt for a few seconds.)
I probably wouldn't have a sharing time class look up more than 1-2 scriptures per lesson, but it's great whenever we can get kids into their scriptures.
More Help
Sharing Time Lessons from The Friend
We have indexed a number of Sharing Time Lessons from old Friend magazines. You can use these lessons when there isn't a 5th week lesson, or you may want to get ideas on how to adapt the provided lesson to your students.
- Keep the Commandments Scavenger Hunt
- My Prayers will be Answered
- Choose the Right
- True in All Things
- Lies Make a Web to Trap Us (If You're Happy Alternate Words)
- Measuring Up: Kindness
- Using My Gospel Standards to make choices
- 10 Commandments Activities
Primary Clipart Related to this Month's Theme
Below are LDS Clipart clipart images that relate to the Primary theme for July.
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Related Object Lessons
Our system suggests these LDS Object Lessons that could be used as attention-getters with this lesson. Don't use them to replace the lessons in the manual -- they are supplemental.
- Want some cake?
- Bad habits are hard to break
- Be True Clear Through
- Temptation
- Apostasy and Restoration
- Pray Often
- Ask and You Will Receive
- Little white lie - Honesty
- Lying
- Establishing a Relationship with Heavenly Father
- Keeping in tune with the Spirit
- Pondering - What purpose does it serve
- resisting sin
- The Scriptures are a "treasure"
- Prayer Sandwich
- You watch what goes in your mouth so watch what comes out!
- Spiritual Food
- Pretzel: A Reminder of Prayer
- Fasting to be filled
- Relationship to Heveanly Father
- Keeping in tune with the Spirit
- Death of a Testimony
- Everyone is of Worth
- Heavenly Father Hears Everyone's Prayers
- Cell Phone / Prayer
- Prayer can 'Topple' Sin
- Fasting
- Who Said It?
Aren't these object lessons great? Please share your object lessons, too!
Sharing Time Ideas - on the Web
Get sharing time ideas from great Primary bloggers all over the web!
Below is a list of Primary Sharing Ideas from the web.
Do you have a Sharing Time Blog
If you have a Sharing Time blog and would like your ideas featured here, please email me at jennysmith.net@gmail.com. I'd love to help you share your ideas!
Mrs. Potato Head Singing Time "I have been wanting to make some sort of Singing Time activity where children build a face or clothe someone (e.g., the armor of God) for some time now so creating a Mrs. Potato Head for Mother's Day seemed perfect. The best part is that this isn't a Mother's Day only activity. In fact, later, I can create some seasonal clothing ... and when I am not using it for primary, it makes a nice activity for children that doesn't take up much space :)This was a very easy activity to create, but it did take some time to cut everything out and color everything in.I would be happy to share the artwork...
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