Children's Activities
Activities for Children
Breakfast with the Bishop
We gather the children the first Saturday of the year and have them meet for breakfast at the ward house. We have all the teachers come and meet their new classes (sometiems in PJ’s), so they each sit with their new class (we have done picnic style and tables). Then we have the bishop tell a story, sing a song…
Summer Scripture Splash
Before each activity we briefly discussed the background for the scripture on the poster or explained how it applied to us or the activity. 1. Squirt guns “The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.” Proverbs 13:9 Two to four people race to put out lit candles by squirting the flames with…
missionary activity from premission to the mission field
Pre-mission – focus on exercise, healthy eating, saving money, studying the scriptures etc. Show a piggy bank – saving money. Scriptures – learning the gospel. Shoe =missionaries walk a lot. Serve refreshments here we served apples, carrots and grapes with water to drink. Took about 15 min. We had the children write letters or draw pictures for the missionaries in…
Preparation
We wanted to teach the children that the Lord uses his Prophets to help prepare his people.We used stories in the scriptures to help teach this. We asked someone to play the part of each Prophet. They told the story and explained how the Lord helped them to prepare for what was to happen. After the story the children did…
Family History & Temple Work
Have the girls waiting at the door not allowed in till you lead them as a Forest Ranger. Tell the girls that the lights to guide them our like faith in the gospel. Tell the children that they are entering the woods and we have to silent so we dont’ loose the way. Have them take a chair and start…
Mother’s Day Plates
We have used white glass plates for Mother’s Day. They turned out really nice and the Mother’s were so excited to get them. We first made sure that the children had an old tshirt of some sort over their good clothes! Each child had a white glass plate. We used gold foil acrylic paint but you can use any color.…
New Era Basketball
We used the March New Era which focused on Missionary Service. Each member of the presidency came up with 5 questions based on the articles within the Era.(About 20 questions) We divided the youth up equally into two teams based on athletic ability, gender, age and church knowledge. The two teams then took turns either shooting baskets or looking for…
Snow Day
Take all the kids to a big room such as a gym. Make snowflakes, do a relay race where they have to dress into their snow clothes and do something such as an opstical course, and play out side. (optianal) When you are finished give them their treats and maybe play one more game.
