AGES 4-7 ACTIVITY. HEAVENLY FATHER WILL WATCH OVER ME! Medallion. Wearing this comforting medallion will make children proud they are a child of God, our Heavenly Father who loves us and watches over us. They can place their picture on the back.
USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home (family home evening), Activity Days, Sunday School, Bible Study
Little LESSON LIFESAVERS
Heavenly Father Will Watch Over Me medallion
OBJECTIVE: The lesson helps strengthen each child’s faith that Heavenly Father will help and bless us in time of need.
ACTIVITY: Heavenly Father Will Watch Over Me (medallion)
1. Children can wear medallion to strengthen their faith that Heavenly Father will watch over them, bless them, and help them in time of need.
2. As mentioned in the lesson Art activity to have children draw his face on a circle (you could take their photo and print it to mount on the back of handout as shown below).
TO MAKE:
1. Using cardstock paper, print or copy, color, and cut out the activity.
2. Punch a hole at the top with a paper punch.
3. Lace a 26” piece of yarn or ribbon through the hole and tie at the top.
4. Place around the child’s neck.
THOUGHT TREAT: Sunshine Sugar Cookies. Decorate round sugar cookies with a frosted sun, making a smiling face and sunrays. Tell children that Heavenly Father is your Sunny Day and Rainy Day Friend. He wants to hear about both your happy times and your sad times.
3. You could also print the “God Is Watching Over All” poem in the back of the lesson to glue on the back with the child’s picture.
4. STORY VISUAL: Click on the image to copy and paste into a Word document and print. Photo (shown right) is Hugh B. Brown. Show children photo when telling the story about him in the lesson (picture source: Wikipedia).
5. POEM & VISUAL: Copy and reproduce the God Is Watching Over All poem in the lesson small enough to glue on the back of medallion (as shown). Click on the sparrow to copy and paste into a Word document to print. Glue to the back of the above medallion (as shown).
MORE LESSON IDEAS:
Present Lesson 8 – Primary 2 Manual – CTR-A: Heavenly Father Watches Over Me. Review the discussion (p. 36) and Enrichment activity #1 (p. 38) in the manual for which the above activity illustrates.
LESSON 8
Heavenly Father Watches Over Me
“Lesson 8: Heavenly Father Watches Over Me,” Primary 2: Choose the Right A (1995), 35–38
Purpose
To strengthen each child’s faith that Heavenly Father will help and bless us in time of need.
Preparation
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Prayerfully study Matthew 2:1–15, 19–20.
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Make for each child a paper circle that is large enough for the child to draw a picture of his or her face on it. Punch a hole in the top of each circle and write Heavenly Father Watches Over Me around the edge of the circle.
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Prepare to share a personal experience when you felt that Heavenly Father was watching over and protecting you, such as when you were protected from an accident, when you had to solve a problem, or when you needed comfort. Or, with the approval of your Primary president, invite a member of your ward or branch to come to your class and share such an experience.
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Prepare to sing or say the words to “I Thank Thee, Dear Father” (Children’s Songbook, p. 7). The words to this song are included at the back of the manual.
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Materials needed:
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A Bible.
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A small gift for each child, such as a flower, a pretty stone, or a short note of appreciation.
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Crayons or pencils.
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A long piece of yarn for each child.
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Picture 2-7, The Wise Men (Gospel Art Picture Kit 203; 62120); picture 2-8, Flight into Egypt (Gospel Art Picture Kit 204; 62119); picture 2-9, David O. McKay as a Boy.
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Make the necessary preparations for any enrichment activities you want to use.
Suggested Lesson Development
Invite a child to give the opening prayer.
Follow up with the children if you encouraged them to do something during the week.
Heavenly Father Does Many Things for Us
Heavenly Father Protected Baby Jesus
Heavenly Father Watches Over Us
Summary
Invite a child to give the closing prayer. Ask the child to express gratitude to Heavenly Father for his love and help.
Enrichment Activities
Choose from the following activities those that will work best for the children in your class. You can use them in the lesson itself or as a review or summary. For additional guidance, see “Class Time” in “Helps for the Teacher.”
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Prepare pieces of paper describing situations in which the children could ask for Heavenly Father’s help. Put the pieces of paper in a container and have the children take turns choosing one and telling what they would do in the situation described. You may want to use the following situations or create some of your own:
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Your family is about to leave on a trip. Your parents are concerned about the safety of the family while traveling.
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Your little sister is sick and in the hospital. You are worried about her.
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You become lost while hiking with your family.
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You have a broken leg and you are tired of the pain and the uncomfortable cast. You feel very frustrated.
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This is your first day to go to Primary in a new ward or branch and you are afraid.
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Place the chairs randomly throughout the room and tell the children that the chairs represent the problems we have in life. Blindfold one of the children and guide her or him through the room with verbal directions. Explain that although we can’t see Heavenly Father, following his commandments will help us through our lives. If the child bumps into a chair, explain that we all bump into problems and can ask Heavenly Father for comfort and help to deal with our problems. Give each child who wants to participate a turn to be blindfolded and guided through the room.
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Sing or say the words to both verses of “God Is Watching Over All” (Children’s Songbook, p. 229) or “I Know My Father Lives” (Children’s Songbook, p. 5). The words to “I Know My Father Lives” are included at the back of the manual.
God Is Watching Over All
God has numbered in the sky
All the stars that shine on high.
Worlds so great and sparrows small;
God is watching over all.
He remembers night and day
Ev’ry child at work or play.
He will teach you what to do;
God is watching over you.
(Original title: “Loving Care.” From Tuning Up of THE WORLD OF MUSIC series, © 1936 by Silver Burdett & Ginn. Used by permission.)