Happiness Comes from Choosing the Right, Primary Lesson Helps, Primary 2 CTR-A, Lesson 1

USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home (family home evening), Activity Days, Sunday School, Bible Study

Little LESSON LIFESAVERS
I Am Happy When I Choose the Right (CTR Happiness Wheel)

OBJECTIVE: The lesson helps children understand that happiness comes from choosing the right. 

ACTIVITY: CTR – Choose the Right Happiness Wheel
Help children learn that happiness comes from choosing the right. As children turn the wheel, talk about ways they can choose the right and how these choices can help them to be happy.

TO MAKE:
1. Using cardstock paper, print or copy, color, and cut out the wheel for each child.
2. Attach part A on top of part B with a paper fastener (metal or button brad) placed in the center. To make a button brad: Sew two buttons together on opposite sides (passing the thread through the same hole) to attach parts A and B. Note: When cutting out the center circle, cut on the inside of the black line to make circle fit.

THOUGHT TREAT: CTR Cheesy Crackers. Decorate CTR on a cracker with squeeze cheese for each child, or C, T, and R on three different crackers.

MATCHING (activity above) LESSON IDEAS:

• Present Lesson 1 – Primary 2 Manual – CTR-A: Happiness Comes from Choosing the Right. Review the teacher presentation (p. 2) in the manual for which the above activity illustrates.

MORE LESSON IDEAS:

• COME FOLLOW ME New Testament Lesson 12 “Who Hath Ears to Hear, Let Him Hear” (Heavenly Father wants me to choose the right.) ⇒ 

• COME FOLLOW ME New Testament Lesson 19 “What Lack I Yet?” (Jesus wants little children to come to Him so He can bless them. If we obey the commandments we can receive eternal life.Jesus can help us know what I need to do to progress.) ⇒

INTRODUCTION (Class 1) ACTIVITIES:
• CTR Treasure Box:  Click HERE to view the CTR TESTIMONIES TREASURE BOX to store activities (shown above).
• Reverence Chart: Click HERE to view the Reverence Raccoon chart (shown below).

MORE ACTIVITY IDEAS for This “Happiness Comes from Choosing the Right” Lesson 1: (See slide-show below showing each of the following lesson activities. Refresh page before starting slide-show.)

• CTR chart (collect images from the internet to paste onto chart as shown below)
• CTR Stands for Choose the Right Chalkboard activity (click “I Will Choose the Right” page to upload chart and print (shown on slide-show below). Children can then place their initials on the page.
• Then take a photo of children with the above activity: CTR – Choose the Right Happiness Wheel (as shown); then print images of children to paste on top of the chart. Display as shown on the CTR chart (shown on slide-show below).