February 13-19, 2023
PRIMARY Class & Family Scripture Study
Interactive Activities For Youth
New Testament LESSON 8
Teaching Primary & Home – Come Follow Me just got easier with our activities for FEBRUARY (week #3)
Theme: “Blessed Are Ye”
Matthew 5; Luke 6
YOU WILL FIND:
• SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS to get them reading.
• Then scroll down to find Lesson-Match Interactive Activities to match the CFM curriculum
TEENS
See our new SUNDAY SCHOOL interactive activities for this month RIGHT HERE
Lesson 8 Scripture Scholars
Week’s Scripture Scholars BOOKMARKS & scripture POP-UP Includes:
• BOOKMARKS with Come, Follow Me scriptures to read and discuss topics for Primary and Individuals and Families. Also, for Sunday School (teens).
• POP-UP to glue in scripture binding next to scripture you underline.
EXTRA ITEMS (not included) … THERE’S MORE:
• STAMP. Award readers with a STAMP for the week’s scripture reading. See below to find matching STAMPS.
• STAMP KEEPER. These can be placed on the STAMP KEEPER (see below) where you can collect 50 stamps for the year
Lessons 6-9 Scripture Scholars
February’s BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (to download separately, below).
HOW TO USE SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS (HERE)
FEBRUARY STAMPS $1.50
Stamps for weeks 1-4 Scripture Scholars Lessons 6-9 – New Testament – Included in the BUNDLE
STAMP KEEPER (1-53 stamps) $3.00
This is included in the January BUNDLE (or, download it below)
Click on the weekly lesson posters (below) to find interactive activities:
. . . 2 LESSONS & 12 ACTIVITIES . . .
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Step 2 CHOOSE ACTIVITY
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. . . Beatitudes: Ways to Happiness . . .
I can be a peacemaker.
The children you teach can have a powerful influence at home as they treat others with love and kindness.
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Read Matthew 5:9 to the children, and explain that peacemakers make any place peaceful, no matter where they are. Write on strips of paper some examples of contentious situations the children might face (for example, siblings fighting over a toy). Invite each child to pick a strip of paper. As you read each scenario, ask the children to share how they could be a peacemaker in that situation. Or share a few fictional scenarios, and help the children identify whether or not the people involved are being peacemakers.
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Invite a few of the children’s parents to visit your class and share examples of times when their children were peacemakers in the home.
OLDER CHILDREN
Matthew 5:9, 21–24, 38–47
Jesus taught that peacemakers will be called the children of God. How can you inspire the children to be peacemakers?
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Invite a child to read Matthew 5:9 aloud. What is a peacemaker? What are ways we can be peacemakers with our families and friends? (For some ideas, see verses 21–24, 38–47.)
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Ask each child to think of a situation that would need the help of a peacemaker. What would a peacemaker do in the situation?
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Invite the children to share times when they showed love for someone, even if that person was different from them or was difficult to love.
I can be happy when I live the way Jesus taught.
As you read Matthew 5:3–12, what words and phrases stand out to you? How will these teachings bless the lives of the children you teach?
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Create a chart on the board with two columns labeled Blessed are … and Blessing. Invite the children to search Matthew 5:3–12 looking for the qualities of those Jesus said would be blessed and the blessings He promised them. Then fill in the chart with what they find. Discuss with the children what each quality and corresponding blessing mean.
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Write each quality from these verses on a card and its corresponding blessing on a card. For example, one card would say “meek,” and another would say “inherit the earth” (verse 5). Let the children match the qualities and the blessings. Ask the children to pick one of the qualities in these verses that they want to develop.
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ACTIVITIES FOR:
I can be a peacemaker.
Happiness From Following Jesus – Practice on Sabbath
POST-AND-PRESENT PLUS ACTIVITIES. THE BLESSED BEATITUDES poster presentation, quiz game, puzzle, mirror motivator cards. Youth can learn the Sermon on the Mount Jesus gave to over 5,000 people called the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-11). THESE ARE ATTITUDES ON HOW TO “BEE” HAPPY. There are four different ways to learn these attitudes, e.g. Be Merciful, etc. READ MORE
AGES 1-5. MY PARENTS HELP ME LEARN TO OBEY THE COMMANDMENTS slideshow. Children can show-and-tell how they can listen to and do the good things parents ask them to do with this smiling house. By pulling the images through they can spotlight specific ways to follow the teachings of Jesus. WAYS: To Pray, Be Kind, Love Each Other, Choose the Right, Help, Tell the Truth. READ MORE
BE A PEACEMAKER
AGES 4-7. DOING GOOD UNTO OTHERS golden ruler. Children can learn ways to “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” found in Matthew 7:12; Luke 6:31: Be kind, Share with others, Respect others’ property, Return borrowed things, and Help others. READ MORE
Beatitudes
AGES 8-11. BEE-ATITUDES Beatitude crossmatch. Children and youth can remember these beatitudes to buzz happily through life. Living these ways to be happy from Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount from the Bible (Matthew 5) and sharing these with the Nephites in the Book of Mormon (3 Nephi 12). Draw a line from the Blessed are … to the beatitude. For example “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” READ MORE
Beatitudes
ALL AGES. BEE-ATITUDE BLESSINGS wheel. Children can learn from these ways that they can be happy like Heavenly Father. These attitudes were taught by Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-12) to 5,000 people. By living these attitudes we can be blessed. For example, “Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Each action brings a promised happy blessing. READ MORE
Beatitudes
SINGING TIME. “When We’re Helping” song visuals. Children can sing
“we sing as we go.” This song helps them think of ways to help “mother” and they can sing it “father” and “brother” and “sister” and “grandmother” and “grandfather” or any person they want to help. This song helps them to think about helping others as Jesus would. This will make them happy and their family and friends happy too. READ MORE
. . . LIGHTING THE WORLD . . .
Jesus wants me to be a light to others.
Little children can have a powerful influence for good on others. How can you inspire them to let their light shine?
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Show the children several items that give light, and show a picture of children. Read Matthew 5:14–16, and tell the children that their good examples can be like a light for others to see. How can we use our light to bring others to God?
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Shine a flashlight around the room, and invite the children to follow the light with their eyes. Use the light to lead their eyes to a picture of the Savior. How does light help us? How can we be a light to the world? Cover the flashlight. What happens if we don’t share our light or if we hide it?
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Hide a flashlight in the room, and turn off the lights. Let the children try to find it. Review Matthew 5:15, and talk about why we shouldn’t hide our light.
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Help the children find and color the hidden candles in this week’s activity page.
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Sing with the children a song about being a light for others, such as “Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam,” “Shine On,” or “I Am like a Star” (Children’s Songbook, 60–61, 144, 163).
My example can light the way for others to follow Jesus.
Many of the children you teach have made baptismal covenants. Think about how the Savior’s words in Matthew 5:14–16 relate to their covenants. What messages might the Lord have in this passage for the children in your class?
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Help the children memorize Matthew 5:16. Write the verse on the board. Read it together several times, erasing a few words each time. Invite the children to draw things they can do to be a light to others. Talk about how being a light to others helps us fulfill our baptismal covenants (see Mosiah 18:8–10).
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Sing a song about sharing light with others, such as “Shine On” (Children’s Songbook, 144). How can we share the Savior’s light?
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Ask the children to draw things that give us light. Read Matthew 5:14–16. Ask them why Jesus wants us to be a light to the world.
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Invite two children to face each other, and ask one to try to make the other smile without touching him or her. Talk about the power the children have to bring happiness to others.
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ACTIVITIES FOR:
Jesus wants me to be a light to others.
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. JESUS IS MY LIGHT Choose the Right Light Show. Youth can know from D&C 4:1-2 that Jesus teaches us how to live our Heavenly Father’s commandments. This way we can be happy and light the way for others by following Him. READ MORE
AGES 1-5. I CAN LOVE OTHERS spiral pictures kite. Children can twirl this spiral to show loving ways. WORDS ON THE KITE: I can HEART love others. I can BEE be kind. I can LIPS speak kind words. Please! Thank you! I can help FATHER … MOTHER … BROTHER and SISTER. I can turn my FROWN upside down and SMILE. I can follow the FOOTSTEPS of Jesus. He showed us how to HEART (love). I can HEART (love) others! READ MORE
AGES 4-7 LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE! Example Candle mobile. Children can follow Jesus as they let their light shine at CHURCH, HOME, and SCHOOL (Matthew 5:14-16) to “light a candle” and put it on “a candlestick” to give light to others. Mobile turns and children can turn their attention to show light wherever they are. For example, be kind, helpful, forgiving, caring, patient, and obedient. READ MORE
YOUTH GOAL PLANNER. SERVICE & TALENT SHOW planner/poster. Youth will love this to explore their talents: The way they treat others; The things they do. Then draw themselves doing the service as a picture/journal. They might write next to a heart “Be kind,” or next to a smiley face “Shine the mirrors.” READ MORE
CHARACTER BE. A MOTIVATOR. BE A LIGHT – poster/card/door sign. Children can study Matthew 5:14-15 and then memorize 16. They need to know that they are a light to the world not to hide their light under a bushel but put it on a candlestick so all can see. FEATURED VERSE: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 READ MORE
SINGING TIME. “GIVE,” SAID THE LITTLE STREAM song visuals. Youth can imagine themselves giving as the rain to the flowers or giving as Jesus did. Write the words on the cue cards (in your language) to place on the back. For example, “‘Give,’ said the little stream, ‘Give, oh! give ….'” READ MORE
FEBRUARY 2023 PRACTICE SONG VISUALS
SUMMARY OF SUBJECTS FOR:
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew 5; Luke 6
FEBRUARY (week 3)
Lesson 8: February 13-19, 2023
“Blessed Are Ye”
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