I Can Be A Friend {Lesson Helps}

Supplemental activities to go along with {I Can Be A Friend}, Sunbeam lesson #33 in the Primary 1 manual. 

Coloring Page

I found this coloring page image from s-media-cache-ak0 and created a printable you can download here: {I Can Be A Friend free printable download coloring page}

Friendship Mix (treat). 

Give each child a small sandwich bag of an individual snack (fruit loops, marshmallows, goldfish, cheerios, pretzels, m&ms, raisins, yogurt bites, etc.) and tell them NOT to open it. (They are three. They're going to want to open it.) Ask them if their treats look yummy. Explain that each bag by itself has a yummy treat in it. But what would happen if everyone added their treat together to a big bowl? Invite each child up one at a time and have them dump their treat into the big bowl. After all have done this, mix the snack mix up and show them how much better the treat will taste because they shared; now everyone in the classroom will get to taste ALL of the yummy treats! Then scoop some of the new friendship mix back into their baggies. 

Friendship Game

This "game" is merely a fun tool used to generate discussion on what makes a good friend. 

{Free Printable Friendship Game pdf here}

 

I Can Be Obedient (Coloring Page)

Created to Accompany {Primary 1: Lesson 28 "I Can Be Obedient"}

I created this coloring page with King James Version Bible references to be used with this Sunbeam lesson. However, it would serve well with any lesson, sharing time, or family discussion on obedience.


{Click here for Printable PDF}

I Can Pray With My Family (Game)

This game is to coincide with {{Lesson 27: We Can Pray As A Family}} for Sunbeams. It can also be used with any lesson on prayer, including Family Home Evening.

(Clipart from www.clipartkid.com) 

How To Play:

1. Place picture of family kneeling in prayer on board (or in the middle of the table or floor). 

2. Cut out and spread game cards around the room (or let each child have a turn to draw one from a draw pile). 

3. Discuss the picture with the class. Ask, "Is this something that would be appropriate to pray for? Is it appropriate for the whole family to pray for?" Discuss the whys and why-nots.

4. If it IS APPROPRIATE, place card on board around the main picture. 

5. If it is NOT APPROPRIATE, place card in the discard pile. Be sure to discuss alternatives to the inappropriate cards. i.e., it isn't appropriate to ask Heavenly Father to bless us with a pool party, however if we have a pool party, it is appropriate to ask for blessings of safety.

6. We do not keep score. This is a fun exercise in which everyone gets a chance to discuss and participate.

Printables in pdf formats here:

{{Print Prayer Game Here}}

I Can Do Many Things

I Can Do Many Things

Here is a coloring page I created with free internet images, to be used with Primary Manual 1, Lesson #22: I Can Do Many Things.  {Coloring Page Printable here}

Valentine Cards for Sunbeams!

In our new ward, the hubs and I have been called to teach the sunbeams in Primary, and we love it! We thought since today is Valentine's Day, what better way to celebrate than to give our littles something special. 

After scouring the interwebs, while I found plenty of Christian-related and even LDS-related Valentine themes, many contained deep scripture or puns which honestly, while clever, are over a 3-year-old's head. I wanted something cute and simple and something that would let them know we love being their teachers. 

Luckily, we have 1pm church, which gave me plenty of time to whip these up. On our personal ones I added our names in place of teacher. In order to share, I've made this generic. But you can either write your name(s) underneath where it says teacher, or after dowloading the pdf, open file by right-clicking and select "open with" and then choose "word". This will let you customize! 

Good luck with your littles!

{{Click here for printable page of 6 cards}}