Lesson #13 Compassion

 "The Kingdom of God is founded upon equity and justice, and also upon mercy, compassion, and kindness to every living soul."

Last year: We used large cardboard play blocks with the words of the quote on each block. The children built the Kingdom of God using the blocks by starting on the bottom and working their way up to the top which ended with every living soul.


Older Class:

This year:

The mailbox with bags of gems

We had balances with two sets of five gems for each child. On the gems were written the words: equity, justice, mercy, compassion, and kindness. We talked about how we must show compassion, mercy, and kindness to everyone under all conditions. This will help lead to justice and fairness in the world. When a part of the quote was said, the children found the gem with that word on it and put one gem in each side of the balance.

 

For the art project, they painted their balances.

 

 

Story: The story in the Ruhi Book

Younger Class

Mailbox:

Lesson: There was a board with laminated pictures of different scenarios. Some of the scenarios were a man coughing, a girl's nose running, someone feeling sad, and a little boy with a scraped knee. On the bottom there were pictures of a glass of water, a tissue, a person giving a hug, and a bandaid. The children had to match each object with each scenario to help learn about compassion.


Movement: They used masking tape and played hopscotch


Story: Feel Better Bear

 

Water Color Painting:

 

Lesson #12: Honesty

 "Beautify your tongues, O people, with truthfulness, and adorn your souls with the ornament of honesty"

Last year: We had a paper crown for each child with honesty written on the front. A few words from the quote were written on pieces of paper. We Paper clipped the pieces of paper to the back of the crown. Each child took a crown which they placed on their head to adorn themselves with honesty. Then they put the pieces of paper in order to form the quote.

Older Class:

This year: We had a body drawn on a big piece of paper with a heart for the soul and a mouth for the tongue. We wrote beautify, truthfulness, adorn, and honesty on individual pieces of paper. The children made a line like a relay race. We placed the pieces of paper about twenty feet away from the body poster. The children took turns running or walking fast up to the papers, took one of the pieces and came back. They  then decided if the paper should be taped on the mouth(tongue) or the heart(soul) of the body poster. This helped them learn the quote.

Story: We used the picture book Harriet and the Garden


Craft: The children made honesty necklaces in which they could adorn themselves. They cut out a shape with a piece of paper and wrote the word honesty on it. Then they painted the paper, punched holes, and took a piece of ribbon to make a necklace.

Younger Class:

 

 

Movement: The children did stretching

 

 

Story: Ruthie and the Not so Teeney Tiny Lie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesson #11: Forgiveness

" Let your adorning be forgiveness and mercy and that which cheereth the hearts of the well-favored of God."

Older Class:

Quote: We had pieces of paper with the words: forgiveness, mercy, that which cheereth the hearts, and well-favored of God on each piece of paper. These papers were hidden throughout the room. The children each found a piece of paper. The mailbox/quote helper for this class stood up. We said the quote and when the child's part of the quote was said, they taped or adorned the piece of paper on the child.

Story: The story from the Ruhi Book


Art Project: Each child had a forgiveness box which they painted. There were pieces of paper to go inside the forgiveness box. On the pieces of paper were: sing a song, say a prayer, take deep breaths, kick a ball, write a letter, dance, listen to music. Sometimes when we are upset with someone, it is very hard to talk about the issue and forgive right away. This box has alternative choices when we are upset before we may be ready to forgive.

 

 

 

Game: Both classes played the game People to People together( in the Ruhi book). The children walked around saying people to people and clapping their hands. When the game helper called something out everyone stopped and did what the game helper said like back to back, feet to feet, or elbow to elbow. The game helper called out one command at a time.


Younger Class:


Lesson:  When our hearts are angry and sad they are dirty and don't reflect the attributes of God. When we forgive, our hearts are pure again

Story: We All Need Forgiveness by Mercer Mayer



Painting with Water Colors:

 

 

Lesson #2: Justice

" Tread ye the path of justice, for this, verily, is the straight path"

Older Class:

Lesson:
Tread: walking towards something
path: Leads to somewhere, shows you the way
Justice: making something fair for all- examples:  following rules in a game or waiting until everyone has food before taking more.


We used movements for the quote:

Tread ye (stomp) the path(move both hands in a path movement in front of you) of justice, ( use both hands out to the sides like a weight), for this, verily,  ( put both hands down by your side pointing to the ground)is the straight( arms out straight in front of you pointing straight) path (both arms straight up pointing to the sky)


We also used a game to help the children understand what justice means.

We had various statements written out. If the statement is just, then the children would take one step forward. If the statement was not just, they would take a step backwards. We also used jumping forward and back, turning forward and back, baby steps, lunges, etc.
Some statements were: Planting a public garden for all to share, using one crayon at a time during coloring, taking all the cheese during snack time


Art: Each child traced their foot. They wrote justice on the foot and decorated it as desired(crayons, markers, stickers etc.) The foot print was to take home and put in their house somewhere. Every time they step on the justice foot, they can say the quote about justice

Game: Cooperative musical chairs. Start out with one chair per child. The children walk around while the music is playing. When the music stops, they have to find a chair. Remove one chair each time. By the end all children have to try to fit on one chair.

Younger Class:

Story: The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza