I've been searching and searching for an attention getter to teach I'm
trying to be like Jesus.. I found it in the book 'Experiments upon the
Word' by Susan Luke. I wanted to focus on really trying to be like
Jesus and the scripture Alma 5:14 ...have ye received His image in your
countenances? And Genesis 1:26 we learn that we are made in the image of
God. The object lesson is to place a piece of paper over a leaf and rub
over the leaf with the side of a crayon. (the image of the leaf will
transfer to the paper). Show how the leaf and the rubbing are alike.
Demonstrate what it means to be in the image of something by doing
several rubbings of various items such as flat lace or embossed images.
When they are compared, we can see the image of the original in each
rubbing. By striving to follow the things Jesus taught: Loving one
another, showing kindness in all that we do, being gentle and loving in
deed and in thought, we will begin to have His image in our
countenances
Attention Getter: GAK 240 (Jesus Christ) and a mirror. She had a child
come up and look at the picture and the mirror and tell the things that
were similar (two eyes, hair, smile, red shirt, etc…). Our goal is to be
like Jesus and Heavenly Father. She asked if we would actually start to
look like Jesus as we followed his example. Scriptures: 3 Nephi
11:6-8, John 13: 34-35, Alma 5:14. At this point she began teaching the
song. She would direct our listening and then sing a line. She would
say, "Who am I trying to be like?" and then sing, "I'm trying to be like
Jesus." Then she would say, "If you are trying to be like Jesus, too,
sing this line with me." "Now listen to what I am doing to be more like
Jesus." "I'm following in his ways." "If you are trying to follow in
Jesus' ways, too, sing that line with me." Etc… She did this until she
got to the line, "But I try to listen as the still small voice
whispers," (Her listening prompt for this was, "What is another name for
the Holy Ghost?"). She said, "Sing to this point and then listen very
carefully and I will whisper what the still small voice says." Then she
had them repeat it in a whisper. She then challenged them to listen to
the still small voice during the week and bore her testimony (it only
took 30 seconds to bear testimony here) of the Holy Ghost. She said this
is as far as she would go on this song in one week. She stressed that
we often try to teach too much in one week. Variety: A comparison to a
song with a similar message, "Love One Another" (CS 136) Involvement:
She had a poster with Christ's picture and a mirror in the middle and
pockets around them labeled with letters spelling GENTLE and LOVING. In
each pocket there were red and blue cards. Red cards were thought cards
and blue cards were deed cards. She had a child come up and draw either a
thought or a deed card and read it aloud. She said to be sure to use
situations that are familiar to the children or you will loose their
attention. For example, you wouldn't use a situation about being cut off
by a bad driver with Primary children, you would use a situation about a
bully or problems at school, etc… After the child read the situation,
before they answered the situation, she had the children sing "Love one
another as Jesus loves you…" to the end of the song. Then the child
would answer what to do in that situation. After they answered she
showed the child the picture of Jesus and had them look into the mirror
and praised them that they were becoming more like Jesus because they
were making the right choices." (Idea by Shauna)
http://camillesprimaryideas.blogspot.com/2012/08/im-trying-to-be-like-jesus-1st-verse.html
http://camillesprimaryideas.blogspot.com/2012/08/im-trying-to-be-like-jesus-2nd-verse.html
http://intheleafytreetopsthebirdssing.blogspot.com/2012/08/im-tryng-to-be-like-jesus-teaching-ideas.html
http://teachldschildren.com/?p=3683
