Come Follow Me August 18-23 : Helaman 1-6)


I Can Build My Foundation on Jesus Christ

Helaman 5:12

The Wise & Foolish Man from News with Naylors. Use a similar idea to teach about how Christ is our rock. We used a brick and bristle blocks for the wise man's house and you can use sand for the foolish man's house. Squirt with a squeeze bottle as the "rains come". 


Building a Strong Foundation from Making Life Blissful. Use Jenga Blocks to teach how we can have a strong foundation in Christ. If we take away one thing (like prayer), it may not seem to matter, but it weakens our foundation. If you continue to NOT do important things, eventually the foundation falls.


Build Upon the Rock from Latter Day Kids. The cutest animated videos, object lesson and scripture references to teach about building upon the rock of Christ.


Rock Painting. Talk about characteristics of rocks (hard, strong, can't break) and relate to how we can build on foundation on Christ (our rock).

Photo from Four Cheek Monkeys


The Holy Ghost Whispers with a Still Small Voice

Helaman 5:29-30, 45-47

Video Nephi and Lehi in Prison from Churchofjesuschrist.org. Watch beforehand to see if this is appropriate for you child. It's a good summery of the story. 

Holy Ghost Ideas. Watch the video or read the story above (Helaman 5:29-30, 45-47). Talk about how the Holy Ghost speaks to us as a still small voice and in other ways. Use one of the ideas below to learn about other ways the Holy Ghost speaks to us.

 

   


Evidence. 

Meck Mom share three amazing object lessons this week that go along with Come Follow Me. I'm really looking forward to doing them. They teach:

Physical Evidence with Holograms

Spiritual Evidence with Hot Chocolate

Lehi and Nephi in the Fire with a paper that doesn't burn (this looks so cool)

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